Show HN: NeonD – self-hosted Postgres Platform with branching, PITR and backups

Category: infrastructure

Tags: postgresql, control-plane, self-hosted

Score: 5.8/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 6, Documentation: 6, Utility: 6)

NeonD is a self-hosted control plane for PostgreSQL that provides branching, S3-based backups, and point-in-time recovery, wrapping the open-source Neon project into a Docker container for easy deployment. It targets developers needing rapid database provisioning on small VPS instances, balancing developer experience with practical limitations on reliability. The project is interesting for its focus on simplifying complex PostgreSQL operations like branching for early-stage startups.

Target audience: backend devs

Repository: https://github.com/matisiekpl/neond/ · Rust · Apache-2.0 · 61 stars

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