Doltgres, the Postgres-compatible version of Dolt (the version-controlled SQL database), has reached its 1.0 release. The 1.0 milestone guarantees four things: forward storage compatibility (no breaking storage changes in any 1.x release), production-level query performance (about 2.7x slower than Postgres but fast enough for OLTP workloads), 99% Postgres compatibility verified against 5.6 million SQL queries and 20+ client libraries, and a stable version control interface via system tables and functions. Upcoming roadmap items include PostGIS support, vector indexes, row-level security, collation support, and better DDL support.
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How compatible is Doltgres with PostgreSQL?
Doltgres 1.0 is 99% Postgres compatible, verified against a test suite of 5.6 million SQL queries checked against real Postgres for correctness. It also has official integration test support for over 20 client libraries across different languages. Real-world Postgres schema dumps have been imported and tested extensively, and the team promises to fix any compatibility issue within 24 hours. Teams migrating Postgres workloads to Doltgres track compatibility updates and ecosystem news on daily.dev.
How does Doltgres performance compare to PostgreSQL?
Doltgres 1.0 is approximately 2.7 times slower than Postgres, translating to roughly 0.5 ms per query versus Postgres's 0.2 ms. For typical OLTP workloads, network latency dominates overall response time, making this difference negligible in practice. Doltgres itself is built on Dolt's storage and query engine, which has already surpassed MySQL in the standard sysbench benchmark suite. Developers choosing between Postgres and Doltgres for new projects find performance comparisons and release coverage on daily.dev.
What guarantees does Doltgres 1.0 make about storage compatibility?
All future 1.x releases of Doltgres will be backwards compatible with the 1.0 storage format. No breaking storage changes will be introduced in any 1.x release, meaning existing databases will not require data migration when upgrading within the 1.x series. This is a deliberate commitment made at the 1.0 milestone. Engineers running version-controlled databases in production keep up with Doltgres stability commitments on daily.dev.