# Electric

Postgres sync engine that streams shaped subsets of Postgres tables over HTTP to client apps, self-hosted as a Docker image or run as Electric Cloud.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/electric-sql/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-03
Listed since: 2026-11-03

## Record

### Links

- home: https://electric-sql.com
- repository: https://github.com/electric-sql/electric
- docs: https://electric-sql.com/docs/sync/guides/installation
- pricing: https://electric-sql.com/pricing
- x: https://x.com/ElectricSQL
- discord: https://discord.electric-sql.com

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Electric DB Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2022
- hqCountry: US

### Kind

- category: backend
- hosting: elixir
- language: elixir
- runtime: beam
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: postgres
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: Docker image electricsql/electric, with Docker Compose or docker run

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-07

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 10421
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 75
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://github.com/electric-sql/electric/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://electric-sql.com/about (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://github.com/electric-sql/electric (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://electric-sql.com/docs/sync/guides/installation (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainer: https://electric-sql.com/about (read 2026-11-03)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/electric-sql (read 2026-11-03)
- hqCountry: https://electric-sql.com/about (read 2026-11-03)
- category: https://github.com/electric-sql/electric/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- language: https://electric-sql.com/docs/sync/guides/deployment (read 2026-11-03)
- runtime: https://electric-sql.com/docs/sync/guides/deployment (read 2026-11-03)
- runsAs: https://electric-sql.com/docs/sync/guides/deployment (read 2026-11-03)
- databases: https://electric-sql.com/docs/sync/guides/deployment (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://electric-sql.com/docs/sync/guides/installation (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://electric-sql.com/docs/sync/guides/installation (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://electric-sql.com/pricing (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://github.com/electric-sql/electric (read 2026-11-03)
- licenseModel: https://electric-sql.com/pricing (read 2026-11-03)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/electric-sql/electric/releases/tag/@core/sync-service@1.8.1 (read 2026-11-03)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/electric-sql/electric/releases/tag/@core/sync-service@1.8.1 (read 2026-11-03)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/electric-sql/electric (read 2026-11-03)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/electric-sql/electric/contributors (read 2026-11-03)

## Notes

Electric is a Postgres sync engine that streams subsets of Postgres tables over HTTP to client applications. The sync service is an Elixir web service packaged as a Docker image. The [installation guide](https://electric-sql.com/docs/sync/guides/installation) shows it running beside a new Postgres in Docker Compose or in front of an existing database, and the Postgres it reads must be version 14 or later.

## Worth knowing

The same sync engine is offered as Electric Cloud, a managed hosting service, according to the deployment guide.

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