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Connect to Supabase

Supabase is Postgres, so PG Orbit talks to it natively. The fastest path is one-tap cloud discovery — sign in with Supabase and import your projects. Manual setup takes about a minute.

Get your credentials

In the Supabase dashboard, open your project → Connect (top bar). Use the Direct connection or Session pooler parameters: host, port, database (postgres), user, and your database password (set in Project Settings → Database if you've forgotten it).

Add the connection in PG Orbit

  1. Easiest: Connections → cloud icon → Supabase → sign in → import your project
  2. Manual: tap + to add a connection
  3. Host: db.<project-ref>.supabase.co (direct) or the pooler host from the Connect panel
  4. Port: 5432 (direct/session pooler) — Database: postgres — Username: postgres (or postgres.<project-ref> for the pooler)
  5. Turn ON Use SSL, tap Test, save

Good to know

  • IPv4 networks sometimes can't reach the direct host on free-tier projects — use the session pooler host if the direct connection times out.
  • The transaction pooler (port 6543) is for short-lived app connections; for interactive work prefer direct or session pooler.

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