jackc/pgx
PostgreSQL driver and toolkit for Go observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4904
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 9
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
14187 stars · 1105 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
pgx is a pure Go PostgreSQL driver and toolkit offering a low-level, high-performance interface with PostgreSQL-specific features like LISTEN/NOTIFY and COPY, plus a database/sql adapter. Its underlying packages for wire protocol parsing and type mapping can also be used to build proxies, load balancers, and replication clients.
Use cases
- connect to postgresql from go
- fast bulk data loads into postgres with COPY
- use postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY from go
- pool postgres connections in a go web service
- use postgres with database/sql in go
- build a postgres proxy or logical replication client
When to choose
- you need maximum PostgreSQL performance and feature coverage in Go
- you want PostgreSQL-specific features like COPY, LISTEN/NOTIFY, or batch queries
- you need both a native driver and database/sql compatibility
When to avoid
- you target databases other than PostgreSQL
- you only need a simple ORM-style abstraction rather than a driver
Facets
library · maturity stable
database-driver database databases backend developer-tools go cross-platform postgresql connection-pooling database-sql wire-protocol copy-protocol listen-notify
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/jackc/pgx · fetched 2026-08-28 · ff1d21332eed
- homepage: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 · fetched 2026-08-29 · dfbd7b40a772
- site_page: https://pkg.go.dev/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 757852027879
- site_page: https://go.dev/project · fetched 2026-08-29 · d5ca00bb378b
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| jackc/pgx | main | 77 |
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