jtv/libpqxx

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libpqxx is the official C++ client API for PostgreSQL, wrapping the C libpq library in a modern, C++-native interface with transaction and connection classes. It is actively maintained, with the 8.x series requiring C++20 and building via CMake or configure.

Use cases

• connect to a postgresql database from c++
• run sql queries and transactions in c++
• c++ postgres client library
• bulk data retrieval from postgres in c++
• replace raw libpq calls with a c++-native api

When to choose

• you are writing C++ software that needs to access PostgreSQL
• you want an idiomatic C++ API with RAII-style transactions over raw libpq
• you need the official, long-maintained PostgreSQL binding for C++

When to avoid

• you use a different database than PostgreSQL
• your project is stuck on a pre-C++20 compiler and you need the latest 8.x features
• you need an ORM or schema management rather than a client driver

Facets

library · maturity stable

database-driver database databases developer-tools backend windows cpp cross-platform postgresql libpq sql transactions cplusplus linux macos

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