I recently gave a quick intro to PGlite at a local meetup (Cologne.js - come around, I'm a regular there). PGlite is a WASM-based Postgres database that you...

Aron Schüler

Electron

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PGlite is a WASM-based Postgres database that works in various JavaScript runtimes, including NodeJS, BUN, Deno, and browsers. It's lightweight, supports popular Postgres extensions, and is ideal for local-first applications, prototypes, local caches, and CI pipelines. The database can be easily installed via npm and used with regular SQL queries.

PGlite - run Postgres everywhere

<p>Love PGlite, huge fan. It’s perfect to run Postgres with just npm and no need to install Docker.</p>
<p>I’m using it with Next.js at: <a href="https://github.com/ixartz/Next-js-Boilerplate" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://github.com/ixartz/Next-js-Boilerplate</a></p>
