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PostgREST

Automatic REST API for Any Postgres Database
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What is PostgREST?

PostgREST serves a fully RESTful API from any existing PostgreSQL database. It provides a cleaner, more standards-compliant, faster API than you are likely to write from scratch.
PostgREST is a tool in the Database Tools category of a tech stack.
PostgREST is an open source tool with GitHub stars and GitHub forks. Here’s a link to PostgREST's open source repository on GitHub

Who uses PostgREST?

Companies
7 companies reportedly use PostgREST in their tech stacks, including AmperVue, Postila, and Fyle Technologies Private Limited.

Developers
52 developers on StackShare have stated that they use PostgREST.

PostgREST Integrations

Pros of PostgREST
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Fast, simple, powerful REST APIs from vanilla Postgres
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JWT authentication
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Very fast
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Declarative role based security at the data layer

PostgREST Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to PostgREST?
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DBeaver
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PostgREST's Followers
116 developers follow PostgREST to keep up with related blogs and decisions.