Documentation - public knowledge, indexed
Docs, guides,and the occasionalblog post.
Everything public about CapyDB in one place - from the first psql to the full API reference. Same product voice, no platform fiction.
01
Getting Started
Create a project, copy the connection strings, and connect Prisma, Drizzle, Django, Rails, and friends.
02
Guides
Previews, backups and restores, provider migrations, Vercel/Netlify/Clerk integrations, webhooks, and Studio.
03
Reference
Every CLI command, the full HTTP API, the TypeScript SDK, plan limits, and the extension allowlist.
04
Operations
Security posture, troubleshooting playbooks, and a FAQ that answers the real questions.
From the blog
All postsAugust 17, 2026
The p95 of not having a database API
A viral tweet celebrated going from 480 ms to 80 ms by dropping an HTTP data gateway for direct Postgres connections. We measured what the same path costs on CapyDB - and found a bug in our own benchmark while doing it.
July 8, 2026
A database is a service unit
CapyDB is built around database cells: isolated Postgres runtimes that give each project its own storage, WAL, credentials, socket boundary, pooler, extensions, and CPU/RAM envelope.
June 10, 2026
PostGIS, threshold alerts, an MCP server, and a Terraform provider
The extension allowlist nearly doubled and extensions became manageable per database. Usage alerts now warn you before the wall. And two new official clients - MCP for agents, Terraform for infrastructure as code.