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database infrastructure and developer tools

Recent window: last 5.2 months (2026-04-24 → 2026-09-28), compared with the prior 5.2 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
186
Prior count
115
Total count
319
Momentum
61.74
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
17 (0.09)
hn
89 (0.48)
ph
79 (0.42)
yc
1 (0.01)

Dominant source: hn · Divergence: 0.47

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Members

Name Source Upvotes ▲ Launched
GETadb.com HN 39 2026-05-08
Pglayers HN 40 2026-07-01
Spice Cayenne HN 42 2025-12-18
GlyphLang HN 44 2026-01-10
SQLite for Rivet Actors HN 45 2026-02-28
Managed Postgres with native ClickHouse integration HN 45 2026-01-22
EterDB, a Postgres fork that makes it easy to recover from incidents HN 45 2026-09-10
justPostgres GITHUB 46 2026-09-09
Pgclaw HN 48 2026-02-12
DeepSQL HN 52 2026-07-20
Hsrs HN 53 2026-05-19
Elysia JIT "Compiler", why it's one of the fastest JavaScript framework HN 54 2026-02-08
DDL to Data HN 55 2026-01-06
Bun-sqlgen HN 55 2026-06-23
DungeonQ PH 55 2026-09-18
Pipeflow-PHP HN 55 2025-11-09
Scry, programmable internet search w/ congestion pricing HN 60 2026-09-17
Shumai HN 63 2026-06-23
Pg-typesafe HN 69 2026-02-17
SnackBase HN 70 2026-01-13
Prela HN 73 2026-06-01
Mljar Studio HN 73 2026-05-02
Torrix, self hosted, LLM Observability,(no Postgres, no Redis) HN 74 2026-05-13
Lightweight Task queue on Erlang/OTP, SQLite-backed, no overengineering HN 75 2026-06-10
DuckDB for Kafka Stream Processing HN 77 2025-12-08
S2-lite, an open source Stream Store HN 77 2026-01-21
Syncular HN 79 2026-08-02
ShapedQL HN 80 2026-01-27
Cronhq PH 84 2026-09-21
Basedash Models PH 91 2026-09-19
A small programming language where everything is pass-by-value HN 91 2026-01-25
Subth.ink HN 92 2026-01-19
PostgreSQL performance and cost across 23 EC2 instance types HN 97 2026-07-07
DBOS Java HN 114 2025-11-13
I implemented a neural network in SQL HN 121 2026-07-13
Rocky HN 122 2026-04-28
Streambed HN 129 2026-05-31
Librario, a book metadata API that aggregates G Books, ISBNDB, and more HN 140 2026-01-10
Kedge HN 141 2026-07-29
lead GITHUB 144 2026-09-17
Metabase Data Studio PH 153 2026-03-31
Oxyde HN 155 2026-03-13
HelixDB HN 159 2026-06-10
PicoMQ HN 159 2026-08-24
Parqeye HN 167 2025-11-17
The Eureka Database PH 176 2026-07-16
Omni HN 177 2026-03-02
Apideck MCP Server PH 178 2026-05-13
Turbolite HN 185 2026-03-26
Sqlit HN 190 2025-12-15