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## Introduction
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This project is a fork of [OpenTable Embedded PostgreSQL Component](https://github.com/opentable/otj-pg-embedded) created due to inactivity of maintainers.
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This project is a fork of [OpenTable Embedded PostgreSQL Component](https://github.com/opentable/otj-pg-embedded) created back in 2018. The original
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project continues, but with a very different philosophy - wrapping the postgres instance in a docker container.
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Whereas this project follows the original approach of using native postgres binaries running directly on the target platform without the overhead of virtualization.
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The library allows embedding PostgreSQL into Java application code with no external dependencies.
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Excellent for allowing you to unit test with a "real" Postgres without requiring end users to install and set up a database cluster.

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