News & Events
Recent News
2025-11-29: Pigsty won the PostgreSQL Magneto Award!
- The 8th Conference of PostgreSQL Ecosystem (Hangzhou, China)
- Topics: “A World-Grade Postgres Meta Distribution”, AI database considerations, PostgreSQL delivery best practices
Pigsty v3.4.1 Released! OpenHalo & OrioleDB support, MySQL compatibility, pgAdmin improvements
- Release Notes: v3.4.1
Pigsty v3.4.0 Released! Better backups, automatic Certbot certificates, Ivory cross-platform, AGE extension, APP improvements
- Release Notes: v3.4.0
Pigsty v3.3.0 Released! 404 extensions, Odoo/Dify/Supabase app templates, DocumentDB support
- Release Notes: v3.3.0
Pigsty 3.2.2 Released!
Pigsty 3.2.1 Released!
Pigsty 3.2.0 Released!
PostgreSQL Package Manager
pigReleased!Pigsty 3.1.0 Released with complete PostgreSQL 17.2 extension support
- Blog Post: “Pigsty v3.1: Self-hosted Supabase, PG17 Default, MinIO Improvements, ARM & Ubuntu24 Support”
- PostgreSQL Official News: “Pigsty v3.1 Release: PG17, Duck Extensions, Self-hosting Supabase, ARM & Ubuntu24”
- Release Notes: v3.1.0
- Postgres Weekly Issue 579: https://postgresweekly.com/issues/579
Pigsty 3.0.4 Released! Extension catalog and repository, PG17 extension compilation, Supabase self-hosting optimization
- Release Notes: v3.0.4
Pigsty 3.0.3 Released! Official PostgreSQL 17 support, Etcd operations and monitoring optimization
- Release Notes: v3.0.3
Pigsty 3.0.2 Released! Slim installation mode, PolarDB 15 support, routine bug fixes (2024-09-07)
- Release Notes: v3.0.2
Pigsty 3.0.1 Released! Oracle compatibility, Patroni 4 support, routine bug fixes (2024-08-31)
- Release Notes: v3.0.1
Pigsty 3.0.0 Released! 333 extensions, replaceable kernels, complete RDS service!
- Release Notes: v3.0.0
- Feature Introduction: Pigsty v3.0.0
News: Pigsty’s supplementary Yum/APT repositories provide 254 additional ready-to-use binary RPM/DEB extensions!
- PostgreSQL Official: Pigsty Supplementary APT/YUM Repository with 254 additional PostgreSQL Extensions!
Pigsty v2.7 Released!
- PostgreSQL Official: Pigsty v2.7 Released, free RDS PG with 255 extensions available
- Postgres Weekly: [https://postgresweekly.com/issues/556)
- Pigsty Blog: Pigsty v2.7: The Great Integration
Pigsty v2.6 Released!
- PostgreSQL Official: Pigsty, Battery-included PostgreSQL Distro & Free RDS Alternative, v2.6 released!
- Postgres Planet (X): https://twitter.com/PostgreSQL/status/1765323952669290515
- Postgres Weekly: https://postgresweekly.com/issues/545
- Pigsty Blog: Pigsty v2.6: PG Challenges OLAP
The name of this project always makes me grin: PIGSTY is actually an acronym, standing for Postgres In Great STYle! It’s a Postgres distribution that includes lots of components and tools out of the box in areas like availability, deployment, and observability. The latest release pushes everything up to Postgres 16.2 standards and introduces new ParadeDB and DuckDB FDW extensions.
