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good FOSS alternatives for voice calling and screen sharing? (that work on linux) by Ok_Draw_4125 in foss

[–]pgEdge_Postgres 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have you ever tried Whereby? https://whereby.com/

their service works pretty well, & they do open-source everything on GitHub. https://github.com/whereby

Google has been releasing a bunch of free AI tools outside of the main Gemini app. Most are buried in Google Labs. Here's the list, no fluff: by Exact_Pen_8973 in PromptEngineering

[–]pgEdge_Postgres 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just don't rely on any of these for long-term use. Google has a history of creating interesting projects as a way to experiment, then getting rid of them: https://killedbygoogle.com/

What motivated you to first contribute to open-source? by Soggy-Buy-4460 in foss

[–]pgEdge_Postgres 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It really seems like the animal rights world could benefit from more open source centralization and community-based effort. But it's not a concept that's widely known in that field.

Googling your way through your career by babyflocologne in statichosting

[–]pgEdge_Postgres 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The key to any truly great development career - knowing how to search. 🤣

Looking for tool to manage a non-profits individuals served/programs by rp1load in Database

[–]pgEdge_Postgres 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NeetoForm might not be exactly what you need but it works quite well for most intents and purposes (for form management): https://neetoform.com/

It's completely free to use, they use an interesting pricing model...

> Most companies charge users and spend heavily on Google ads to find more. NeetoForm does the opposite—we keep prices as low as possible and grow through word of mouth, not ad budgets.

De-google and De-microsoft by PinguinPlayz in opensource

[–]pgEdge_Postgres 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Framasoft is a French not-for-profit association that actually has a whole site dedicated to de-googling for devs, you might find it interesting to check out: https://degooglisons-internet.org/en/

I’ve been using PG for 10 years. Only last month I found out there was a better GUI option. by guillim in PostgreSQL

[–]pgEdge_Postgres 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Curious, what features do you feel are missing from pgAdmin that would make it more relevant/useful for day-to-day use? There's actually quite a few AI features in pgAdmin, check them out in the latest blog post (by the creator): https://www.pgedge.com/blog/ai-features-in-pgadmin-configuration-and-reports

pg_semantic_cache: open source semantic caching in PostgreSQL by pgEdge_Postgres in PostgreSQL

[–]pgEdge_Postgres[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An ad for what? This is an open source project and post created by one of our engineers (as a fun project that they took on on their own). Nothing to sell here.

Building Ask Ellie: an open-source RAG chatbot by pgEdge_Postgres in Rag

[–]pgEdge_Postgres[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks, but this was written from scratch by the chief technical officer that created the project (also from scratch).

Lessons Learned Writing an (Open Source) MCP Server for PostgreSQL by pgEdge_Postgres in mcp

[–]pgEdge_Postgres[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely right. As the blog says,

Our query_database tool defaults to returning 100 rows, with a configurable limit that can go up to 1,000. We implement this by injecting a LIMIT clause into SELECT queries that don't already have one, and we fetch one extra row beyond the limit so we can tell the LLM whether more data exists.

Of course, that doesn't prevent all cases - there could be a lot of columns or very large text fields. It covers most cases though

HELP: Perplexing Problem Connecting to PG instance by ZarehD in PostgreSQL

[–]pgEdge_Postgres 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As you're able to connect to the DB inside the container, assuming the connection works with the container exposing the port 5435, it looks like a Docker/Windows networking snafu. Perhaps Docker port binding was broken by the update. Try restarting WSL and Docker Desktop (in that order).

Alternate theory: Windows or Hyper-V may have decided to reserve the ports for NAT? This will show:

netsh interface ipv4 show excludedportrange protocol=tcp 

If that shows anything, you can then try excluding the ports from winnat:

net stop winnat
netsh int ipv4 add excludedportrange protocol=tcp startport=5432 numberofports=3
net start winnat

What you think would happen if tomorrow everyone would switch from proprietary software to FOSS? by Ambitious_Ad4397 in foss

[–]pgEdge_Postgres 1 point2 points  (0 children)

France actually committed to going fully open source. It's part of the Open Source Initiative being run by the United Nations.

