[EDIT] As of 2013-04-22, Brian Carlson has implemented JSON support! So a lot of what’s in here is wrong now :) The easiest way to get Postgres installed on OSX is via Heroku’s Postgress.app. If you’re on linux, just install from aptitude. Working with node.js, use Brian Carlson’s wonderful Node Postgres Package. npm install pg You don’t need any of the fancy new postgres features to store json. Y