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PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system with over 35 years of active development that has earned it a strong reputation for reliability, feature robustness, and performance.

There is a wealth of information to be found describing how to install and use PostgreSQL through the official documentation. The open source community provides many helpful places to become familiar with PostgreSQL, discover how it works, and find career opportunities. Learn more on how to engage with the community.

Latest Releases

2026-08-13 - PostgreSQL 19 Beta 3, 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19 and 14.24 Released!

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has released an update to all supported versions of PostgreSQL, including 19 Beta 3, 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19 and 14.24. This release fixes 28 security vulnerabilities and many bugs reported over the last several months.

For the more information about this release, please review the release notes. You can download PostgreSQL from the download page.

PostgreSQL 14 will stop receiving fixes on November 12, 2026. If you are running PostgreSQL 14 in a production environment, we suggest that you make plans to upgrade to a newer, supported version of PostgreSQL. Please see our versioning policy for more information.

  • 18.6 · 2026-08-13 · Notes
  • 17.11 · 2026-08-13 · Notes
  • 16.15 · 2026-08-13 · Notes
  • 15.19 · 2026-08-13 · Notes
  • 14.24 · 2026-08-13 · Notes

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Latest News

PostgreSQL 19 Beta 3, 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19 and 14.24 Released!

  •  2026-08-13

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has released an update to all supported versions of PostgreSQL, including 19 Beta 3, 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19 and 14.24. This release fixes 28 security vulnerabilities and many bugs reported over the last several months.

For the more information about this release, please review the release notes. You can download PostgreSQL from the download page.

PostgreSQL 14 will stop receiving fixes on November 12, 2026. If you are running PostgreSQL 14 in a production environment, we suggest that you make plans to upgrade to a newer, supported version of PostgreSQL. Please see our versioning policy for more information.

PLANET POSTGRESQL

All Your GUCs in a Row: io_max_concurrency

  •  Christophe Pettus
  •  2026-08-13

Introducing the CYBERTEC PG Operator

  •  Hans-Juergen Schoenig
  •  2026-08-12

Introducing sqlfmt: an SQL gofmt-style formatter

  •  Dimitri Fontaine
  •  2026-08-11

All Your GUCs in a Row: IntervalStyle

  •  Christophe Pettus
  •  2026-08-11

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