Simple, Elastic-quality search for Postgres

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--- ## Installation ```bash curl -fsSL https://paradedb.com/install.sh | sh ``` When you're ready to deploy, check out our [hosting options](https://docs.paradedb.com/deploy/overview). ## What is ParadeDB? [ParadeDB](https://paradedb.com) is a PostgreSQL extension that brings Elastic-quality full-text search and analytics directly inside Postgres. - [x] [Full-Text Search](https://docs.paradedb.com/documentation/full-text/overview) - [x] [BM25 Scoring](https://docs.paradedb.com/documentation/sorting/score) - [x] [Top K](https://docs.paradedb.com/documentation/sorting/topk) - [x] [Highlighting](https://docs.paradedb.com/documentation/full-text/highlight) - [x] [Tokenizers & Token Filters](https://docs.paradedb.com/documentation/tokenizers/overview) - [x] [Filtering](https://docs.paradedb.com/documentation/filtering) - [x] [Aggregates](https://docs.paradedb.com/documentation/aggregates/overview) - [x] [Columnar Storage](https://docs.paradedb.com/documentation/indexing/columnar) - [x] [Bucket & Metrics](https://docs.paradedb.com/documentation/aggregates/overview) - [x] [Facets](https://docs.paradedb.com/documentation/aggregates/facets) - [x] [JOINs](https://docs.paradedb.com/documentation/joins/overview) - [ ] Vector Search (coming soon) - [ ] Hybrid Search (coming soon) Star and watch this repository to follow along. See our [current projects](https://github.com/paradedb/paradedb/projects?query=is%3Aopen) and [long-term roadmap](https://docs.paradedb.com/welcome/roadmap). ## How It Works ParadeDB integrates battle-tested Rust libraries for search and analytics inside Postgres, contributing upstream whenever possible. Our primary dependencies are: - [pgrx](https://github.com/pgcentralfoundation/pgrx) — bridges Postgres and Rust - [Tantivy](https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy) — powers full-text search - [Apache DataFusion](https://github.com/apache/datafusion) — handles OLAP processing For a deeper dive, see our [architecture docs](https://docs.paradedb.com/welcome/architecture) or [CMU Database Group talk](https://db.cs.cmu.edu/events/building-blocks-paradedb-philippe-noel/). ## Integrations ParadeDB integrates with the tools you already use, with more on the way. ### ORMs & Frameworks - [Django](https://github.com/paradedb/django-paradedb) - [SQLAlchemy](https://github.com/paradedb/sqlalchemy-paradedb) - [Rails](https://github.com/paradedb/rails-paradedb) - More coming (Prisma, and others) ### AI Agents - [Agent Skills](https://github.com/paradedb/agent-skills) - [MCP Integration](https://docs.paradedb.com/welcome/ai-agents) ### PaaS & Cloud Platforms - [Railway](https://docs.paradedb.com/deploy/cloud-platforms/railway) - [Render](https://docs.paradedb.com/deploy/cloud-platforms/render) - [DigitalOcean](https://docs.paradedb.com/deploy/cloud-platforms/digitalocean) - More coming (Heroku, and others) ## Community & Support - [Slack](https://paradedb.com/slack) — ask questions, share what you're building - [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/paradedb/paradedb/discussions) — longer-form Q&A - [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/paradedb/paradedb/issues/new/choose) — bug reports and feature requests - [Email](mailto:sales@paradedb.com) — enterprise support and commercial licensing ## Contributing We welcome contributions of all sizes! Check out our [good first issues](https://github.com/paradedb/paradedb/labels/good%20first%20issue) to get started. For larger contributions, we recommend discussing them with us in [Slack](https://paradedb.com/slack) first. See our [Contributing Guide](/CONTRIBUTING.md) and [Code of Conduct](/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) for details. ## License ParadeDB Community is licensed under the [GNU Affero General Public License v3.0](LICENSE). For [ParadeDB Enterprise](https://docs.paradedb.com/deploy/enterprise) licensing, contact [sales@paradedb.com](mailto:sales@paradedb.com).