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A cloud-native database based on PostgreSQL developed by Alibaba Cloud.
3.2K starsJun 18, 2026 pushdata-analysisCSQL
$ npx skills add polardb/PolarDB-for-PostgreSQLAlternatives
TDengine alternatives for AI agents.
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High-performance, scalable time-series database designed for Industrial IoT (IIoT) scenarios
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A time-series database for high-performance real-time analytics packaged as a Postgres extension
23K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisCSQL
$ npx skills add timescale/timescaledb#3
YDB is an open source Distributed SQL Database that combines high availability and scalability with strong consistency and ACID transactions
4.7K starsJun 22, 2026 pushdata-analysisC++SQL
$ npx skills add ydb-platform/ydb#4
TiDB is built for agentic workloads that grow unpredictably, with ACID guarantees and native support for transactions, analytics, and vector search. No data silos. No noisy neighbors. No infrastructure ceiling.
40K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisGoSQL
$ npx skills add pingcap/tidb#5
ClickHouse® is a real-time analytics database management system
48K starsJun 21, 2026 pushdata-analysisC++SQL
$ npx skills add ClickHouse/ClickHouse#6
Distributed SQL database in Rust, written as an educational project
7.3K starsJun 14, 2026 pushdata-analysisRustSQL
$ npx skills add erikgrinaker/toydb#7
Distributed PostgreSQL as an extension
13K starsJun 18, 2026 pushdata-analysisCSQL
$ npx skills add citusdata/citus#8
GraphJin - An Automagical Compiler to Connect AI to Your Databases
3.1K starsJun 17, 2026 pushdata-analysisGoSQL
$ npx skills add dosco/graphjin#9
GridDB is a next-generation open source database that makes time series IoT and big data fast,and easy.
2.5K starsMar 19, 2026 pushdata-analysisC++SQL
$ npx skills add griddb/griddb#10
OrioleDB – building a modern cloud-native storage engine (... and solving some PostgreSQL wicked problems)
4.1K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisCSQL
$ npx skills add orioledb/orioledb#11
Free universal database tool and SQL client
51K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisJavaSQL
$ npx skills add dbeaver/dbeaver#12
DuckDB is an analytical in-process SQL database management system
39K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisC++SQL
$ npx skills add duckdb/duckdb#13
Database diagrams editor that allows you to visualize and design your DB with a single query.
22K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisTypeScriptSQL
$ npx skills add chartdb/chartdb#14
CockroachDB — the cloud native, distributed SQL database designed for high availability, effortless scale, and control over data placement.
32K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdata-analysisGoSQL
$ npx skills add cockroachdb/cockroach#15
REST API for any Postgres database
27K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisHaskellSQL
$ npx skills add PostgREST/postgrest#16
Turso is an in-process SQL database, compatible with SQLite.
20K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisRustSQL
$ npx skills add tursodatabase/tursoHow to choose
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