Show HN: Vaire, Self-Hosting Postgres Through the One Glorious CLI

Category: infrastructure

Tags: postgresql, self-hosting, cli, wireguard, infrastructure

Score: 7.3/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 7, Utility: 7)

Vaire is a Go CLI that turns a fresh VPS into a hardened PostgreSQL 18 server with WireGuard-only access, per-database clusters, PgBouncer, TLS, backups, and desired-state convergence. It's interesting because it eliminates a server-side control daemon and web UI, using a single binary in operator and node modes communicating over an on-demand WireGuard tunnel, effectively bringing managed-Postgres ergonomics to self-hosting.

Target audience: backend devs, devops

Repository: https://github.com/mbvlabs/vaire · Go · MIT · 1 stars

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