PgReports

Gem Version Ruby Rails License: MIT

A comprehensive PostgreSQL monitoring and analysis library for Rails applications. Get insights into query performance, index usage, table statistics, connection health, and more. Includes a beautiful web dashboard and Telegram integration for notifications.

Dashboard Screenshot

Features

  • 📊 Query Analysis - Identify slow, heavy, and expensive queries using pg_stat_statements
  • 📇 Index Analysis - Find unused, duplicate, invalid, and missing indexes
  • 📋 Table Statistics - Monitor table sizes, bloat, vacuum needs, and cache hit ratios
  • 🔌 Connection Monitoring - Track active connections, locks, and blocking queries
  • 🖥️ System Overview - Database sizes, PostgreSQL settings, installed extensions
  • 🌐 Web Dashboard - Beautiful dark-themed UI with sortable tables and expandable rows
  • 📨 Telegram Integration - Send reports directly to Telegram
  • 📥 Export - Download reports in TXT, CSV, or JSON format
  • 🔗 IDE Integration - Open source locations in VS Code, Cursor, RubyMine, or IntelliJ (with WSL support)
  • 📌 Comparison Mode - Save records to compare before/after optimization
  • 📊 EXPLAIN ANALYZE - Advanced query plan analyzer with problem detection and recommendations
  • 🔍 SQL Query Monitoring - Real-time monitoring of all executed SQL queries with source location tracking
  • 🔌 Connection Pool Analytics - Monitor pool usage, wait times, saturation warnings, and connection churn
  • 🤖 AI Prompt Export - Copy a ready-to-paste prompt for Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex with problem context and report data
  • 🗑️ Migration Generator - Generate Rails migrations to drop unused indexes

Installation

# Gemfile
gem "pg_reports"
gem "telegram-bot-ruby"  # optional, for Telegram delivery

bundle install

Mount the dashboard:

# config/routes.rb
Rails.application.routes.draw do
  if Rails.env.development?
    mount PgReports::Engine, at: "/pg_reports"
  end

  # Or with authentication:
  # authenticate :user, ->(u) { u.admin? } do
  #   mount PgReports::Engine, at: "/pg_reports"
  # end
end

Visit http://localhost:3000/pg_reports.

For query analysis, also enable pg_stat_statements — see setup below.

Usage

# In console or code
PgReports.slow_queries.display
PgReports.unused_indexes.each { |row| puts row["index_name"] }

# Export
report = PgReports.expensive_queries
report.to_text
report.to_csv
report.to_a

# Telegram
PgReports.slow_queries.send_to_telegram

Full list of reports →

Configuration

# config/initializers/pg_reports.rb
PgReports.configure do |config|
  # Telegram (optional)
  config.telegram_bot_token = ENV["PG_REPORTS_TELEGRAM_TOKEN"]
  config.telegram_chat_id   = ENV["PG_REPORTS_TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID"]

  # Thresholds
  config.slow_query_threshold_ms      = 100
  config.heavy_query_threshold_calls  = 1000
  config.expensive_query_threshold_ms = 10_000
  config.unused_index_threshold_scans = 50
  config.bloat_threshold_percent      = 20
  config.dead_rows_threshold          = 10_000

  # Output
  config.max_query_length = 200

  # Auth (optional)
  config.dashboard_auth = -> {
    authenticate_or_request_with_http_basic do |user, pass|
      user == ENV["PG_REPORTS_USER"] && pass == ENV["PG_REPORTS_PASSWORD"]
    end
  }

  # Google Fonts (default: false — no external requests)
  config.load_external_fonts = false
end
Locale (EN / RU / UK) PgReports follows your application's `I18n.locale`. Set it the way you set it for the rest of the app — there's no PgReports-specific knob. The dashboard supports `en`, `ru`, and `uk` out of the box.
Raw query execution (EXPLAIN ANALYZE / Execute Query) ⚠️ Disabled by default. The dashboard's "Execute Query" and "EXPLAIN ANALYZE" buttons require this opt-in. ```ruby PgReports.configure do |config| config.allow_raw_query_execution = Rails.env.development? || Rails.env.staging? end ```
Query source tracking (Marginalia / Rails query logs) PgReports parses query annotations to show **where queries originated**. [Marginalia](https://github.com/basecamp/marginalia): ```ruby gem "marginalia" ``` Rails 7+ query logs: ```ruby # config/application.rb config.active_record.query_log_tags_enabled = true config.active_record.query_log_tags = [:controller, :action] ``` Either form is auto-detected; controller/action and file:line appear in the **source** column on report rows.

pg_stat_statements setup

  1. Edit postgresql.conf: shared_preload_libraries = 'pg_stat_statements' pg_stat_statements.track = all
  2. Restart PostgreSQL: sudo systemctl restart postgresql
  3. Create the extension (via dashboard button or PgReports.enable_pg_stat_statements!).

