Tin full-text search for Postgres
Shares rank 5 of 14 Postgres extensions by recommenders
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.
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.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 77%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not 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
Faster than built-in Postgres search
“TIN provides at least: superior performance, superior operational overhead”
Comment from 19 Sep 2026 in “Tin: full-text search for Postgres” “TIN is much faster than built in text search”
Comment from 19 Sep 2026 in “Tin: full-text search for Postgres”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Proprietary to PlanetScale
“TIN is possibly an improvement on existing PG behavior, but proprietary to planetscale.”
Comment from 20 Sep 2026 in “Tin: full-text search for Postgres”
Other Postgres extensions people recommend
The four most recommended other Postgres extensions, 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.
See all 14 Postgres extensions, rankedWhat people said
13 of the 15 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Open slrn, tin or mutt for extra fun.”
“It does a lot more than Postgres search.”
“TIN is possibly an improvement on existing PG behavior, but proprietary to planetscale.”
“Not an ad, just a happy user.”
“it doesn't mention support for CJK languages”
“it does what it says on the TIN”
“TIN provides at least: superior performance, superior operational overhead”
“TIN is much faster than built in text search”
“Why would I use something vibecoded that isn't part of core Postgres instead?”
“You'd be surprised as to the amount of open-source contributions TIN drove towards Postgres”
“The answer to your first question is simply: yes”
“is this 21st century embrace, extend, extinguish ?”
“it has a neat type system, traits, cooperative fibers via llvm.coro”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.