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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
Nerve: Stitches all your data sources into one mega-API HN 16 2026-02-14
ShapedQL: The SQL engine for search, feeds, and AI agents YC 15 2026-01-28
duckdb-plan-lint GITHUB 15 2026-09-25
BlitzGraph HN 15 2026-06-16
rmBug HN 14 2026-04-01
I built a local data lake for AI powered data engineering and analytics HN 14 2026-04-08
Pg-workflows HN 14 2026-02-16
Penca HN 14 2026-07-31
Fostrom, an IoT Cloud Platform built for developers HN 13 2026-02-20
VectorDBZ, a desktop GUI for vector databases HN 13 2026-01-01
Public Apache Iceberg datasets via a REST catalog HN 13 2026-01-15
Streambench HN 13 2026-08-14
pg-circuit GITHUB 12 2026-09-12
SLayer, a semantic layer maintained by your agent HN 12 2026-05-11
Ducktape HN 12 2025-12-16
I built a database for AI agents HN 12 2026-04-07
duckdb-rust-workers GITHUB 12 2026-09-29
Sqlaris-Studio GITHUB 12 2026-09-29
Stratum HN 12 2026-03-12
ObsessionDB HN 12 2026-01-23
ContextVault HN 12 2026-07-13
VillageSQL HN 12 2026-02-05
The Taka Programming Language HN 12 2025-12-03
Declarative open-source framework for MCPs with search and execute HN 11 2026-02-24
I built an HTTP/2 server in C++ to learn the protocol and language HN 11 2026-01-04
bbs1org GITHUB 11 2026-09-09
learn-databases GITHUB 11 2026-09-09
Out Plane HN 11 2026-02-24
Open source ML programming language playground HN 11 2026-09-02
TabPFN MCP, gives LLMs tools for predictions on tabular data (beta) HN 11 2026-02-05
Xsql HN 11 2025-12-16
Durable Streams HN 10 2025-12-09
uplpgsql HN 10 2026-07-16
StreamHouse HN 10 2026-02-25
DomainGateway GITHUB 10 2026-09-09
Databasus HN 10 2025-12-28
blotato-dev.github.io GITHUB 10 2026-09-21
TidesDB HN 10 2026-02-12
Glintlog HN 10 2026-02-04
influxdb2tsfile GITHUB 9 2026-09-16
Zingle HN 9 2025-11-14
Superkube HN 9 2026-05-01
Rekal HN 9 2026-04-12
MCPfinder HN 9 2026-04-20
Genotype: language that compiles to idiomatic TS, Rust and Python HN 9 2026-09-08
acore-quest-creator GITHUB 9 2026-09-25
TamedTable, AI ETL in Natural Language HN 9 2026-08-02
VisuaLeaf HN 9 2026-04-29
We are building Git for data HN 9 2026-01-27
GEDB HN 9 2026-02-16