# Getting Started with PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL is an open source, object-relational database built for extensibility, data integrity, and speed. Its concurrency support makes it fully ACID-compliant, and it supports dynamic loading and catalog-driven operations to let users customize its data types, functions, and more.

[PostgreSQL Quickstart](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/databases/postgresql/getting-started/quickstart/index.html.md): Just the essentials to go from zero to working in a few minutes.