- 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. + PostgreSQL is a powerful, extensible, open source relational database + with over 35 years of active development. PostgreSQL has earned a + strong reputation for reliability, feature robustness, and + performance. +
++ PostgreSQL can be used for a wide variety of use-cases, including + transactional and analytical workloads. PostgreSQL extensions add more + functionality to PostgreSQL, which are used to support geospatial, + time series, AI and vector queries, full-text search, + distributed systems, and many more workloads.
There is a wealth of information to be found describing how to install and use PostgreSQL through the official documentation.