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Citus - Hyperscale (Postgres flavour)
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Introduction
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`Citus <https://www.citusdata.com/>`__ is a is an open source extension that transforms Postgres into a distributed
database. As it is a Postgres extension, all of Postgres' features, tooling & ecosystem
can be leveraged.

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  Hence with Hasura, Citus also becomes a great fit for cross database joins.

Know more
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  Getting started <getting-started/index>
  Hasura - Citus compatibility <hasura-citus-compatibility>

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  Schema <schema/index>
  Queries <queries/index>
  Mutations <mutations/index>
  Subscriptions <subscriptions/index>
  Supported Postgres types <postgresql-types>