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PostgreSQL vector database extension for building AI applications

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6Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
896GitHub stars
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What it is

PostgreSQL vector database extension for building AI applications

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 9:01:12 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by week6 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2023-09-13 17:41:58 UTC to 2024-02-06 16:47:50 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

01232023-09-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-09-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsSep 112023-09-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-09-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-09-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-10-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-10-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-10-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-10-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-10-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-10-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-10-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-10-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-10-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-10-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-11-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-11-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-11-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-11-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-11-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-11-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-11-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsNov 202023-11-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-12-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-12-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-12-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-12-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-12-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-12-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-12-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-12-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2024-01-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2024-01-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-02-05 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-02-05 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-02-12 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsFeb 5

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
Sep 112023-09-11 00:00:00 UTC2023-09-18 00:00:00 UTC110
Sep 182023-09-18 00:00:00 UTC2023-09-25 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 252023-09-25 00:00:00 UTC2023-10-02 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 22023-10-02 00:00:00 UTC2023-10-09 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 92023-10-09 00:00:00 UTC2023-10-16 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 162023-10-16 00:00:00 UTC2023-10-23 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 232023-10-23 00:00:00 UTC2023-10-30 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 302023-10-30 00:00:00 UTC2023-11-06 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 62023-11-06 00:00:00 UTC2023-11-13 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 132023-11-13 00:00:00 UTC2023-11-20 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 202023-11-20 00:00:00 UTC2023-11-27 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 272023-11-27 00:00:00 UTC2023-12-04 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 42023-12-04 00:00:00 UTC2023-12-11 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 112023-12-11 00:00:00 UTC2023-12-18 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 182023-12-18 00:00:00 UTC2023-12-25 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 252023-12-25 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 12024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-08 00:00:00 UTC303
Jan 82024-01-08 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-15 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 152024-01-15 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-22 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 222024-01-22 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-29 00:00:00 UTC101
Jan 292024-01-29 00:00:00 UTC2024-02-05 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 52024-02-05 00:00:00 UTC2024-02-12 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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This extension is licensed under the Business Source License[0], which makes it incompatible with most DBaaS offerings. The BSL is a closed-source license. Good choice for Lantern, but unusable for everyone else. Some Postgres offerings allow you to bring your own extensions to workaround limitations of these restrictive licenses, for instance Neon[1], where I work. I tried to look at the AWS docs for you, but couldn't find anything about that. I did find Trusted Language Extensions[2], but that seems to be more about writing your own extension. Couldn't find a way to upload arbitrary extensions. I will add that you could use logical replication[3] to mirror data from your primary database into a Lantern-hosted database (or host your own database with the Lantern extension). This obviously has a couple downsides, but thought I would menti
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