68+ PostgreSQL Extensions on Crunchy Bridge
Crunchy Bridge is a developer-focused managed Postgres with full superuser access and an unusually broad extension catalog — timescaledb, citus, postgis and pgvector are all a CREATE EXTENSION away.
AWS RDSEnables scalable inserts and complex queries for time-series data
Enables scalable inserts and complex queries for time-series data
vector data type and ivfflat and hnsw access methods
Distributed PostgreSQL as an extension
Extension to manage partitioned tables by time or ID
Extension to manage partitioned tables by time or ID
Reorganize tables in PostgreSQL databases with minimal locks
Reorganize tables in PostgreSQL databases with minimal locks
provides auditing functionality
Give PostgreSQL ability to manually force some decisions in execution plans.
Give PostgreSQL ability to manually force some decisions in execution plans.
copy data between Postgres and Parquet
A tool to remove unused space from a relation.
Foreign data wrapper for querying a MySQL server
Foreign data wrapper for querying a MySQL server
Functions and operators that emulate a subset of functions and packages from the Oracle RDBMS
Functions and operators that emulate a subset of functions and packages from the Oracle RDBMS
Incremental Processing by Crunchy Data
Exposes the Linux operating-system process table through SQL so load, memory, CPU, and I/O stats can be queried from PostgreSQL.
Exposes the Linux operating-system process table through SQL so load, memory, CPU, and I/O stats can be queried from PostgreSQL.
connect to other PostgreSQL databases from within a database
connect to other PostgreSQL databases from within a database
text search dictionary template for extended synonym processing
calculate great-circle distances on the surface of the Earth
determine similarities and distance between strings
functions, operators, and index support for 1-D arrays of integers
data types for international product numbering standards
inspect the contents of database pages at a low level
track planning and execution statistics of all SQL statements executed
track planning and execution statistics of all SQL statements executed
text similarity measurement and index searching based on trigrams
text similarity measurement and index searching based on trigrams
examine the visibility map (VM) and page-level visibility info
examine the visibility map (VM) and page-level visibility info
functions to inspect contents of PostgreSQL Write-Ahead Log
functions to inspect contents of PostgreSQL Write-Ahead Log
foreign-data wrapper for remote PostgreSQL servers
data type for representing line segments or floating-point intervals
functions that manipulate whole tables, including crosstab
functions that manipulate whole tables, including crosstab
TABLESAMPLE method which accepts number of rows as a limit
TABLESAMPLE method which accepts time in milliseconds as a limit
TABLESAMPLE method which accepts time in milliseconds as a limit
How to enable extensions on Crunchy Bridge
On Crunchy Bridge the `postgres` role is a true superuser, so you self-serve far more than on a typical managed provider — you can run CREATE EXTENSION, ALTER SYSTEM, change shared_preload_libraries, and restart the cluster yourself. Most extensions in the catalog just need a single CREATE EXTENSION; a handful require a preloaded library and a restart first.
Dashboard
- Open your cluster in the Crunchy Bridge dashboard
- Connect as the postgres superuser and run your CREATE EXTENSION / ALTER SYSTEM statements
- If you changed shared_preload_libraries, go to the cluster Settings page and restart Postgres for the new library list to take effect
SQL
Run from psql connected as the postgres superuser. Most extensions need only CREATE EXTENSION.
-- Most extensions: one command as the postgres superuser
CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector;
CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis;
CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS timescaledb;
-- Extensions that need a preloaded library: add it to
-- shared_preload_libraries, then restart the cluster.
ALTER SYSTEM SET shared_preload_libraries =
'pgaudit,pgpodman,anon,pg_squeeze,pg_parquet,pg_cron,pg_stat_statements,http';
-- ...then restart Postgres from the cluster Settings page in the dashboard.
-- The anonymizer extension initializes its masking engine on first use:
CREATE EXTENSION anon CASCADE;
SELECT anon.init();Pre-enabled on Crunchy Bridge
These extensions ship enabled by default — no CREATE EXTENSION needed.
Crunchy Bridge-specific extensions
Proprietary extensions that exist only on Crunchy Bridge, not part of the open-source PostgreSQL ecosystem.
Crunchy-authored extension that runs Podman containers inside the database, powering Container Apps for sidecar workloads alongside Postgres.
DocsCrunchy-specific extension that surfaces PgBouncer connection-pooler metrics directly from SQL.
DocsCrunchy-authored extension to read and write Apache Parquet files from Postgres, including directly to and from S3.
DocsCan you install custom extensions on Crunchy Bridge?
The Postgres role on Crunchy Bridge is a true superuser, so you have broader control than typical managed Postgres: you can CREATE EXTENSION, ALTER SYSTEM, modify shared_preload_libraries, and run Container Apps via pgpodman. The one boundary is that there's no self-service upload of arbitrary third-party binaries outside the published catalog — request those additions through Crunchy support.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you get superuser on Crunchy Bridge?
How do I enable an extension on Crunchy Bridge?
Does Crunchy Bridge support timescaledb and citus?
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What PostgreSQL versions does Crunchy Bridge support?
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