Stackness

PostgreSQL vs Supabase

PostgreSQL

7 members list PostgreSQL, up 7 in the last 12 weeks, data as of 19 September 2026

Supabase

6 members list Supabase, up 6 in the last 12 weeks, data as of 19 September 2026

How has interest in each changed?

Collected from public datasets outside Stackness, not from stacks on this site. A series both tools have shares one chart and one scale, because its unit is the same for both. Data sources

Mentions, monthly

PostgreSQL: Hacker News mentions: 2 mentions (2007) to 571 mentions (2026)

Supabase: Hacker News mentions: 8 mentions (2020) to 100 mentions (2026)

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20072012201620212026

Imported from Hacker News mentions

Installs, monthly

PostgreSQL: Homebrew analytics installs: 32,672 installs (2026)

Supabase: Homebrew analytics installs: 5,855 installs (2026)

PostgreSQLSupabase

Imported from Homebrew analytics

Installs, yearly

PostgreSQL: Homebrew analytics installs: 298,785 installs (2026)

Supabase: Homebrew analytics installs: 46,402 installs (2026)

PostgreSQLSupabase

Imported from Homebrew analytics

Questions asked, monthly

PostgreSQL: Stack Exchange data explorer questions asked: 11 questions (2008) to 4 questions (2026)

Supabase: Stack Exchange data explorer questions asked: 2 questions (2020) to 2 questions (2026)

PostgreSQLSupabase
20082013201720222026

Imported from Stack Exchange data explorer

Usage share, yearly

PostgreSQL: Stack Overflow developer survey usage share: 26.53 % of respondents (2017) to 56.86 % of respondents (2025)

Supabase: Stack Overflow developer survey usage share: 2.89 % of respondents (2023) to 6.1 % of respondents (2025)

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20172019202120232025

Imported from Stack Overflow developer survey

Series only one of them has

  • PostgreSQL: Wikipedia pageviews: 32,055 views (2015) to 22,466 views (2026). Imported from Wikipedia pageviews.

  • Supabase: npm downloads: 423 downloads (2020) to 121,236,553 downloads (2026). Imported from npm downloads.

Who uses both?

3 members list both PostgreSQL and Supabase.

No member has recorded moving from one to the other yet.

What do people pair them with?

Tools that members list in the same stack as each of them.