Show HN: Xata, open-source Postgres platform with copy-on-write branches

Category: database

Tags: postgres, kubernetes, database-platform, copy-on-write, serverless

Score: 7.0/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 7, Utility: 6)

Xata is an open-source platform for self-hosting a managed Postgres service on Kubernetes, featuring copy-on-write branching for instant database duplication and scale-to-zero functionality. It's interesting because it packages complex cloud-native technologies (CloudNativePG, OpenEBS) into a cohesive platform with a serverless driver and control plane, offering a production-ready alternative to building a custom Postgres-as-a-Service internally.

Target audience: devops, backend devs, platform engineers

Repository: https://github.com/xataio/xata · Go · Apache-2.0 · 462 stars

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