PostgreSQL continues to dominate the database landscape—over 84,000 companies rely on it as of 2025, and that number keeps growing.

Here's the thing: keyword search isn't going away. It remains fundamental for most applications. But here's where it gets interesting—Tiger Data recently open-sourced pg_textsearch, which brings BM25-ranked search capabilities directly into Postgres. This isn't just another search tool; it works seamlessly with pgvector to enable hybrid search workflows.

For developers building performant search layers, this combination changes the game. You get efficient full-text search powered by BM25 algorithms while maintaining vector similarity capabilities in the same database. No need to juggle multiple systems—everything lives in Postgres.