Show HN: Open-source proxy for per-tenant Postgres, no app changes
A proxy server for Postgres that moves rows belonging to an individual SaaS client into their own separate database—without requiring any changes to the application. Try it out right in your browser: https://play.lokadb.com
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points · 2 votes
2026-11-05 15:13:39.355Z
cumulative since publication
Research analysis
Project record
Repository: lokadb/lokadb. Source account: A proxy server for Postgres that moves rows belonging to an individual SaaS client into their own separate database—without requiring any changes to the application. Try it out right in your browser: https://play.lokadb.com
Observed adoption & comparisons
Source votes: 2 votes (Nov 5, 2026 UTC; cumulative since publication); previous same-scope observation: 2 (Nov 5, 2026 UTC). These observations do not establish demand growth. Recent records to compare: “prometheus/prometheus” (GitHub Trending, Nov 6, 2026); “ConardLi/garden-skills” (GitHub Trending, Nov 6, 2026). Shared themes are navigation hints; they have not been verified as the same need or independent corroboration.
Adoption decision
Evaluate it against the tool or manual workflow it would replace. The stored record supports discovery; it does not yet establish reliability, lower operating cost or commercial adoption.
Unverified requirements
Not verified: license permissions, required hardware, installation steps, maintenance status and a representative task with its failure cases.
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Choose one real task and a current alternative. Record the commit, environment, input, output, elapsed time and failure behavior; retain the result before recommending adoption.