# PgDog

PostgreSQL connection pooler, load balancer and database sharder written in Rust.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/pgdog/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-30
Listed since: 2026-10-30

## Record

### Links

- home: https://pgdog.dev
- repository: https://github.com/pgdogdev/pgdog
- docs: https://docs.pgdog.dev
- discord: https://discord.gg/CcBZkjSJdd

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: PgDog, Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2025
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: database
- hosting: binary
- language: rust
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: postgres
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: helm chart

### License

- licenseModel: open-core
- license: AGPL-3.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-16

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 5589
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 81
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://pgdog.dev/ (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/pgdogdev/pgdog (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://pgdog.dev/blog/our-funding-announcement/ (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainer: https://pgdog.dev/ (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainerType: https://pgdog.dev/tos (read 2026-10-30)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/pgdogdev/pgdog (read 2026-10-30)
- runtime: https://docs.pgdog.dev/installation/ (read 2026-10-30)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/pgdogdev/pgdog/releases/latest (read 2026-10-30)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/pgdogdev/pgdog/releases/latest (read 2026-10-30)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/pgdogdev/pgdog/releases/tags/v0.1.0 (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://github.com/pgdogdev/pgdog/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-30)
- licenseModel: https://docs.pgdog.dev/about/ (read 2026-10-30)
- category: https://pgdog.dev/ (read 2026-10-30)
- databases: https://pgdog.dev/ (read 2026-10-30)
- runsAs: https://docs.pgdog.dev/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://docs.pgdog.dev/installation/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://docs.pgdog.dev/installation/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://docs.pgdog.dev/installation/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://docs.pgdog.dev/installation/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://docs.pgdog.dev/installation/ (read 2026-10-30)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/pgdogdev/pgdog (read 2026-10-30)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/pgdogdev/pgdog/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-30)

## Notes

PgDog is a connection pooler, load balancer and database sharder for PostgreSQL, written in Rust. The [installation guide](https://docs.pgdog.dev/installation/) covers a Helm chart for Kubernetes, a Docker image, a Terraform module for AWS ECS, pre-built binaries and a build from source. A single instance is multithreaded and can serve many clients, and the docs' comparison page sets PgDog beside PgBouncer and PgCat. PgDog, Inc. maintains it.

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