Download Citus Open Source

Our open source extension to Postgres shards your data and distributes your queries across multiples nodes.

Single-Machine Cluster

Install a Citus database cluster on a single node:

Docker

To install with Docker, first install Docker Community Edition and Docker Compose:

On Mac:

Install Docker.
Start Docker by clicking on the application’s icon.

On Linux:

curl -sSL https://get.docker.com/ | sh
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER && exec sg docker newgrp `id -gn`
sudo systemctl start docker

sudo curl -sSL https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.16.1/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m` -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

START THE CLUSTER

Ubuntu or Debian

To install with Ubuntu or Debian, install the pgdg repository & the Citus extension:

curl https://install.citusdata.com/community/deb.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt-get -y install postgresql-11-citus-8.2

INITIALIZE THE CLUSTER

Fedora, CentOS, or Red Hat

To install with Fedora, CentOS, or Red Hat, install the pgdg repository & the Citus extension:

curl https://install.citusdata.com/community/rpm.sh | sudo bash
sudo yum install -y citus82_11

INITIALIZE THE CLUSTER

Multi-Machine Cluster
Install a Citus database cluster across multiple nodes:

Spin Up Faster!

The easiest way to create a Citus cluster is in the cloud, using Hyperscale (Citus) on Azure Database for PostgreSQL, or Citus Cloud on AWS.

HYPERSCALE (CITUS) CITUS CLOUD ON AWS
Ubuntu or Debian
To install with Ubuntu or Debian, install the pgdg repository & the Citus extension on all nodes:
curl https://install.citusdata.com/community/deb.sh | sudo bash sudo apt-get -y install postgresql-11-citus-8.2 sudo pg_conftool 11 main set shared_preload_libraries citus
CONFIGURE THE CLUSTER
Fedora, CentOS, or Red Hat
To install with Fedora, CentOS, or Red Hat, install the pgdg repository & the Citus extension on all nodes:
curl https://install.citusdata.com/community/rpm.sh | sudo bash sudo yum install -y citus82_11 sudo service postgresql-11 initdb || sudo /usr/pgsql-11/bin/postgresql-11-setup initdb echo "shared_preload_libraries = 'citus'" | sudo tee -a /var/lib/pgsql/11/data/postgresql.conf
CONFIGURE THE CLUSTER

Other Ways to Get Citus

Citus on Azure

Hyperscale (Citus)

Citus is now available on Microsoft Azure, as Hyperscale (Citus) on Azure Database for PostgreSQL. Give it a try.

LEARN MORE

Citus Cloud on AWS

Database as a Service

Another way to kick the tires on Citus is by spinning up a dev cluster on our Citus Cloud database as a service.

TRY CITUS CLOUD

Citus Enterprise

Enterprise Software

And then there’s Citus Enterprise. Just like the open source version of Citus, plus advanced tooling, metrics, & support.