The Mission
Why iqtoolkit exists
PostgreSQL-dedicated. Built from real production pain — not theoretical use cases.
The Problem
After more than a decade of diagnosing slow queries, building monitoring dashboards, and tuning database performance in production environments, one thing became clear: database teams drown in metrics but starve for actionable intelligence.
Existing tools surface raw data — wait events, query plans, lock chains — but leave interpretation entirely to you. Every incident means hours of context switching between dashboards, documentation, and tribal knowledge. That cost scales poorly and burns out senior engineers.
PostgreSQL — with its rich ecosystem of extensions like TimescaleDB, CloudNativePG, and pgvector — deserves a diagnostic tool that speaks its language natively, not a generic multi-database wrapper.
The tools
iqtoolkit builds open-source diagnostic tooling for PostgreSQL. From log parsing and runtime metrics to AI-powered tuning recommendations — all in a single binary.
PostgreSQL-dedicated
Built for PostgreSQL and its ecosystem — TimescaleDB, pgvector, CloudNativePG, and more. No multi-database abstractions.
Self-hosted
Runs entirely on your infrastructure as a Go binary. No cloud dependency, no vendor lock-in, no agents to deploy.
AI-enhanced
Optionally leverage OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or Amazon Bedrock for deeper tuning recommendations beyond rule-based checks.
About the creator
iqtoolkit is built by The Postgres Guy — a senior DBA and PostgreSQL practitioner with over a decade of production experience. Full background, writing, and newsletter at the link below.
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