# Pg\_tde and community editions of postgresql

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/pg-tde-and-community-editions-of-postgresql/38483>\
**Category:** PG\_TDE – Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)\
**Created:** [June 27, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pg-tde-and-community-editions-of-postgresql/38483 "2025-06-27T16:18:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![did16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@did16](https://forums.percona.com/u/did16)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pg-tde-and-community-editions-of-postgresql/38483/1 "2025-06-27T16:18:21Z")

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Hi  
Is the Percona pg\_tde extension usable with the community editions of PostgreSQL?

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**Author:** ![Robert\_Bernier](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/robert_bernier/32/1367_2.png) [@Robert\_Bernier](https://forums.percona.com/u/Robert_Bernier)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pg-tde-and-community-editions-of-postgresql/38483/2 "2025-06-27T16:38:17Z")

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Hi,  
At this point in time, pg\_tde is only available with Percona PostgreSQL. That being said the long term goal is to make it compatible with community postgres.

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**Author:** ![did16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@did16](https://forums.percona.com/u/did16)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pg-tde-and-community-editions-of-postgresql/38483/3 "2025-08-04T15:35:28Z")

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Hi

Do you mean , at the moment it is not possible to use percona pg\_tde with postgreSQL community open source edition ?

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**Author:** ![Robert\_Bernier](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/robert_bernier/32/1367_2.png) [@Robert\_Bernier](https://forums.percona.com/u/Robert_Bernier)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pg-tde-and-community-editions-of-postgresql/38483/4 "2025-08-04T15:50:29Z")

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Hi,

> Do you mean , at the moment it is not possible to use percona pg\_tde with postgreSQL community open source edition ?

Yes, that is correct. Because pg\_tde is such a radical and substantive piece of technology key updates are required to the base code. And at this time we are actively working with the community in this regard.

FYI: Otherwise Percona PostgreSQL is virtually the same as the community version.

Hope this helps.

regards

Robert