Vanilla Postgres
No fork, no code changes. Your databases are standard Postgres. All tools created for Postgres just work.
Our open source projects
Xata's core platform is open source with Apache 2.0 license. We believe better products are built when their core is open source.
Why open source
Open by default
Xata is built on top of open source projects — CloudNativePG, OpenEBS, pgBackRest, Postgres itself. We pay it forward by open sourcing our platform.
Our team has deep roots in open source and distributed database infrastructure. Five years ago we started building toward what Postgres needs for the AI era. Now we're opening the core.
Community first
pgroll and pgstream started as standalone open source tools. We learn more from the community than we could on our own.
Open core
All core platform functionality is open source under the Apache 2.0 license. Commercial features include multi-region and multi-cell support.
We contribute & fund
Open source is infrastructure
We run 100% vanilla Postgres, no fork. That means the open-source ecosystem is our infrastructure too, so we help keep it healthy, with code and with funding.
Sponsored project
pgBackRest
The open-source standard for Postgres backup, our preferred backup solution, and the backup engine for new branches on Xata. We're a GitHub Sponsor.
Learn more about pgBackRestUpstream contribution
Keycloak
Our authentication layer. We contributed full management for organization invitations, shipped in Keycloak 26.5.0.
Learn more about KeycloakSponsored integration
Drizzle
A TypeScript-first ORM and a popular way to work with Postgres. Because we run vanilla Postgres, it works with Xata out of the box.
Learn more about DrizzleGet started
Self host the Xata platform
Clone the repo, run it locally, and create your first branch.
# Clone and install
$ git clone https://github.com/xataio/xata
$ cd xata
# Start Kind cluster
$ kind create cluster --wait 10m
# Deploy via tilt
$ tilt up
# CLI deploy and authenticate
$ curl -fsSL https://xata.io/install.sh | bash
$ xata auth login --profile local --env local --force
$ xata auth switch local
# Create a database with the main branch
$ xata project create --name my-project
# Create a child branch
$ xata branch create
CLAUDE.md
# Xata OSS — Postgres platform with CoW branching and scale-to-zero You are helping the user to deploy the self-hosted, open-source, version of Xata. Start by cloning https://github.com/xataio/xata and reading the instructions in the README. For a local setup on the user's computer, you will need the following prerequisites: Docker, Kind, Tilt.
Paste this prompt to your AI agent to get started.
Full quickstart and Helm charts are in the README.
Read the READMEFeatured projects
Our most popular open source tools for PostgreSQL.
pgroll
6.6k starsZero-downtime, reversible schema migrations for PostgreSQL. Serves multiple schema versions simultaneously using the expand-and-contract pattern.
GoApache-2.0pgstream
1.2k starsPostgreSQL replication with DDL change tracking, multi-target streaming to Postgres, Elasticsearch, Kafka, and webhooks. Built-in data anonymization.
GoApache-2.0DeltaX
286 starsPostgreSQL extension for time-series compression and columnar storage while keeping data in regular Postgres tables.
RustApache-2.0
All repositories
Check out all of our open source projects on GitHub.
screenshot
868 starsA zero-dependency browser-native way to take screenshots powered by the native web MediaDevices API.
TypeScriptpgzx
583 starsCreate PostgreSQL extensions using Zig.
Zigexamples
65 starsYour one-stop-shop to try Xata out. From packages to apps, whatever you need to get started.
TypeScriptcnpg-i-scale-to-zero
36 starsCNPG plugin to manage scale to zero functionality
Golearn-postgres
9 starsMDXpgdistbench
8 starsGocli
6 starsXata CLI
TypeScript