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Postgres extension explorer

Summary: A category-browsable index of all Postgres extensions supported on Neon, organized into groups such as AI/ML, analytics, geospatial, search, security, and query optimization. Navigate to individual extension docs, install instructions, or the flat alphabetical list.

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  • pg_tiktoken: Tokenize data in Postgres using the OpenAI tiktoken library
  • lakebase_vector: Scalable vector similarity search for RAG and semantic search
  • pgvector: Store vector embeddings and perform vector similarity search in Postgres
  • pg_mooncake: Adds columnstore tables and DuckDB execution for fast analytics in Postgres.
  • hll: Implements a HyperLogLog data structure as a native data type for efficient and tunable distinct value counting
  • timescaledb: Enables Postgres as a time-series database for efficient storage and retrieval of time-series data
  • insert_username: Implements a trigger that stores the current user's name into a text field, useful for tracking who modified a particular row within a table
  • moddatetime: Implements a trigger that automatically updates a timestamp column to the current timestamp whenever a row is modified
  • pgrowlocks: Provides a function that shows row locking information for a specified table, useful in concurrency and deadlock debugging
  • tcn: Provides a trigger function to notify listeners of changes to a table, allowing applications to respond to changes in the database
  • address_standardizer: A single-line address parser that takes an input address and normalizes it based on a set of rules
  • address_standardizer_data_us: Provides data for standardizing US addresses, for use with the address_standardizer extension
  • anon: Provides data masking and anonymization capabilities for protecting personally identifiable information (PII) and sensitive data in Postgres databases
  • citext: Provides a case-insensitive character string type that internally calls lower when comparing values in Postgres
  • cube: Implements the cube data type for representing multidimensional cubes in Postgres
  • earthdistance: Provides cube-based and point-based approaches to calculating great circle distances on the surface of the Earth
  • hstore: Implements an hstore data type for storing and manipulating sets of key-value pairs within a single Postgres value
  • intagg: Provides an integer aggregator and enumerator for Postgres
  • intarray: Offers functions and operators for manipulating and searching arrays of integers within Postgres
  • isn: Implements data types for international product numbering standards: EAN13, UPC, ISBN (books), ISMN (music), and ISSN (serials)
  • ltree: Provides data types for representing labels of data stored in a hierarchical tree-like structure and facilities for searching through label trees
  • pg_graphql: Adds GraphQL support to Postgres, allowing you to query your database via GraphQL
  • pg_hashids: Enables the generation of short, unique hash ids from integers, useful for obfuscating internal ids
  • pg_jsonschema: Provides support for JSON schema validation on json and jsonb data types
  • pg_uuidv7: Enables creating valid UUID Version 7 values in Postgres, enabling globally unique identifiers with temporal ordering
  • pgx_ulid: A full-featured extension for generating and working with ULID (Universally Unique Lexicographically Sortable Identifiers)
  • seg: Implements the seg data type for storage and manipulation of line segments or floating-point ranges, useful for geometric and scientific applications
  • semver: A Postgres data type for the Semantic Version format with support for btree and hash indexing
  • tablefunc: Contains functions that return tables (multiple rows), including crosstab, which can pivot row data into columns dynamically
  • unaccent: A text search dictionary that removes accents from characters, simplifying text search in Postgres
  • unit: Implements a data type for SI units, plus byte, for storage, manipulation, and calculation of scientific units
  • uuid-ossp: Provides functions to generate universally unique identifiers (UUIDs) in Postgres, supporting various UUID standards
  • wal2json: A Postgres logical decoding plugin that converts Write-Ahead Log (WAL) changes into JSON objects
  • xml2: Enables XPath queries and XSLT functionality directly within Postgres, enabling XML data processing
  • moddatetime: Automatically updates a timestamp column to the current timestamp whenever a row is modified in Postgres
  • pgrowlocks: Provides a function that shows row locking information for a specified table, which can aid in concurrency and deadlock debugging
  • pgTap: A unit testing framework for Postgres, enabling sophisticated testing of database queries and functions
  • plpgsql_check: Provides a linter and debugger for PL/pgSQL code, helping identify errors and optimize PL/pgSQL functions
  • cube: Implements a data type for representing multidimensional cubes in Postgres
  • earthdistance: Provides cube-based and point-based approaches to calculating great circle distances on the surface of the Earth
  • h3: Integrates Uber's H3 geospatial indexing system that combines the benefits of a hexagonal grid with S2's hierarchical subdivisions
  • h3_postgis: A PostGIS extension for H3, enabling advanced spatial analysis and indexing
  • pgrouting: Extends PostGIS/Postgres databases, providing geospatial routing and other network analysis functionality
  • postgis: Extends Postgres to allow GIS (Geographic Information Systems) objects to be stored in the database, enabling spatial queries directly in SQL
  • postgis_raster: Adds support for raster data to PostGIS, enabling advanced geospatial analysis on raster images
  • postgis_sfcgal: Provides support for advanced 3D geometries in PostGIS, based on the SFCGAL library
