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Citus vs PgDog
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| Fact | Citus | PgDog |
|---|---|---|
| Language | C | Rust |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Stars | 13k | 5.6k |
| Latest | v14.2.0 | v0.1.60 |
| Last push | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-06 |
| Release cadence | about 1 day between releases | about 7 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 16 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 35 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
PgDog replaces Citus. Alternatives to Citus →
PartialShards ordinary PostgreSQL servers from a proxy, with connection pooling and load balancing, instead of an extension.
Citus
- v13.4.02026-08-06Re-range clone sequences to new group id during promotion (Backport PR#8638)
- v14.2.02026-08-06Re-range clone sequences to new group id during promotion (Backport PR#8638)
- v12.1.142026-08-06Backport to release-12.1: Fix wrong results for NOT (x IS DISTINCT FROM y) with recursive planning (#8497)
- v12.1.132026-07-01Backport #8466 to release-12.1: Fix role propagation error due to missing grantor dependencies
- v13.3.02026-07-01v13.3 (Released on May 15th 20206)
PgDog
- v0.1.602026-09-2440% faster handling of SELECT in sharded queries by removing redundant AST walks @jkaczman
- v0.1.592026-09-17[Breaking] Manual bans are now carried over to new connection pools after RELOAD. They were previously discarded, allow…
- v0.1.582026-09-10Database-specific TLS configuration (incl. mTLS), allowing different TLS certificates per host in pgdog.toml @rlittlefi…
- v0.1.572026-09-03SCRAM client authentication (which uses expensive crypto) is now pushed to background threads, which will avoid blockin…
- v0.1.562026-08-27Hot fix for v0.1.55.
Citus
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PgDog
✓ signed The latest release, v0.1.60, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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