PostgreSQL originated as a vital component of the POSTGRES project initiated by Professor Michael Stonebraker in 1986 at the University of California, Berkeley. It boasts compatibility with major operating systems such as macOS, Windows, Linux, and UNIX.
PostgreSQL has upheld ACID properties since 2001, with continuous core platform development spanning over three decades. It encompasses noteworthy additions like the PostGIS database extender and has become the standard database for macOS. commonly known as Postgres, due to its widespread adoption of the SQL Standard among relational databases.