# pgrx

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/pgrx/

9 people recommended pgrx in Hacker News comments and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

6 of the 9 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Pgrx: Build Postgres Extensions with Rust”.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for building Postgres extensions in Rust, citing active maintenance and few memory bugs; one critic notes it cannot support expanded shared memory.

Summary written by Claude from 13 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 12 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Strong Rust project with wide adoption (3 comments in the sample): "Once in a while projects like pgrx, or xous come along that really beat the pack as far as Rust projects are concerned" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46665848)) "adoption of pgrx, durable execution becoming popular - good things!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48427765)) "Amazing project that spawned entire companies." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47930786))
- Actively maintained and gaining momentum (2 comments in the sample): "Pgrx is trucking right along, and gaining speed at the moment." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47935150)) "pgrx is actively maintained." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47934768))
- Helpful, responsive maintainers and support (2 comments in the sample): "The maintainers for this project are pretty nice all around." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47934635)) "the support pgrx provides is excellent" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47931321))

## Other Postgres extensions people recommend

- [pgvector](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pgvector/): 33 recommend, 11 mixed, 17 criticize
- [pg_lake](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pg-lake/): 15 recommend, 2 mixed, 3 criticize
- [PostGIS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/postgis/): 14 recommend, 4 mixed, 3 criticize
- [pg_textsearch](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pg-textsearch/): 9 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "pgrx", https://hackerapproved.com/p/pgrx/ (9 recommend, 0 mixed, 2 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.