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postgres-operator
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CrunchyData / postgres-operator

postgres-operator

Production PostgreSQL for Kubernetes, from high availability Postgres clusters to full-scale database-as-a-service.

14Distinct people
14Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
4.5KGitHub stars
REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

What to know before exploring

What it is

Production PostgreSQL for Kubernetes, from high availability Postgres clusters to full-scale database-as-a-service.

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Where it is used

No documented product use was verified in the last source check.

What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 7:56:55 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year14 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2017-04-12 19:19:06 UTC to 2024-07-24 03:31:48 UTC.

01232017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments20172018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2024

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC211
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202

What Hacker News says

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I agree that the developer program ToS is written in a confusing manner and suggests that you can't use it all for production without a license. I expect that to be intentional: if the impression you get is that you can't even use their software in production, it's much less likely that you will do so with the impression that there is any support, warranty, or endorsement of such use. [EDIT: I made an error, I originally said that it was explicit about no license being granted for the software, but that was about things like no license for service marks and trade names.] On the other hand, there is a license for postgres-operator and it looks like Apache 2.0: https://github.com/CrunchyData/postgres-operator/blob/master... For what's being distributed in their Docker container image, I imagine it depends on what they're actually distribut
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ing for that to matter. I expect that it's mostly other people's software (like PostgreSQL) and that the Docker page listing the container just too much of a summary to say anything about licensing. I'd investigate that further to clarify license status prior to use, but expect it to not be legally constrained to non-production use only.
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