# PostgreSQL Application: PostgreSQL Global Development Group Dem still dey call am postgres, pgsql PostgreSQL Global Development Group, Productivity The PostgreSQL database server. On top Windows the service process na postgres.exe. The installer fit also add pgAdmin. E no be MySQL. ## Wetin you need know PostgreSQL na postgres.exe. MySQL na mysqld.exe. postgres.exe na the PostgreSQL server. The Windows installer fit add pgAdmin. MySQL na different server. DBeaver and pgAdmin na clients, no be the engine. - **Wetin e be?**: PostgreSQL database server **Same as MySQL?**: No. Different engine and exe **Dem must need pgAdmin?**: No. The installer fit add am Feex tok say If postgres.exe dey run, I dey treat am as the database server. I no go stop mysqld.exe to free Postgres, and I no go uninstall pgAdmin to remove the server. ## Wetin be PostgreSQL? PostgreSQL na the database server. postgres.exe na the Windows process. E no be MySQL, no be pgAdmin, and no be DBeaver. ## If you never use am before If class say make you install PostgreSQL, use the Windows installer from postgresql.org/download/windows. postgres.exe na the server. To check pgAdmin inside the installer dey add pgAdmin4.exe. Dat GUI na optional. MySQL na different engine with mysqld.exe. DBeaver fit connect to any of dem. ## Wetin dem dey use am for? **Store relational data** Schemas, SQL, and roles. mysqld.exe na different engine on top different port by default. **Windows service** The installer fit register postgresql-x64-##. Dat service no be MySQL80. **Optional pgAdmin** Checkbox for the EDB installer. If you uncheck am, e go still install the server. ## Na who e dey for? - Developers wey their stack na Postgres - Students wey their README assume port 5432 - Anybody wey install MySQL come dey wonder why psql no dey ## Current status PostgreSQL (1996) na current database server from PostgreSQL Global Development Group. The vendor still dey point Windows users go https://www.postgresql.org/download/windows/. ## How old e be? PostgreSQL root trace go back to the 1990s. Current Windows installers dey ship recent 16/17-line servers. E be the same generation as MySQL and older pass MongoDB Compass. 7.x Cygwin-era note na ancient history. ## Versions Major channels first. Exact build numbers no dey all verified here. Current Windows installer ## System requirements Values dey follow wetin di publisher release publicly. Workload still dey change di real need. ### Minimum | Operating system | Current 64-bit Windows 10 or Windows 11 release, according to current PostgreSQL Windows notes | | ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | RAM | 1 GB class dey tight. Official docs treat RAM as server tuning matter | ## Resource profile - **CPU demand**: Dey follow wetin you open inside di app **RAM demand**: Dey follow documents, tabs, or libraries ## Installed processes Dese executables belong to dis product when e dey installed. | postgres.exe | PostgreSQL server process | | ------------ | ------------------------- | ## Startup components The installer fit start the service for boot. Dat one na postgres.exe, no be pgAdmin. ## File locations | Typical install | C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\\\\\ | | --------------- | ----------------------------------------- | ## File formats SQL, dump, custom format ## Common wahala dem ### Port 5432 already dey use Postgres service wey remain or Docker container fit don thief am. MySQL default 3306 na different port. ### People dey uninstall pgAdmin think say the server don go pgAdmin4.exe na the GUI. The service and postgres.exe fit stay. ## How to get unstuck ### Install from postgresql.org/download/windows The project point hand go the EDB installer. Any random Postgres zip na rubbish. ### Services.msc: postgresql-x64-#\# Na this engine be dat. MySQL80 na the other vendor. ### psql -U postgres or pgAdmin to test login Workbench no go speak Postgres as e first protocol. ## Alternatives MySQL if the stack na MySQL. SQLite for file-based DB. DBeaver or pgAdmin for GUI. ## Official help and downloads Start with di vendor. Random exe sites no be support channel. | Download | [www.postgresql.org/download/windows/ ](https://www.postgresql.org/download/windows/)Official installer or vendor page | | ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Help | [www.postgresql.org/docs/ ](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/)Vendor support | | Official site | [www.postgresql.org/ ](https://www.postgresql.org/)Start here, no be random exe host | | Windows installers | [www.enterprisedb.com/downloads/postgres-postgresql-downloads ](https://www.enterprisedb.com/downloads/postgres-postgresql-downloads)EDB installer wey the project point to | ## Related hardware The server want RAM for shared_buffers and disk for the data directory. GPU no consign am. ## Technical details Technical details Vendor version numbers dey change. Dis article no pin down any build. ## Related Dis entities connect to dis article. Type dey show for every link. [MySQL: Application](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/mysql/)[How to read Task Manager: Guide](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/system/how-to-read-task-manager/) ## Sources and verification Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification. [How we dey do research](https://feex.it/wiki/research/). - [PostgreSQL official site ](https://www.postgresql.org/)· Vendor product page - [PostgreSQL help ](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/)· Vendor support - [PostgreSQL documentation ](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/)· Official server docs - [Foxhole process map ](https://foxhole.feex.it/)· First-party samples on top Windows PCs. No be lab benchmark. ## Dis article make sense to you? Yes or no dey enough. Choose reason if you want, or add short note. Quick facts The short identity of dis page. Specs, sources, and the full story still dey inside the article. - **Developer**: PostgreSQL Global Development Group **Category**: Database server **Process**: postgres.exe **License**: PostgreSQL License **First released**: 1996 **Official site**: [postgresql.org](https://www.postgresql.org/) **Feex map am**: Dem see am on top Windows PCs for Foxhole Recorded source status: Feex Reviewed: Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification. --- Source: [Canonical Feex Wiki page](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/postgresql/) [Developer guide](https://feex.it/wiki/developers/) | [API policy](https://feex.it/developers/api-policy/) | [Agent guidance](https://feex.it/wiki/llms.txt)