# Xata

Open-source platform for running many PostgreSQL instances on Kubernetes, with copy-on-write branching and scale-to-zero.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/xata/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-31
Listed since: 2026-10-31

## Record

### Links

- home: https://xata.io
- repository: https://github.com/xataio/xata
- docs: https://xata.io/docs
- pricing: https://xata.io/pricing
- x: https://twitter.com/xata
- bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/xata.io

### Identity

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

### Kind

- category: database
- hosting: unknown
- language: go
- runtime: unknown
- 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: unknown
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: local development with kind and Tilt

### License

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

### Releases

- currentMajor: unknown
- latestReleaseDate: unknown

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1105
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 18
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://xata.io/ (read 2026-10-31)
- urls: https://xata.io/ (read 2026-10-31)
- urls: https://github.com/xataio/xata (read 2026-10-31)
- urls: https://xata.io/docs (read 2026-10-31)
- urls: https://xata.io/pricing (read 2026-10-31)
- maintainer: https://xata.io/terms (read 2026-10-31)
- hqCountry: https://xata.io/privacy (read 2026-10-31)
- category: https://github.com/xataio/xata (read 2026-10-31)
- databases: https://xata.io/ (read 2026-10-31)
- language: https://github.com/xataio/xata (read 2026-10-31)
- installMethod: https://github.com/xataio/xata (read 2026-10-31)
- installMethod: https://xata.io/open-source/xata-core (read 2026-10-31)
- installMethod: https://xata.io/open-source/quickstart (read 2026-10-31)
- license: https://github.com/xataio/xata (read 2026-10-31)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/xataio/xata (read 2026-10-31)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/xataio/xata (read 2026-10-31)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/xataio/xata/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-31)

## Notes

Xata is an open-source platform that runs many PostgreSQL instances on Kubernetes, with copy-on-write branching and scale-to-zero. The homepage describes it as running vanilla PostgreSQL. The [repository README](https://github.com/xataio/xata) describes it as a platform for self-hosting many Postgres instances, and the [project's open-source pages](https://xata.io/open-source/xata-core) say it ships as Helm charts for a Kubernetes cluster. The README also describes a local setup with kind and Tilt.

The company also runs Xata Cloud, a fully managed service billed by usage, and sells a bring-your-own-cloud deployment in which Xata installs the data plane in the customer's Kubernetes cluster.

## Worth knowing

The README advises against the platform for a single Postgres instance and against offering it as a public Postgres-as-a-Service to end customers. The sign-in with an identity provider uses OpenID Connect, and SAML is not supported out of the box.

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