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Pig v1.9.0 adds one-command Xray client/server setup, automatic Pigsty repository-key preparation, and a refreshed 600-entry extension catalog. The default cargo-pgrx version is now 0.19.3; the embedded Pigsty version remains 4.5.0. Xray clients and …

Decision date: 2026-10-05 Status: Released in v1.9.0. The 2026-10-16 refinements below are Implemented in the v1.10.0 candidate, not yet released. Current reference: pig build, operations safety, and release history Scope: One-command Xray client …

Decision date: 2026-09-03 Status: Released in v1.8.1. Current reference: pig build Scope: Debug-package policy for pig build ext and pig build pkg; individual package recipes remain authoritative for their payload. Decision pig build ext and pig …

Pig v1.8.1 is a safety, correctness, and maintenance release on top of v1.8.0. It hardens command initialization, privileged log access, repository and build workflows, release integrity, and structured-output redaction. It also refreshes the …

Today, let’s talk about Postpartum Care for Sows—a Chinese meme for the sort of absurdly specialized practical topic nobody expects to discuss. This time, the sow in question is my new open-source project, SOW. When you maintain a PostgreSQL …

I was updating the Redis module in Pigsty recently, adding Valkey as an alternative engine, and found a bug in an inherited packaging patch. In affected Valkey DEB packages, failed synchronous saves can corrupt used_memory until it reports a value …

Pig v1.5.1 updates PG kernel forks to the latest package names. Highlights Add mirror/proxy mode to repo, build, sty, update, and extension update workflows; pig build rust -m also configures Cargo mirror settings with rsproxy.cn. Add explicit …

Refresh the built-in extension catalog from 510 to 524 available extensions. This adds 14 extensions: pg_stl, pgmnemo, psql_bm25s, pg_orca, pg_sorted_heap, graph, pgrdf, fsm_core, jsonschema, pg_durable, pg_mockable, pg_uuid_v8, pg_stat_backtrace, …

Slide deck: Extensions for Everyone Part I. Introduction 0. Extensions for Everyone 00. Extensions for Everyone Hi everyone. This talk is called Extensions for Everyone. It is about delivering PostgreSQL extensions, and about how a shared delivery …

Refresh the extension catalog and increase the total available extensions to 510, with version bumps such as timescaledb 2.26.3, decoderbufs 3.5.0, pgclone 4.0.0, and nominatim_fdw 1.3. Bump the default pgrx version from 0.17.0 to 0.18.0 and align …

A GitHub issue turned into an extension sprint. 32 new additions say a lot about where PostgreSQL is headed. It Started with a Chemistry Extension Two days ago, a user opened a GitHub issue: he was using RDKit, the de facto standard library in …

Routine maintenance release. Refresh a batch of extension version metadata and catalog entries. Add the pig pg tune subcommand to generate PostgreSQL tuning parameters from hardware resources and workload profiles. Add pdu and pgdog source package …

This is a small maintenance release from v1.3.0 to v1.3.1. PG13 install/build support is removed because PGDG upstream has dropped PG13 archive/distribution. Active supported PostgreSQL major versions are now 14-18. Refresh extension catalog (461 -> …

This release is a focused engineering update from v1.2.0 to v1.3.0: 15 commits, 74 files changed, +1184 / -236 LOC. It hardens the pig build pipeline and extends catalog/alias coverage, increasing total extensions from 451 to 461. Highlights Build …

This release upgrades the CLI architecture from v1.0.0 to v1.1.0 (79 commits, 193 files changed), with the core goal of moving pig from a “human-friendly CLI” to an “agent-native orchestratable CLI”. Seven new extensions are added, bringing the total …

Hi, I’m Feng Ruohang, author of Pigsty and an independent open-source contributor. Let’s talk about how to build a PostgreSQL distribution that is rooted in China and useful to the whole world. The question isn’t whether PG will win—it already has. …

My earlier post “PG ‘Export Controls’ and Supply-Chain Trust” drew a comment from an administrator at Tsinghua University’s TUNA mirror: “As a university mirror admin, calling us ‘lying flat’ or ‘irresponsible’ is unfair and demoralizing.” I replied: …

Extension list update, + 6 new extensions, 437 total Add PGDG EL10 Sysupdate repo Add LLVM APT repo Use local extension.csv catalog in pig build sub command Updated extensions: vchord pg_later pgvectorscale pglite_fusion pgx_ulid pg_search citus …

Add support for Debian 13 and EL 10 distributions Massive extension updates to the latest versions with PostgreSQL 18 support Almost all Rust extensions now support PG 18 via pgrx 0.16.1 pig build command overhaul pig build pkg <pkg> will now …

I was recently chatting with my friend Yurii, the founder of Omnigres. He wants to hire a PostgreSQL packaging expert and has even coined a title for the role: EEE, or Extension Ecosystem Engineer. It is an interesting idea. The job description is …

This month, KubeSphere removed its container images, prompting a debate about open-source supply chains. A quieter disruption had already affected PostgreSQL: PGDG had closed its mirror synchronization channels. For me, that disruption tested how …

The annual PostgreSQL developer conference, PGConf.dev, will be held in Montreal in May. Postgres Extensions Day takes place the day before it, with a focus on extension development, packaging, and release. The agenda has just been released, with 14 …

Add pig build dep command to install extension build dependencies Update default repo list Use pigsty.io mirror for mssql module (wiltondb/babelfish) Merge docker module into infra Remove pg16/17 from el7 target Allow installing extensions in el7 …

PostgreSQL Is Eating the Database World through the power of extensibility. When this post was first published, the repository packaged 340 PostgreSQL extensions as RPM / DEB packages for mainstream Linux distributions. The live Pigsty Extension …

pig build downloads sources, installs dependencies, and produces RPM/DEB packages using Pigsty build recipes. Use it on an EL, Debian, or Ubuntu build host. Rust, pgrx, and the Xray client also support their respective macOS workflows. Command …