asyncpg Offers Up to 3x Faster PostgreSQL Access for Async Python Apps

asyncpg is a pure asyncio PostgreSQL driver for Python that eliminates thread overhead and delivers up to three times better performance than psycopg2 on typical workloads. It supports connection pooling, bulk inserts via copy_records_to_table, full-text search, and atomic transactions. Developers can set up a connection pool with configurable minimum and maximum sizes, along with command timeouts and custom server settings. The library uses parameterised queries to handle common operations such as inserts, updates, joins, and upserts safely and efficiently. It is positioned as the default choice for building high-performance asynchronous Python backends that rely on PostgreSQL.