Conferences & Talks
| Date | Type | Event | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-29 | Award&Talk | The 8th Conf of PG Ecosystem (Hangzhou) | PostgreSQL Magneto Award, A World-Grade Postgres Meta Distribution |
| 2025-05-16 | Lightning | PGConf.Dev 2025, Montreal | Extension Delivery: Make your PGEXT accessible to users |
| 2025-05-12 | Keynote | PGEXT.DAY, PGCon.Dev 2025 | The Missing Package Manager and Extension Repo for PostgreSQL Ecosystem |
| 2025-04-19 | Workshop | PostgreSQL Database Technology Summit | Using Pigsty to Deploy PG Ecosystem Partners: Dify, Odoo, Supabase |
| 2025-04-11 | Live Host | OSCHINA Data Intelligence Talk | Is the Viral MCP Hype or Revolutionary? |
| 2025-01-15 | Live Stream | Open Source Veterans & Newcomers Episode 4 | PostgreSQL Extensions Devouring DB World? PG Package Manager pig & Self-hosted RDS |
| 2025-01-09 | Award | OSCHINA 2024 Outstanding Contribution Expert | Outstanding Contribution Expert Award |
| 2025-01-06 | Panel | China PostgreSQL Database Ecosystem Conference | PostgreSQL Extensions are Devouring the Database World |
| 2024-11-23 | Podcast | Tech Hotpot Podcast | From the Linux Foundation: Why the Recent Focus on ‘Chokepoints’? |
| 2024-08-21 | Interview | Blue Tech Wave | Interview with Feng Ruohang: Simplifying PG Management |
| 2024-08-15 | Tech Summit | GOTC Global Open Source Technology Summit | PostgreSQL AI/ML/RAG Extension Ecosystem and Best Practices |
| 2024-07-12 | Keynote | 13th PG China Technical Conference | The Future of Database World: Extensions, Service, and Postgres |
| 2024-05-31 | Unconference | PGCon.Dev 2024 Global PG Developer Conference | Built-in Prometheus Metrics Exporter |
| 2024-05-28 | Seminar | PGCon.Dev 2024 Extension Summit | Extension in Core & Binary Packing |
| 2024-05-10 | Live Debate | Three-way Talk: Cloud Mudslide Series Episode 3 | Is Public Cloud a Scam? |
| 2024-04-17 | Live Debate | Three-way Talk: Cloud Mudslide Series Episode 2 | Are Cloud Databases a Tax on Intelligence? |
| 2024-04-16 | Panel | Cloudflare Immerse Shenzhen | Cyber Bodhisattva Panel Discussion |
| 2024-04-12 | Tech Summit | 2024 Data Technology Carnival | Pigsty: Solving PostgreSQL Operations Challenges |
| 2024-03-31 | Live Debate | Three-way Talk: Cloud Mudslide Series Episode 1 | Luo Selling Cloud While We’re Moving Off Cloud? |
| 2024-01-24 | Live Host | OSCHINA Open Source Talk Episode 9 | Will DBAs Be Eliminated by Cloud? |
| 2023-12-20 | Live Debate | Open Source Talk Episode 7 | To Cloud or Not: Cost Cutting or Value Creation? |
| 2023-11-24 | Tech Summit | Vector Databases in the LLM Era | Panel: New Future of Vector Databases in the AI Age |
| 2023-09-08 | Interview | Motianlun Feature Interview | Feng Ruohang: A Tech Enthusiast Who Makes Great Open Source Founders |
| 2023-08-16 | Tech Summit | DTCC 2023 | DBA Night: PostgreSQL vs MySQL Open Source License Issues |
| 2023-08-09 | Live Debate | Open Source Talk Episode 1 | MySQL vs PostgreSQL: Which is World’s No.1? |
| 2023-07-01 | Tech Summit | SACC 2023 | Workshop 8: FinOps Practice: Cloud Cost Management & Optimization |
| 2023-05-12 | Meetup | PostgreSQL China Wenzhou Meetup | PG With DB4AI: Vector Database PGVECTOR & AI4DB: Self-Driving Database Pigsty |
| 2023-04-08 | Tech Summit | Database Carnival 2023 | A Better Open Source RDS Alternative: Pigsty |
| 2023-04-01 | Tech Summit | PostgreSQL China Xi’an Meetup | PG High Availability & Disaster Recovery Best Practices |
| 2023-03-23 | Live Stream | Bytebase x Pigsty | Best Practices for Managing PostgreSQL: Bytebase x Pigsty |
| 2023-03-04 | Tech Summit | PostgreSQL China Conference | Challenging RDS, Pigsty v2.0 Release |
| 2023-02-01 | Tech Summit | DTCC 2022 | Open Source RDS Alternative: Battery-Included, Self-Driving Database Distro Pigsty |
| 2022-07-21 | Live Debate | Cloud Swallows Open Source | Can Open Source Strike Back Against Cloud? |
| 2022-07-04 | Interview | Creator’s Story | Post-90s Developer Quits to Start Up, Aiming to Challenge Cloud Databases |
| 2022-06-28 | Live Stream | Bass’s Roundtable | DBA’s Gospel: SQL Audit Best Practices |
| 2022-06-12 | Demo Day | MiraclePlus S22 Demo Day | User-Friendly Cost-Effective Database Distribution Pigsty |
| 2022-06-05 | Live Stream | PG Chinese Community Sharing | Pigsty v1.5 Quick Start, New Features & Production Cluster Setup |
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