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database infrastructure and developer tools

Recent window: last 5.1 months (2026-04-24 → 2026-09-27), compared with the prior 5.1 months.

horizontal · 319 members · Data as of 2026-09-30

These products offer specialized databases, database extensions, query engines, and developer-facing data management utilities. They are built for software engineers, backend teams, and infrastructure developers looking to optimize data persistence and query workflows. This cluster is distinguished by its focus on core database internals, storage runtimes, and local developer tooling rather than high-level business analytics.

Metrics

Stage
crowded
Recent count
182
Prior count
113
Total count
319
Momentum
61.06
Attention
0.50
Crowding
0.87
Concentration
0.82
Opportunity
0.30

Opportunity components

Attention
0.50
Low crowding
0.13
Momentum (normalized)
0.40
Low concentration
0.18

Monthly trajectory

Source split

github
15 (0.08)
hn
89 (0.49)
ph
77 (0.42)
yc
1 (0.01)

Dominant source: hn · Divergence: 0.48

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Members

Name Source Upvotes ▼ Launched
Powabase PH 420 2026-05-27
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
Self-host Reddit HN 286 2026-01-13
FluentDB PH 275 2026-07-25
pg-jev GITHUB 274 2026-09-17
A Karpathy-style LLM wiki your agents maintain (Markdown and Git) HN 260 2026-04-25
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
Sqlit HN 190 2025-12-15
LatticeDB HN 190 2026-08-25
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
PicoMQ HN 159 2026-08-24
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
Librario, a book metadata API that aggregates G Books, ISBNDB, and more HN 140 2026-01-10
Streambed HN 129 2026-05-31
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
Cronhq PH 84 2026-09-21
ShapedQL HN 80 2026-01-27
Syncular HN 79 2026-08-02
S2-lite, an open source Stream Store HN 77 2026-01-21
DuckDB for Kafka Stream Processing HN 77 2025-12-08
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
SnackBase HN 70 2026-01-13