PostgREST
PostgREST is an open-source, self-hosted app in the API Management category, licensed MIT and written mainly in Haskell. It ships a Docker image. It has 27,730 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 24, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 27,730
- Forks
- 1,236
- Open issues
- 335
- Commits, last 12 months
- 659
- Last commit
- Oct 24, 2026
- Latest release
- v16.5Oct 20, 2026
- Created
- Jun 13, 2014
- License
- MITOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 24, 2026, 659 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
| Last commit | Oct 24, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 659 |
| Latest release | v16.5 (Oct 20, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 92 |
| Open issues | 335 |
| Open pull requests | 73 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Jun 13, 2014 |
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About PostgREST
Serves a fully RESTful API from any existing PostgreSQL database.
Description written by appsgit. Source code: github.com/PostgREST/postgrest.
Topics
- haskell
- database
- rest
- postgresql
- server
- postgrest
- automatic-api
- postgres
- api
- http
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Is PostgREST free and open source?
Yes. PostgREST is open-source software released under the MIT license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run PostgREST with Docker?
Yes. PostgREST provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to PostgREST?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to PostgREST include Hoppscotch Community Edition, Bruno and Kong.
Is PostgREST actively maintained?
The most recent commit to PostgREST was on Oct 24, 2026 with 659 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v16.5, published Oct 20, 2026. It had 335 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.