CrunchyData/postgres-operator
Production PostgreSQL for Kubernetes, from high availability Postgres clusters to full-scale database-as-a-service. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 86
- Longevity 100
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: 2
- age_days: 3474
- days_rel: 92
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 8
Adoption not part of the score
4442 stars · 677 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
PGO is the Crunchy Data Postgres Operator, a Kubernetes operator that declaratively manages production PostgreSQL clusters. It automates high availability, disaster recovery, backups, monitoring, and rolling updates for Postgres on Kubernetes.
Use cases
- run production postgres on kubernetes
- manage highly available postgresql clusters declaratively
- automate postgres backups and disaster recovery
- set up postgres database-as-a-service on k8s
- clone postgres clusters for staging environments
- roll out postgres upgrades with minimal downtime
- monitor postgresql clusters with metrics
When to choose
- you run PostgreSQL on Kubernetes and want GitOps-style declarative cluster management
- you need built-in high availability, failover, and disaster recovery for Postgres
- you want automated backups, monitoring, and rolling updates without hand-rolled scripts
- you are building a database-as-a-service offering on Kubernetes
When to avoid
- your databases run on VMs or bare metal outside Kubernetes
- you use a different database engine than PostgreSQL
- you need a fully managed hosted database rather than self-operated clusters
- you cannot adopt Kubernetes operators or CRDs in your environment
Facets
service · maturity stable
database deployment monitoring backup configuration-management databases self-hosted cloud-computing go cloud self-hosted postgres-operator pgo high-availability disaster-recovery gitops database-as-a-service kubernetes-operator postgresql-clusters devops containers kubernetes docker
8 sources
- readme: https://github.com/CrunchyData/postgres-operator · fetched 2026-08-28 · 44a83f5a816f
- homepage: https://access.crunchydata.com/documentation/postgres-operator/v5/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5bd6b3a3713c
- site_page: https://access.crunchydata.com/documentation/postgres-operator/v5/quickstart · fetched 2026-08-29 · c04b0162ae42
- site_page: https://access.crunchydata.com/documentation/postgres-operator/v5/tutorial · fetched 2026-08-29 · 73a8cbd51c33
- site_page: https://access.crunchydata.com/documentation/postgres-operator/v5/tutorial/getting-started · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9a0f6bbd0b86
- site_page: https://access.crunchydata.com/documentation/postgres-operator/v5/tutorial/create-cluster · fetched 2026-08-29 · da6d05e4876e
- site_page: https://access.crunchydata.com/documentation/postgres-operator/v5/tutorial/connect-cluster · fetched 2026-08-29 · 47eb1a18717f
- site_page: https://access.crunchydata.com/documentation/postgres-operator/v5/tutorial/high-availability · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7f0897baa7fc
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| CrunchyData/postgres-operator | main | 95 |
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