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We are thrilled to announce that PostgreSQL has been selected as one of the 185 open-source projects participating in the 21st year of Google Summer of Code (GSoC)! This is an exciting opportunity for us to collaborate with new contributors and continue enhancing the PostgreSQL ecosystem.

Join Us as a GSoC Contributor

If you’re passionate about open-source development and eager to work on PostgreSQL projects, here’s how you can get involved:

 

I compiled and uploaded zip files plpgsql_check for PostgreSQL 16 and PostgreSQL 17 - I used Microsoft Visual C 2022.

Setup:

Postgres Extensions Day 2025 Montreal: Registration and Call for Speakers

On May 12th, 2025, Postgres Extension Developers Coalition (PGEDC) will host [Po...

pgsql_tweaks is a bundle of functions and views for PostgreSQL

The source code is available on GitLab, a mirror is hosted on GitHub.
One could install the whole package, or just copy what is needed from the source code.

The extension is also available on PGXN.

pgDay Paris 2025 is less than a month away, and we have an amazing line-up of speakers on a variety of topics, both technical and community-minded.

But the best news is that there’s still a chance for you to be on stage - without committing to a full talk! Lightning talks are a great way to get speaking experience and tease audiences with a little bit of information on a great PostgreSQL subject of your choice. There's a slot dedicated to Lightning Talks at pgDay Paris 2025, and we hope you'll take part.

It's been quite a week in the PostgreSQL world, with a bunch of PostgreSQL 18 changes being committed, and an out-of-cycle minor version release following hot on the heels of last  week's scheduled updates to address a security issue.

I first blogged about Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) in 2019, which was more thoroughly analyzed in a blog post in 2023. An email exchange in December 2024 summarized the most up-to-date status of this feature: