# TimescaleDB

PostgreSQL extension for real-time analytics on time-series and event data, offered as an open source edition and as a hosted service.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.tigerdata.com
- repository: https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb
- docs: https://docs.tigerdata.com/self-hosted/latest/install/
- pricing: https://www.tigerdata.com/pricing
- x: https://x.com/TimescaleDB

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Timescale, Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2017
- hqCountry: US

### Kind

- category: database
- hosting: unknown
- language: c
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: postgresql

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: apt package

### License

- licenseModel: open-core
- license: Apache-2.0, Timescale License

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-20

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 23774
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 121
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://www.tigerdata.com/ (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/timescale/timescaledb (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://docs.tigerdata.com/self-hosted/latest/install/ (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://www.tigerdata.com/pricing (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/timescale/timescaledb/main/NOTICE (read 2026-10-30)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/timescale/timescaledb/releases (read 2026-10-30)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/timescale/timescaledb/main/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- basedOn: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/timescale/timescaledb/main/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/timescale/timescaledb (read 2026-10-30)
- databases: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/timescale/timescaledb/main/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://docs.tigerdata.com/self-hosted/latest/install/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://docs.tigerdata.com/self-hosted/latest/install/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://docs.tigerdata.com/self-hosted/latest/install/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://docs.tigerdata.com/self-hosted/latest/install/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://docs.tigerdata.com/self-hosted/latest/install/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://docs.tigerdata.com/self-hosted/latest/install/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://docs.tigerdata.com/self-hosted/latest/install/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://docs.tigerdata.com/self-hosted/latest/install/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://docs.tigerdata.com/self-hosted/latest/install/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/timescale/timescaledb/main/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/timescale/timescaledb/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/timescale/timescaledb/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-30)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/timescale/timescaledb/releases (read 2026-10-30)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/timescale/timescaledb/releases/latest (read 2026-10-30)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/timescale/timescaledb (read 2026-10-30)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/timescale/timescaledb/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-30)
- hqCountry: https://www.tigerdata.com/legal/terms-of-service (read 2026-10-30)

## Notes

TimescaleDB is an extension for PostgreSQL, aimed at real-time analytics on time-series and event data. It loads into a PostgreSQL server, so it uses that server's databases. The [install guide](https://docs.tigerdata.com/self-hosted/latest/install/) covers apt and yum packages, Homebrew, MacPorts, a Windows installer, a Docker image, Kubernetes and a build from source, plus community-built Arch packages. Timescale, Inc. maintains the project, which is also sold under the Tiger Data name.

## Worth knowing

The repository holds two editions. The Apache 2 Edition is under Apache-2.0. The Community Edition, which is the default, is under the Timescale License. That license does not allow offering it as a database-as-a-service. The hosted version of the Community Edition is Tiger Cloud, the company's own service.

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