Neon reimagines PostgreSQL with a serverless architecture that decouples storage from compute, enabling instant copy-on-write database branching, autoscaling under load, and scale-to-zero when idle with sub-second cold starts. The lakebase architecture distributes durability across three layers: stateless compute nodes running unmodified PostgreSQL, safekeepers providing Paxos-based WAL quorum replication, and a pageserver that materializes pages on demand while offloading immutable history to S3-compatible object storage via MinIO or AWS S3. Copy-on-write branching creates full database clones as metadata operations without duplicating data, enabling developers to spin up isolated test environments, run parallel CI/CD pipelines, or recover from data loss through point-in-time restore across the configurable history window. Autoscaling dynamically adjusts CPU and memory based on live traffic without manual capacity planning, while scale-to-zero ensures costs drop to storage-only during idle periods. Neon maintains 100% PostgreSQL compatibility with broad extension support including PostGIS, pg_cron, pgvector, pg_stat_statements, and hundreds more, so existing applications connect with standard PostgreSQL drivers and ORMs unchanged. The API-first control plane enables programmatic provisioning, branch management, and multi-tenant fleet operations for platform builders and AI agent integrations. Acquired by Databricks in May 2025 and backed by over 22,800 GitHub stars. Deploys via Docker Compose with pageserver, safekeepers, storage broker, and compute nodes backed by MinIO object storage. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. Apache 2.0 licensed.