Stage:
General Availability
Available on self-hosted:
Yes
Supabase supports a wide array of Postgres extensions, allowing you to enhance your database with additional functionalities. These extensions enable you to tailor your database to specific needs, from geospatial data to full-text search and advanced analytics.
Key features
- Pre-installed extensions: Supabase comes with over 50 pre-configured extensions.
- Easy management: Enable or disable extensions via the dashboard or SQL commands.
- Flexible installation: Install custom SQL extensions using Supabase's SQL editor.
- Automatic upgrades: Access new extension versions through infrastructure upgrades.
- Schema control: Most extensions are installed under the extensions schema.
Benefits:
- Enhanced functionality: Add specialized features to your database without changing your application architecture.
- Optimized performance: Leverage extensions for efficient data processing and querying.
- Flexibility: Choose from a vast ecosystem of extensions to meet your project requirements.
- Easy integration: Incorporate powerful features into your existing database structure.
- Cost-effective solutions: Implement complex features without separate, specialized databases.
Popular Postgres extensions supported by Supabase include:
- PostGIS: For working with geospatial data
- pgvector: Enables efficient similarity search and machine learning operations
- pgcrypto: Provides cryptographic functions
- pgjwt: Allows for JSON Web Token (JWT) generation and verification
- pg_net: Enables making HTTP requests from the database
- pgroonga: Provides full-text search capabilities for various languages
- timescaledb: Optimizes the database for time-series data
Postgres extensions are valuable for a wide range of applications, from GIS and machine learning projects to security-focused applications and IoT systems dealing with time-series data.
By leveraging these extensions, you can implement complex features more easily, reduce the need for external services, and tailor your database to specific project requirements.