EdgeDB now Gel
More info
- Creator
- Yury Selivanov, Elvis Pranskevichus
- Released
- Type
- Object/relational database on top of PostgreSQL
- License
- Apache 2.0
- Website
- geldata.com
- Source
- github.com/geldata/gel
Schema-first database on top of Postgres — its own query language EdgeQL / GelQL that replaces SQL.
The idea: SQL was designed in 1974, time for better ergonomics. Object-oriented schema (types + links instead of tables + JOINs), built-in migration tooling, polymorphism, computed properties. Renamed to Gel in 2024 after a trademark dispute. Powers a few startup stacks but hasn't broken into the mainstream.