PgReports does not require the pg_read_all_settings role — extension availability is detected directly. Works with CloudnativePG, managed databases, and other restricted environments.

Report object

Every method returns a PgReports::Report:

report = PgReports.slow_queries

report.title         # "Slow Queries (mean time >= 100ms)"
report.data          # Array of hashes
report.columns       # Column names
report.size          # Row count
report.empty?        # Boolean
report.generated_at  # Timestamp

# Output formats
report.to_text       # Plain text table
report.to_markdown   # Markdown table
report.to_html       # HTML table
report.to_csv        # CSV
report.to_a          # Raw data

# Actions
report.display                  # Print to STDOUT
report.send_to_telegram         # Send as message
report.send_to_telegram_as_file # Send as file attachment

# Enumerable
report.each { |row| puts row }
report.map { |row| row["query"] }
report.select { |row| row["calls"] > 100 }

Dashboard features

The dashboard provides one-click execution, sortable columns, expandable rows, filter parameters, multi-format export, Telegram delivery, and pg_stat_statements management.

EXPLAIN ANALYZE — query plan analyzer Expand a row with a query, click **📊 EXPLAIN ANALYZE**. Shows: - **Status indicator** (🟢🟡🔴) — overall query health - **Key metrics** — planning/execution time, cost, rows - **Detected problems** — sequential scans on large tables, high-cost ops, sorts spilling to disk, slow sorts (>1s), inaccurate row estimates (>10× off), slow execution - **Recommendations** for each issue - **Color-coded plan** — node types tinted by performance impact (green: efficient, blue: normal, yellow: potential issue) - **Line annotations** highlighting problems on specific plan lines Queries from `pg_stat_statements` with parameter placeholders (`$1`, `$2`) prompt for parameter values before analysis. Requires `config.allow_raw_query_execution = true`.
SQL Query Monitor — real-time query capture Live capture of all SQL executed by your Rails app. Click **▶ Start Monitoring**, run any operation, watch the queries appear with: - SQL with syntax highlighting - Duration (color-coded: 🟢 <10ms, 🟡 <100ms, 🔴 >100ms) - Source location with click-to-IDE - Timestamp Built on `ActiveSupport::Notifications` (`sql.active_record`). Filters internal queries (SCHEMA / CACHE / pg_reports' own). Logged to `log/pg_reports.log` (JSON Lines). Configurable buffer size and backtrace filter: ```ruby PgReports.configure do |config| config.query_monitor_log_file = Rails.root.join("log", "custom_monitor.log") config.query_monitor_max_queries = 200 config.query_monitor_backtrace_filter = ->(loc) { !loc.path.match?(%r/(gems|ruby|railties)/) } end ``` Use cases: debugging N+1, identifying slow queries during feature development, tracking down unexpected queries, teaching ActiveRecord behavior.
Connection pool analytics Four specialized reports under the **Connections** category: - **Pool Usage** — total/active/idle per database, utilization %, idle-in-transaction count, available capacity - **Wait Times** — queries waiting on locks/IO/network with wait event types and severity - **Pool Saturation** — auto-classified (Normal / Elevated / Warning / Critical) with context-aware recommendations - **Connection Churn** — age distribution by application, short-lived (<10s) detection, churn-rate calculation, missing-pooling diagnosis ```ruby PgReports.pool_usage.display PgReports.pool_saturation.display PgReports.connection_churn.display ```
IDE integration & migration generator Click any source location (file:line) in a report to open it in your IDE. Supported: VS Code, VS Code (WSL), RubyMine, IntelliJ IDEA, Cursor, Cursor (WSL). Use the ⚙️ button to set your default and skip the menu. For unused or invalid indexes, the dashboard generates a Rails migration: expand the row → **🗑️ Generate Migration** → copy the code or create the file directly (opens in your default IDE).
Save records for comparison When optimizing queries, click **📌 Save for Comparison** on any expanded row. Saved records persist in browser localStorage per report type and appear above the results table for before/after comparison.
AI prompt export The Export dropdown includes **Copy Prompt** (visible on actionable reports). It assembles a ready-to-paste prompt with problem description, fix instructions, and the actual report data — formatted for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or any code-aware AI assistant.

Telegram

PgReports.configure do |config|
  config.telegram_bot_token = "123456:ABC-DEF..."
  config.telegram_chat_id   = "-1001234567890"
end

PgReports.slow_queries.send_to_telegram
PgReports.health_report.send_to_telegram_as_file

Get a bot token from @BotFather and your chat ID from @userinfobot.

Development

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/pg_reports
cd pg_reports
bundle install
bundle exec rspec
bundle exec rubocop

Contributing

  1. Fork it
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/my-feature)
  3. Commit your changes
  4. Push to the branch
  5. Create a Pull Request

License

MIT. See LICENSE.txt.

Acknowledgments

Inspired by rails-pg-extras. UI built with Claude by Anthropic.