database and backend infrastructure tools

Recent window: last 5.3 months (2026-04-28 → 2026-10-05), compared with the prior 5.3 months.

horizontal · 346 members · Data as of 2026-10-08

These products provide database runtimes, scaling solutions, clients, and API layers to help engineers store and query data efficiently. They are designed for backend developers and software teams building modern web and AI-enabled applications. What distinguishes this cluster is its focus on low-level database extensions, storage runtimes (such as Postgres and SQLite), and developer data plumbing.

Metrics

Stage: crowded
Recent count: 203
Prior count: 110
Total count: 346
Momentum: 84.55
Attention: 0.50
Crowding: 0.88
Concentration: 0.82
Opportunity: 0.31

Opportunity components

Attention: 0.50
Low crowding: 0.12
Momentum (normalized): 0.46
Low concentration: 0.18

Source split

github: 21 (0.10)
hn: 86 (0.42)
ph: 95 (0.47)
yc: 1 (0.00)

Dominant source: ph · Divergence: 0.46

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Monthly trajectory

Members

Name	Source	Upvotes ▼	Launched
Zoer.ai	PH	463	2026-03-23
Powabase	PH	420	2026-05-27
Monospace from Directus	PH	394	2026-10-01
Capsule	HN	377	2026-09-15
oqoqo	PH	339	2026-08-10
Supernova	PH	330	2026-08-21
Honker	HN	327	2026-04-23
PgDog	HN	326	2026-02-23
FluentDB	PH	275	2026-07-25
Netlify Database	PH	255	2026-04-29
Appwrite 2.0	PH	242	2026-09-16
SQL-tap	HN	233	2026-02-14
PgDog	PH	227	2026-07-14
Custom Integrations by Databox	PH	222	2026-05-06
Postgres extension for BM25 relevance-ranked full-text search	HN	203	2026-03-31
SereneDB	PH	197	2026-09-22
API to MCP	PH	195	2026-06-19
LatticeDB	HN	190	2026-08-25
Sqlit	HN	190	2025-12-15
Turbolite	HN	185	2026-03-26
Apideck MCP Server	PH	178	2026-05-13
Omni	HN	177	2026-03-02
The Eureka Database	PH	176	2026-07-16
Parqeye	HN	167	2025-11-17
HelixDB	HN	159	2026-06-10
Oxyde	HN	155	2026-03-13
Metabase Data Studio	PH	153	2026-03-31
lead	GITHUB	144	2026-09-17
Kedge	HN	141	2026-07-29
Rocky	HN	122	2026-04-28
I implemented a neural network in SQL	HN	121	2026-07-13
DBOS Java	HN	114	2025-11-13
PostgreSQL performance and cost across 23 EC2 instance types	HN	97	2026-07-07
Subth.ink	HN	92	2026-01-19
A small programming language where everything is pass-by-value	HN	91	2026-01-25
Basedash Models	PH	91	2026-09-19
DuckDB community extension for prefiltered HNSW using ACORN-1	HN	90	2026-03-25
Syncular	HN	79	2026-08-02
DuckDB for Kafka Stream Processing	HN	77	2025-12-08
S2-lite, an open source Stream Store	HN	77	2026-01-21
Lightweight Task queue on Erlang/OTP, SQLite-backed, no overengineering	HN	75	2026-06-10
Torrix, self hosted, LLM Observability,(no Postgres, no Redis)	HN	74	2026-05-13
Prela	HN	73	2026-06-01
Mljar Studio	HN	73	2026-05-02
Pg-typesafe	HN	69	2026-02-17
Postquel	PH	67	2026-10-07
Mercek	HN	64	2026-06-04
Shumai	HN	63	2026-06-23
Scry, programmable internet search w/ congestion pricing	HN	60	2026-09-17
DDL to Data	HN	55	2026-01-06