PgBouncer

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Brand Details

Type: Product

Description: PgBouncer is a lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL databases. It acts as a proxy between client applications and the PostgreSQL server, managing and optimizing the number of database connections. This improves performance, especially under heavy load, by reusing connections and reducing the overhead of establishing new ones. Pgbouncer offers various connection pooling modes, such as session and transaction modes, to suit different application needs.

Website: https://www.pgbouncer.org

Mention Analytics

Total Mentions: 30

Subreddit Mentions:

Positive Mentions: 24

Negative Mentions: 3

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PositiveGeneral Discussion

💬 3 comments

⬆︎ 2 upvotes

Comments make mention of other software to solve the problem.

Found in /r/PostgreSQL/
NeutralSoftware Recommendation

💬 10 comments

⬆︎ 5 upvotes

Mentioned as a potential alternative.

Found in /r/PostgreSQL/
PositiveSoftware Recommendation

💬 6 comments

⬆︎ 0 upvotes

The user mentioned that they want to host it on a VPS and connect their backend API and analytics via pgBouncer.

Found in /r/Database/

Apr 9, 2025

Using pgBouncer on DigitalOcean with Node.js pg Pool and Kysely – Can They Coexist?

PositiveGeneral Discussion

💬 3 comments

⬆︎ 3 upvotes

The post is discussing using pgBouncer to manage connection pooling for a PostgreSQL database.

Found in /r/PostgreSQL/

Feb 20, 2025

PgBouncer is useful, important, and fraught with peril

PositiveGeneral Discussion

💬 10 comments

⬆︎ 25 upvotes

PgBouncer is discussed in detail, with users sharing their experiences and opinions on its usefulness and challenges. While some criticisms are raised (removal of online restarts), the overall sentiment leans positive, acknowledging its value as a database tool when used correctly.

Found in /r/PostgreSQL/

Feb 13, 2025

Not able to achieve 500 TPS, PLEASE HELP

PositiveSoftware Recommendation

💬 7 comments

⬆︎ 3 upvotes

pgBouncer is mentioned as a solution for scaling horizontally.

Found in /r/PostgreSQL/

Jan 20, 2025

PostgreSQL queries timing out

PositiveSoftware Recommendation

💬 3 comments

⬆︎ 0 upvotes

pgBouncer is mentioned as being used in the database setup, but its role in the timeout issue is unclear.

Found in /r/PostgreSQL/

Dec 29, 2024

For those who want to self-host PostgreSQL

PositiveSoftware Recommendation

💬 15 comments

⬆︎ 95 upvotes

The user configured PgBouncer as a connection pooler.

Found in /r/PostgreSQL/

Dec 19, 2024

Does PostgreSQL has a VIP for master-slave replication?

PositiveSoftware Recommendation

💬 11 comments

⬆︎ 9 upvotes

Suggested as an efficient way to manage connections to PostgreSQL servers.

Found in /r/PostgreSQL/

Dec 4, 2024

psql: error: connection to server at "127.0.0.1", port 6432 failed: fe_sendauth: no password supplied

PositiveSoftware Recommendation

💬 4 comments

⬆︎ 0 upvotes

PgBouncer is mentioned as a product used in the troubleshooting process. Zabbix is mentioned as the monitoring tool used.

Found in /r/PostgreSQL/

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