# neondatabase/neon

Neon: Serverless Postgres. We separated storage and compute to offer autoscaling, code-like database branching, and scale to zero.

Repository: https://github.com/neondatabase/neon
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/neon
Homepage: https://neon.tech
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: postgres, postgresql, serverless, database, rust
Last push: 2026-05-25T13:07:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 68/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 84, release rhythm 28, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1986, "days_push": 100, "days_rel": 400, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 136}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 22963, forks 1072 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:34.272735+00:00)

## What it is
Neon is an open-source serverless Postgres platform that separates storage from compute by replacing PostgreSQL's storage layer with a distributed storage engine (pageserver plus safekeepers). It enables autoscaling, scale-to-zero, instant copy-on-write database branching, and point-in-time restore, and is also offered as a managed cloud service.

## Use cases
- run a serverless postgres database that scales to zero when idle
- create instant database branches for development, testing, and CI
- autoscale postgres compute to match workload without overprovisioning
- restore a postgres database to any point in time
- self-host a cloud-native postgres with separated storage and compute
- give AI agents ephemeral branchable postgres databases

## When to choose
- you need postgres with autoscaling or scale-to-zero economics
- you want git-like branching and instant copies of databases for preview or CI environments
- you need point-in-time restore and read replicas without heavy infrastructure
- you want to self-host or study a cloud-native postgres storage engine

## When to avoid
- you need a simple embedded or single-node postgres with no cloud dependencies
- your workload requires strict single-node local filesystem semantics or exotic postgres extensions tied to storage internals
- you want a fully managed turnkey service without running infrastructure and cannot use the vendor's cloud

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: database, self-hosted, cloud, serverless
- domain: databases, cloud-computing, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: rust, self-hosted, cloud
- tags: postgres, serverless-postgres, storage-compute-separation, database-branching, autoscaling, scale-to-zero, pageserver, safekeepers, wal, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- neondatabase/neon (main) score 68

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:34.272735+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:56:49.761652+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/neondatabase/neon (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:34.272735+00:00, sha e22142ff42ad)
  - homepage: https://neon.tech (fetched 2026-08-29T07:54:59.284738+00:00, sha b65b37cda59a)
  - site_page: https://neon.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T07:54:59.293723+00:00, sha 392134151120)
  - site_page: https://neon.com/docs/postgres/overview (fetched 2026-08-29T07:54:59.298368+00:00, sha 13dec206ffe7)
  - site_page: https://neon.com/docs/neon-auth/overview (fetched 2026-08-29T07:54:59.301071+00:00, sha 55f1f83fc873)
  - site_page: https://neon.com/docs/compute/functions/overview (fetched 2026-08-29T07:54:59.303384+00:00, sha 10790d522f88)
  - site_page: https://neon.com/docs/storage/overview (fetched 2026-08-29T07:54:59.305473+00:00, sha c12a6e637fd1)
  - site_page: https://neon.com/docs/ai-gateway/overview (fetched 2026-08-29T07:54:59.307148+00:00, sha ce1d938fb7f5)
  - site_page: https://neon.com/docs/introduction/architecture-overview (fetched 2026-08-29T07:54:59.308824+00:00, sha 3a45e7854e24)
  - site_page: https://neon.com/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T07:54:59.295608+00:00, sha c1331eb937b9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.