# Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 12.5 (2020-12-07)
Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL is a collection of tools to assist you in managing PostgreSQL. Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL
installs PostgreSQL and complements it by a selection of extensions that
enable solving essential practical tasks efficiently.
This release of Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL is based on [PostgreSQL 12.5](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/release/12.5/).
The following is the list of extensions available in Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL.
| Extension | Version | Description |
| ------------------- | -------------- | ---------------------------- |
| [pg_repack](https://github.com/reorg/pg_repack) | 1.4.6 | rebuilds PostgreSQL database objects |
| [Pgaudit](https://www.pgaudit.org/) | 1.4.1 | provides detailed session or object audit logging via the standard logging facility provided by PostgreSQL |
| [pgBackRest](https://pgbackrest.org/) | 2.30 | a backup and restore solution for PostgreSQL |
| [Patroni](https://patroni.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) | 2.0.1 | a HA (High Availability) solution for PostgreSQL |
| [pg_stat_monitor](https://github.com/percona/pg_stat_monitor) (Tech Preview Feature) | 0.6.0 | collects and aggregates statistics for PostgreSQL and provides histogram information. |
| [PostgreSQL contrib extensions](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/contrib.html) | 12.5 | a collection of additional extensions for PostgreSQL |
Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL is also shipped with the [libpq](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/libpq.html) library. It contains “a set of
library functions that allow client programs to pass queries to the PostgreSQL
backend server and to receive the results of these queries.”