# CloudNativePG

25 Hacker News commenters recommended CloudNativePG and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free operator that runs and automates PostgreSQL on Kubernetes, with failover, backups and dashboards. Critics doubt it suits very large clusters.

## Why people recommend it

- Strong built-in dashboards and metrics (2 comments): "The builtin metrics and official dashboard is vastly superior to what I get from Cloudwatch" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46338945)) "CloudNative PG actually gives you really nice dashboards out-of-the-box for free." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46346290))
- Automatic failover and high availability (4 comments): "batteries included HA Postgres cluster that's becoming the standard in this area" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46337268)) "CloudNativePG operator manages PostgreSQL with automatic failover (5-30s)." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47420418)) "CNPG and mariadb operator make HA setups very easy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47307847))
- Easy declarative Kubernetes setup (3 comments): "If you're running it in kubernetes with cloudnativepg it's even easier." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47967862)) "cloudnativepg allows you to declaratively describe postgres" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919199)) "is a great option if you’re using Kubernetes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46337258))
- Works well in practice (3 comments): "I'm using CNPG on my rinky-dinky 3-node k8s homelab, and it's been pretty good." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46260965)) "with CNPG you have comparable results you get on bare metal PostgreSQL" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48030451)) "Worked amazingly well for my usecases" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48485887))

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "CloudNativePG", https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudnativepg/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).