Install ParadeDB

For a fully managed experience, get started with ParadeDB Cloud.

Get started locally with our Curlbash installer, Docker, or Postgres.app.

Curlbash
Docker
Postgres.app (macOS)

curl -fsSL https://paradedb.com/install.sh | sh

The Curlbash installer starts ParadeDB in Docker with persistent storage, prints your connection credentials, and opens a psql session. Save the generated password to connect from your application.To reconnect later, run:

docker exec -it paradedb psql -U postgres -d paradedb

docker run \
  --name paradedb \
  -e POSTGRES_USER=postgres \
  -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mygoodpassword \
  -e POSTGRES_DB=paradedb \
  -v paradedb_data:/var/lib/postgresql/ \
  -p 5432:5432 \
  -d \
  paradedb/paradedb:latest

Replace mygoodpassword with your chosen password and adjust the username and database name as needed. To connect, run:

docker exec -it paradedb psql -U postgres -d paradedb -W

These steps assume you have Postgres.app running PostgreSQL 18.

Download the pg_search installer from the Postgres.app extensions page and install it.
Connect to your database via psql, run SHOW config_file; to locate postgresql.conf, then add pg_search to shared_preload_libraries:

shared_preload_libraries = 'pg_search'

If other libraries are already listed, keep them and append pg_search to the comma-separated list. Stop and start the Postgres server to apply the change.Lastly, connect to your database via psql and enable ParadeDB:

CREATE EXTENSION pg_search CASCADE;

Postgres.app includes pgvector, which CASCADE enables automatically.

Next, let’s set up your environment so we can run a few queries.

Getting Started

Next Steps