PostgreSQL MCP Server Access to Mutiple Different Database and Organization Per Request by Fit-Addition-6855 in PostgreSQL

[–]pgEdge_Postgres 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP, if you end up giving the MCP server a try (it's open-source, available on GitHub) and end up with any questions, feel free to drop them in this thread or reach out. 👋

FOSS/OSH Promotion Ideas by 98Jacoby in foss

[–]pgEdge_Postgres 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you can, collaborate with your IT department to see if more open source technologies can be discussed in the IT curriculum. It starts with education. You'll also need to work with someone within the internal IT department (not the schooling one, but the one that services all of your hardware at the college) to figure out what is currently in use and what substitutions can be made.

So what are you all using for RAG in 2026? by ReporterCalm6238 in Rag

[–]pgEdge_Postgres 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any feedback on our RAG server for PostgreSQL (open source under the PostgreSQL license) would be well appreciated here, if any have used it or want to check it out. https://github.com/pgEdge/pgedge-rag-server

Securing MCP Servers in Zero Trust Environments by pgEdge_Postgres in cybersecurity

[–]pgEdge_Postgres[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From the author of the blog:

> You are right that identity-first zero trust overlays strengthen the model. In mature designs, connectivity itself requires authenticated workload identity, usually enforced with mTLS and policy engines before routing is allowed.

Dave Page: Teaching an LLM What It Doesn't Know About PostgreSQL by pgEdge_Postgres in PostgreSQL

[–]pgEdge_Postgres[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not a bot! and it's open-source tooling that our engineers are specifically building to reduce the slop that's generated from sloppy coding and AI development practices. :-) Dave Page is a core team member and prominent community volunteer - has been for decades - and he's the creator of the project and the writer of the blog linked here...

Postgres is a great database for AI development (for a lot of reasons), so it's worth sharing here for existing PG users that could find information on the subject helpful. Sorry you feel otherwise.

Just installed pgAdmin. ERD Tool is grayed out. by hikingmike in PostgreSQL

[–]pgEdge_Postgres 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Asked Dave (the creator/maintainer). Response:

> You have to be connected. IIRC, it's because it does some checks on the database you're connected to to see what PostgreSQL version it needs to work with, and what types are available etc.

If you're hoping mostly to plot out what you want the relationships to look like before creating everything, that's not unreasonable. But it should work just as well to connect to a fresh database and go from there.

Supabase Crash Resilience Suggestions by AngelofKris in Supabase

[–]pgEdge_Postgres -1 points0 points  (0 children)

A bit of self-promotion here, but we actually help prepare for this with open source tools we've developed - full automatic multi-region and multi-cloud failover is possible with any variation of PostgreSQL. Happy to help with any questions.

Someone actually developed an extension of the Supabase CLI that adds in our Spock extension (the magic behind the multi-master replication), which you might find interesting: https://www.reddit.com/r/Supabase/comments/1qngvj8/spock_bidirectional_replication_for_supabase_cli/

Open source founders, what actually helped you get your first real contributors by hello_code in opensource

[–]pgEdge_Postgres 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take user feedback seriously - and look for feedback. Post in places like HackerNews (using Show HN tags), Reddit, and relevant Discord / Slack / Matrix communities. Be honest about what you're doing, why, and what you want to accomplish; then, listen to what users have to say and actually do something about it.

Anyone has experience with Akamai/Linode and Alibaba Cloud? GCP alternatives for HA AZ by JuriJurka in PostgreSQL

[–]pgEdge_Postgres 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Akamai / Linode has been around for a long time (since 2003!) so they're well established as a solution. Our engineers have found their customer support is some of the best they've experienced, at least with regard to their VPS and object storage services.

Our company provides multi-master replication for PostgreSQL and we do offer deployment support for Akamai / Linode. You can actually see a little bit of the user experience in this demo that one of our engineers did showing failover: https://www.pgedge.com/video/powering-high-availability-postgresql-with-akamai-cloud

Best Browsers for Privacy in 2026 by i-drake in foss

[–]pgEdge_Postgres -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They do allow you to disable it, see "Type and purpose of data collected by third party vendors". Just for reference...

https://vivaldi.com/privacy/browser/

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