--- title: Introducing pgzx: create PostgreSQL extensions using Zig description: Introducing pgzx, a framework for creating Postgres extensions using Zig. Zig is a general-purpose programming language that provides safer memory management... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-pgzx-create-postgresql-extensions-using-zig-jyr1uzmsv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Introducing pgzx: create PostgreSQL extensions using Zig | daily.dev og:description: Introducing pgzx, a framework for creating Postgres extensions using Zig. Zig is a general-purpose programming language that provides safer memory management... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-pgzx-create-postgresql-extensions-using-zig-jyr1uzmsv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JyR1uzmSv.png og:image:alt: Introducing pgzx: create PostgreSQL extensions using Zig 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. # Introducing pgzx: create PostgreSQL extensions using Zig **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 9 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Introducing pgzx, a framework for creating Postgres extensions using Zig. Zig is a general-purpose programming language that provides safer memory management and a rich standard library. pgzx simplifies the development process by providing a development environment, utilities, and wrappers for Postgres APIs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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