--- title: Building the OAPE PostgreSQL Certification | daily.dev description: The Open Alliance for PostgreSQL Education (OAPE) is a community-founded, vendor-neutral non-profit working to create an independent PostgreSQL certification.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/building-the-oape-postgresql-certification-ecnfst4hw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Building the OAPE PostgreSQL Certification | daily.dev og:description: The Open Alliance for PostgreSQL Education (OAPE) is a community-founded, vendor-neutral non-profit working to create an independent PostgreSQL certification.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/building-the-oape-postgresql-certification-ecnfst4hw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ecnFst4hw.png og:image:alt: Building the OAPE PostgreSQL Certification og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Building the OAPE PostgreSQL Certification **[Planet PostgreSQL](https://daily.dev/sources/planet-postgresql)** · 6 min read · 11 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Open Alliance for PostgreSQL Education (OAPE) is a community-founded, vendor-neutral non-profit working to create an independent PostgreSQL certification. Starting from a 2024 coffee conversation, a small group of contributors built the legal foundation, certification framework, and community infrastructure over two years. The first OAPE PostgreSQL DBA-1 exam will be held at PGConf.EU 2026 in Valencia, with additional certification levels already in development. The initiative is entirely community-owned and volunteer-driven, reflecting PostgreSQL's own values of openness, transparency, and vendor neutrality. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is the OAPE PostgreSQL certification and when is the first exam? OAPE stands for the Open Alliance for PostgreSQL Education, a non-profit founded to create an open, vendor-neutral PostgreSQL certification owned by the community rather than a single company. The first exam, called the OAPE PostgreSQL DBA-1 certification, will be conducted during the PGConf.EU 2026 Community Events Day in Valencia, after roughly two years of development. _Database administrators tracking new PostgreSQL credentials can follow certification launches like this one on daily.dev._ ### Is there an independent, vendor-neutral PostgreSQL certification not owned by a single company? Yes, the Open Alliance for PostgreSQL Education (OAPE) was created specifically to fill that gap, founded by contributors including Jan Karremans, Diego Calvo de Nó, Dirk Aumüller, Ilya Kosmodemiansky, Valeria Kaplan, and others. It operates as an independent non-profit with a Technical Board led by Alicja Kucharczyk overseeing quality, fairness, and independence of the exam content. _Anyone weighing PostgreSQL credentials can keep an eye on community-driven options like this via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Call for Technical Members](https://daily.dev/posts/call-for-technical-members-f38oe4hni) · PostgreSQL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The PostgreSQL Village](https://daily.dev/posts/the-postgresql-village-45abg53x8) · CYBERTEC PostgreSQL · 28 upvotes · 0 comments - [Google Cloud: PostgreSQL community contribution updates](https://daily.dev/posts/google-cloud-postgresql-community-contribution-updates-mqd2xo9zi) · Google Open Source Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [In Person Community-Led PostgreSQL Training March 5th, at SCaLE 23x in Pasadena, California](https://daily.dev/posts/in-person-community-led-postgresql-training-march-5th-at-scale-23x-in-pasadena-california-s1ywqcmsf) · PostgreSQL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#database](https://daily.dev/tags/database), [#community](https://daily.dev/tags/community), [#postgresql](https://daily.dev/tags/postgresql) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/building-the-oape-postgresql-certification-ecnfst4hw) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Building the OAPE PostgreSQL Certification","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-the-oape-postgresql-certification-ecnfst4hw","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-the-oape-postgresql-certification-ecnfst4hw"},"datePublished":"2026-07-21T08:49:42.457Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T07:38:47.739Z","description":"The Open Alliance for PostgreSQL Education (OAPE) is a community-founded, vendor-neutral non-profit working to create an independent PostgreSQL certification....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/8027616c216697edfcc675fd872b0f39?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/8027616c216697edfcc675fd872b0f39?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Planet PostgreSQL","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Planet PostgreSQL","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/logos/placeholder.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/planet-postgresql"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-the-oape-postgresql-certification-ecnfst4hw","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":11},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source,database,community,postgresql","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Planet PostgreSQL","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/planet-postgresql"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Building the OAPE PostgreSQL Certification"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-the-oape-postgresql-certification-ecnfst4hw#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is the OAPE PostgreSQL certification and when is the first exam?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"OAPE stands for the Open Alliance for PostgreSQL Education, a non-profit founded to create an open, vendor-neutral PostgreSQL certification owned by the community rather than a single company. 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