  • postgis_tiger_geocoder: Enables geocoding and reverse geocoding capabilities in PostGIS using TIGER/Line data
  • postgis_topology: Extends PostGIS with support for topological data types and functions, facilitating the analysis of spatial relationships
  • bloom: Provides an index access method for Postgres based on Bloom filters
  • btree_gin: Provides GIN operator classes that implement B-tree equivalent behavior
  • btree_gist: Provides GiST index operator classes that implement B-tree equivalent behavior
  • ip4r: Provides a range index type and functions for efficiently storing and querying IPv4 and IPv6 ranges and addresses in Postgres
  • pg_partman: A partition manager extension that enables creating and managing time-based and number-based table partition sets in Postgres
  • pg_prewarm: Allows manual preloading of relation data into the Postgres buffer cache, reducing access times for frequently queried tables
  • pg_repack: Lets you remove bloat from tables and indexes, and optionally restore the physical order of clustered indexes
  • pg_roaringbitmap: Implements Roaring Bitmaps in Postgres for efficient storage and manipulation of bit sets
  • rum: Provides an access method to work with a RUM index, designed to speed up full-text searches
  • neon: Provides functions and views designed to gather Neon-specific metrics
  • pg_stat_statements: Tracks planning and execution statistics for all SQL statements executed, aiding in performance analysis and tuning
  • pgstattuple: Offers functions to show tuple-level statistics for tables, helping identify bloat and efficiency opportunities
  • tsm_system_rows: Provides a table sampling method that selects a fixed number of table rows randomly
  • tsm_system_time: Offers a table sampling method based on system time, enabling consistent sample data retrieval over time
  • tcn: Provides a trigger function to notify listeners of changes to a table, allowing applications to respond to changes in the database
  • pg_partman: A partition manager extension that enables creating and managing time-based and number-based table partition sets in Postgres
  • plcoffee: Enables writing functions in CoffeeScript, a Javascript dialect with a syntax similar to Ruby
  • plls: Enables writing functions in LiveScript, a Javascript dialect that serves as a more powerful successor to CoffeeScript
  • plv8: Deprecated on Neon. Was a Postgres procedural language powered by V8 for JavaScript callable from SQL; use plpgsql or app-side logic instead
  • plpgsql: The default procedural language for Postgres, enabling the creation of complex functions and triggers
  • hypopg: Provides the ability to create hypothetical (virtual) indexes in Postgres for performance testing
  • pg_hint_plan: Allows developers to influence query plans with hints in SQL comments, improving performance and control over query execution
  • online_advisor: Recommends indexes, extended statistics, and prepared statements based on your actual query workload
  • cube: Implements the cube data type for representing multidimensional cubes in Postgres
  • rdkit: Integrates the RDKit cheminformatics toolkit with Postgres, enabling chemical informatics operations directly in the database
  • seg: Implements the seg data type for storage and manipulation of line segments or floating-point intervals, useful for representing laboratory measurements
  • unit: Implements a data type for SI units, plus byte, for storage, manipulation, and calculation of scientific units
  • citext: Provides a case-insensitive character string type that internally calls lower when comparing values in Postgres
  • dict_int: Provides a text search dictionary template for indexing integer data in Postgres
  • fuzzystrmatch: Provides several functions to determine similarities and distance between strings in Postgres
  • lakebase_text: BM25 keyword and full-text search for Postgres, compatible with tsvector
  • pg_trgm: Provides functions and operators for determining the similarity of alphanumeric text based on trigram matching, and index operator classes for fast string similarity search
  • prefix: A prefix range module that supports efficient queries on text columns with prefix-based searching and matching capabilities
  • unaccent: A text search dictionary that removes accents from characters, simplifying text search in Postgres
  • anon: Provides data masking and anonymization capabilities for protecting personally identifiable information (PII) and sensitive data in Postgres databases
  • pg_session_jwt: Handle authenticated sessions through JWTs for use with RLS policies
  • pgcrypto: Offers cryptographic functions, allowing for encryption and hashing of data within Postgres
  • pgjwt: Implements JSON Web Tokens (JWT) in Postgres, allowing for secure token creation and verification
  • autoinc: Provides an autoinc() function that stores the next value of a sequence into an integer field
  • hypopg: Provides the ability to create hypothetical (virtual) indexes in Postgres for performance testing
  • insert_username: Automatically inserts the username of the person executing an insert operation into a specified table in Postgres
  • lo: Provides support for managing large objects (LOBs) in Postgres, including a data type lo and a trigger lo_manage
  • neon_utils: Provides a function for monitoring how Neon's Autoscaling feature allocates compute resources in response to workload
  • pg_cron: Lets you schedule and manage periodic jobs directly in your Postgres database
  • pgtap: A unit testing framework for Postgres, enabling sophisticated testing of database queries and functions
  • refint: Provides functions for maintaining foreign key constraints
  • dblink: Provides functions for accessing and manipulating data in remote databases from within Postgres
  • postgres_fdw: Access data in remote Postgres databases as local tables


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