# Tin full-text search for Postgres

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Tin full-text search for Postgres and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a faster, more capable alternative to Postgres's built-in text search. Critics note it is proprietary to PlanetScale and not part of core Postgres.

## Why people recommend it

- Faster than built-in Postgres search (2 comments): "TIN provides at least: superior performance, superior operational overhead" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49768659)) "TIN is much faster than built in text search" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49768248))

## What people warn about

- Proprietary to PlanetScale (1 comments): "TIN is possibly an improvement on existing PG behavior, but proprietary to planetscale." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49772962))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [pgvector](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pgvector.md): 55 recommend
- [PostGIS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/postgis.md): 20 recommend
- [pg_lake](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pg-lake.md): 18 recommend
- [ParadeDB](https://hackerapproved.com/p/paradedb.md): 13 recommend
- [pg_textsearch](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pg-textsearch.md): 10 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Tin full-text search for Postgres", https://hackerapproved.com/p/tin/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).