Not All Open Source Is Equal: Choosing a PostgreSQL Operator for Kubernetes in 2026 (opens in new tab)

Choosing an open source PostgreSQL operator for Kubernetes used to be a question about features and community size. In 2026, it has become a question about licensing posture, image distribution, and whether the project you pick today will still be operationally open in three years. TL;DR MinIO is archived. Bitnami's free catalog got cut. Crunchy Data's official images come with redistribution and consulting restrictions. "Open source" today is doing less work than it used to. Three questions ...