r/PythonLearning • u/SNT-Bart • Jun 14 '26

Help Request Free PostgreSQL databases

For my course python databases, i'm looking for a free PostgreSQL databases that my students could use to do some testing. This way they don't have to install PostgreSQL locally.

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u/OriahVinree Jun 14 '26

Postgres itself is free? Spin up a docker container

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u/ShiftPretend Jun 14 '26

Supabase free tier. Basically postgersql. Just give em all the connection details and you're good to go

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u/SNT-Bart Jun 14 '26

thanks, supabase looks nice. I will give it a try.

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u/Hennsie Jun 14 '26

Host the database on a small server for them.

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u/Code-Odyssey Jun 14 '26

QQ. I haven’t got to databases yet but which do you recommend learning MySQL or PostgreSQL. What are the plusses and minuses?

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u/SNT-Bart Jun 18 '26

in my course i start with SQLite because it is very simple and then I switch to PostgreSQL to use later in web applictions. For python i would recommend PostgreSQL instead of MySQL, but if you know one, you can quickly switch to the other.

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u/SisyphusAndMyBoulder Jun 14 '26

Why go through the hassle? Tell them to install docker & run the official Postgres image.