Databricks has acquired Electric, the team behind PGlite and the Electric sync engine, and they are joining the Neon team within Databricks. PGlite is a full Postgres database compiled to WASM that runs in sandboxes, browser tabs, and serverless environments, growing from 1M to 13M weekly downloads in the past year. The Electric sync engine keeps data continuously synchronized between a central Postgres database and connected clients or agents. Together, the teams aim to bring lightweight WASM Postgres and real-time sync capabilities to Neon's platform, targeting the growing agentic app development space. PGlite's origins trace back to a proof of concept by Neon co-founder Stas Kelvich.
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How many weekly downloads does PGlite have?
PGlite grew from 1 million to 13 million weekly downloads in the span of one year. It is a full Postgres database compiled to WASM, small enough to run inside agent sandboxes, browser tabs, embedded apps, and serverless environments. Developers building with PGlite track its ecosystem growth and integrations on daily.dev.
What is the Electric sync engine and what does it do?
The Electric sync engine keeps data continuously synchronized between a central Postgres database and connected clients such as browser tabs, mobile apps, or agents running in a sandbox. It handles complex problems like conflict resolution, partial replication, and reconnection logic, making real-time sync a reliable primitive rather than something developers or agents must implement from scratch. Teams choosing a real-time sync approach for Postgres-backed apps follow developments like this on daily.dev.