snowflake

Extensions

snowflake

snowflake : Snowflake-style 64-bit ID generator and sequence utilities for PostgreSQL

Overview

ID	Extension	Package	Version	Category	License	Language
4590	snowflake	snowflake	`2.4`	FUNC	PostgreSQL	C

Attribute	Has Binary	Has Library	Need Load	Has DDL	Relocatable	Trusted
--s-d--	No	Yes	No	Yes	no	no

Relationships
Schemas	`snowflake`
See Also	spock lolor

works on pgedge kernel fork. Set snowflake.node (1..1023) before using snowflake.nextval().

Type	Repo	Version	PG Major Compatibility	Package Pattern	Dependencies
EXT	PIGSTY	`2.4`	18 17 16 15 14 13	`snowflake`	-
RPM	PIGSTY	`2.4`	18 17 16 15 14 13	`snowflake_$v`	`pgedge_$v`
DEB	PIGSTY	`2.4`	18 17 16 15 14 13	`pgedge-$v-snowflake`	`pgedge-$v`

Linux / PG	PG18	PG17	PG16	PG15	PG14	PG13
el8.x86_64	MISS	PIGSTY 2.4	MISS	MISS	MISS	MISS
el8.aarch64	MISS	PIGSTY 2.4	MISS	MISS	MISS	MISS
el9.x86_64	MISS	PIGSTY 2.4	MISS	MISS	MISS	MISS
el9.aarch64	MISS	PIGSTY 2.4	MISS	MISS	MISS	MISS
el10.x86_64	MISS	PIGSTY 2.4	MISS	MISS	MISS	MISS
el10.aarch64	MISS	PIGSTY 2.4	MISS	MISS	MISS	MISS
d12.x86_64	MISS	PIGSTY 2.4	MISS	MISS	MISS	MISS
d12.aarch64	MISS	PIGSTY 2.4	MISS	MISS	MISS	MISS
d13.x86_64	MISS	PIGSTY 2.4	MISS	MISS	MISS	MISS
d13.aarch64	MISS	PIGSTY 2.4	MISS	MISS	MISS	MISS
u22.x86_64	MISS	PIGSTY 2.4	MISS	MISS	MISS	MISS
u22.aarch64	MISS	PIGSTY 2.4	MISS	MISS	MISS	MISS
u24.x86_64	MISS	PIGSTY 2.4	MISS	MISS	MISS	MISS
u24.aarch64	MISS	PIGSTY 2.4	MISS	MISS	MISS	MISS

Package	Version	OS	ORG	SIZE	File URL
`snowflake_17`	`2.4`	el8.x86_64	pigsty	29.7 KiB	snowflake_17-2.4-1PIGSTY.el8.x86_64.rpm
`snowflake_17`	`2.4`	el8.aarch64	pigsty	29.5 KiB	snowflake_17-2.4-1PIGSTY.el8.aarch64.rpm
`snowflake_17`	`2.4`	el9.x86_64	pigsty	30.0 KiB	snowflake_17-2.4-1PIGSTY.el9.x86_64.rpm
`snowflake_17`	`2.4`	el9.aarch64	pigsty	29.6 KiB	snowflake_17-2.4-1PIGSTY.el9.aarch64.rpm
`snowflake_17`	`2.4`	el10.x86_64	pigsty	30.1 KiB	snowflake_17-2.4-1PIGSTY.el10.x86_64.rpm
`snowflake_17`	`2.4`	el10.aarch64	pigsty	29.9 KiB	snowflake_17-2.4-1PIGSTY.el10.aarch64.rpm
`pgedge-17-snowflake`	`2.4`	d12.x86_64	pigsty	10.2 KiB	pgedge-17-snowflake_2.4-1PIGSTY~bookworm_amd64.deb
`pgedge-17-snowflake`	`2.4`	d12.aarch64	pigsty	10.1 KiB	pgedge-17-snowflake_2.4-1PIGSTY~bookworm_arm64.deb
`pgedge-17-snowflake`	`2.4`	d13.x86_64	pigsty	10.2 KiB	pgedge-17-snowflake_2.4-1PIGSTY~trixie_amd64.deb
`pgedge-17-snowflake`	`2.4`	d13.aarch64	pigsty	10.1 KiB	pgedge-17-snowflake_2.4-1PIGSTY~trixie_arm64.deb
`pgedge-17-snowflake`	`2.4`	u22.x86_64	pigsty	10.7 KiB	pgedge-17-snowflake_2.4-1PIGSTY~jammy_amd64.deb
`pgedge-17-snowflake`	`2.4`	u22.aarch64	pigsty	10.4 KiB	pgedge-17-snowflake_2.4-1PIGSTY~jammy_arm64.deb
`pgedge-17-snowflake`	`2.4`	u24.x86_64	pigsty	10.6 KiB	pgedge-17-snowflake_2.4-1PIGSTY~noble_amd64.deb
`pgedge-17-snowflake`	`2.4`	u24.aarch64	pigsty	10.4 KiB	pgedge-17-snowflake_2.4-1PIGSTY~noble_arm64.deb

pig build pkg snowflake;		# build rpm/deb

Make sure PGDG and PIGSTY repo available:

pig repo add pgsql -u   # add both repo and update cache

Install this extension with pig:

pig install snowflake;		# install via package name, for the active PG version

pig install snowflake -v 17;   # install for PG 17

Create this extension with:

CREATE EXTENSION snowflake;

Last updated on 2026-02-26