pgcentralfoundation/pgrx

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

pgrx is a Rust framework for developing PostgreSQL extensions, providing idiomatic and safe bindings to Postgres internals. It includes cargo-pgrx, a managed development environment for creating, testing, and packaging extensions across Postgres versions 13 through 19.

Use cases

• write postgres extensions in rust
• create custom postgres functions and UDFs
• define custom postgres types from rust structs
• test an extension against multiple postgres versions
• generate sql schemas automatically from rust code
• write postgres trigger functions in rust

When to choose

• you want to build Postgres extensions with memory safety and idiomatic Rust
• you need first-class support for UDFs, triggers, and custom types
• you want a managed dev workflow (init, run, test, package) via cargo-pgrx
• you must target several Postgres versions from one codebase

When to avoid

• you only need simple SQL or PL/pgSQL extensions without Rust
• you are writing extensions for Postgres versions older than 13
• you need a C-based extension with direct control over Postgres internals

Facets

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database sdk developer-tools cli testing databases developer-tools backend rust cli postgresql postgres-extensions udf cargo-pgrx sql-generation linux macos

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