OrioleDB
Ranked 4 of 4 storage engines by recommenders
Open-source Postgres storage engine that passes Postgres's own test suite in recent beta releases.
Open-source Postgres storage engine that passes Postgres's own test suite in recent beta releases.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Eagerly awaited improvements for Postgres
“Would be nice if the OrioleDB improvements were to be incorporated in postgresql proper some day”
Comment from 5 Feb 2026 in “Postgres Postmaster does not scale” “OrioleDB can’t come quickly enough.”
Comment from 19 Oct 2026 in “How Postgres DELETE can actually scale”
Other storage engines people recommend
The three most recommended other storage engines, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aether storage engine | 10 | 2 | 83% | 5 | — | Approved |
| InnoDB | 7 | 2 | 78% | 6 | — | — |
| TidesDB | 6 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
| OrioleDBThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“OrioleDB can’t come quickly enough.”
“Great submission slipped by yesterday (!) on it's beta15 and beta16 released, on a big stability push. It now passes Postgres's own test suite!”
“it's not usable right now without some patches to postgres”
“seems interesting, not sure it's what you're after but worth a look”
“which relies on in place updates combined with undo logs.”
“Would be nice if the OrioleDB improvements were to be incorporated in postgresql proper some day”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.