| description | Download and run pREST — Docker, Homebrew, or Go — for instant REST and MCP APIs on SQL databases (PostgreSQL native today). |
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Download and run pREST to get instant REST and MCP APIs for your SQL database. PostgreSQL is the native adapter today — see Databases. If this is your first install, start with Start with Docker or Deploying with Docker. Compare channels in Distribution.
- Use the Docker Hub image
- Use the GitHub image
- Homebrew —
prestd(homebrew-core) andprest-mcp(prest/tap) - Download from source and run
- GitHub releases
- Distribution channels — which method for server vs MCP adapter
v2.2.0 adds pREST Studio, database-backed custom queries, and TimescaleDB E2E — plus MCP from v2.1.0. See the upgrade guide, pREST Studio, MCP over HTTP, and AI and MCP.
- Binary: v2.2.0 assets
- Docker:
prest/prest:v2.2.0 - Go:
go install github.com/prest/prest/v2/cmd/prestd@v2.2.0 - MCP adapter:
brew install prest/tap/prest-mcpor see Install pREST MCP Adapter
Database support labels: Databases.