diff --git a/packages/ditto/storages.ts b/packages/ditto/storages.ts
index 4bd7fa30..c99e4252 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/storages.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/storages.ts
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ export class Storages {
   public static async db(): Promise<DittoPgStore> {
     if (!this._db) {
       this._db = (async () => {
-        const kysely = await this.kysely();
-        const store = new DittoPgStore({ kysely, pubkey: Conf.pubkey, timeout: Conf.db.timeouts.default });
+        const db = await this.database();
+        const store = new DittoPgStore({ db, pubkey: Conf.pubkey, timeout: Conf.db.timeouts.default });
         await seedZapSplits(store);
         return store;
       })();
diff --git a/packages/ditto/storages/DittoPgStore.test.ts b/packages/ditto/storages/DittoPgStore.test.ts
index b74e91b9..3d2ee611 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/storages/DittoPgStore.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/storages/DittoPgStore.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,26 @@ import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
 import { DittoPgStore } from '@/storages/DittoPgStore.ts';
 import { createTestDB } from '@/test.ts';
 
+Deno.test('req streaming', async () => {
+  await using db = await createTestDB({ pure: true });
+  const { store: relay } = db;
+
+  const event1 = await eventFixture('event-1');
+
+  const promise = new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(() => resolve(relay.event(event1)), 0));
+
+  for await (const msg of relay.req([{ since: 0 }])) {
+    if (msg[0] === 'EVENT') {
+      assertEquals(relay.subs.size, 1);
+      assertEquals(msg[2], event1);
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  await promise;
+  assertEquals(relay.subs.size, 0); // cleanup
+});
+
 Deno.test('count filters', async () => {
   await using db = await createTestDB({ pure: true });
   const { store } = db;
diff --git a/packages/ditto/storages/DittoPgStore.ts b/packages/ditto/storages/DittoPgStore.ts
index 36040f4c..4c966c8a 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/storages/DittoPgStore.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/storages/DittoPgStore.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,27 @@
 // deno-lint-ignore-file require-await
 
-import { DittoTables } from '@ditto/db';
+import { DittoDatabase, DittoTables } from '@ditto/db';
 import { detectLanguage } from '@ditto/lang';
 import { NPostgres, NPostgresSchema } from '@nostrify/db';
-import { dbEventsCounter } from '@ditto/metrics';
-import { NIP50, NKinds, NostrEvent, NostrFilter, NSchema as n } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
+import { dbEventsCounter, internalSubscriptionsSizeGauge } from '@ditto/metrics';
+import {
+  NIP50,
+  NKinds,
+  NostrEvent,
+  NostrFilter,
+  NostrRelayCLOSED,
+  NostrRelayEOSE,
+  NostrRelayEVENT,
+  NSchema as n,
+} from '@nostrify/nostrify';
+import { Machina } from '@nostrify/nostrify/utils';
 import { logi } from '@soapbox/logi';
 import { JsonValue } from '@std/json';
 import { LanguageCode } from 'iso-639-1';
 import { Kysely } from 'kysely';
 import linkify from 'linkifyjs';
-import { nip27 } from 'nostr-tools';
+import { LRUCache } from 'lru-cache';
+import { matchFilter, nip27 } from 'nostr-tools';
 import tldts from 'tldts';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
@@ -36,20 +47,25 @@ interface TagConditionOpts {
   value: string;
 }
 
-/** Options for the DittoPgStore store. */
+/** Options for the EventsDB store. */
 interface DittoPgStoreOpts {
   /** Kysely instance to use. */
-  kysely: Kysely<DittoTables>;
+  db: DittoDatabase;
   /** Pubkey of the admin account. */
   pubkey: string;
   /** Timeout in milliseconds for database queries. */
   timeout: number;
   /** Whether the event returned should be a Nostr event or a Ditto event. Defaults to false. */
   pure?: boolean;
+  /** Chunk size for streaming events. Defaults to 100. */
+  chunkSize?: number;
 }
 
 /** SQL database storage adapter for Nostr events. */
-class DittoPgStore extends NPostgres {
+export class DittoPgStore extends NPostgres {
+  readonly subs = new Map<string, { filters: NostrFilter[]; machina: Machina<NostrEvent> }>();
+  readonly encounters = new LRUCache<string, boolean>({ max: 100 });
+
   /** Conditions for when to index certain tags. */
   static tagConditions: Record<string, TagCondition> = {
     'a': ({ count }) => count < 15,
@@ -72,65 +88,33 @@ class DittoPgStore extends NPostgres {
     },
   };
 
-  static indexExtensions(event: NostrEvent): Record<string, string> {
-    const ext: Record<string, string> = {};
-
-    if (event.kind === 1) {
-      ext.reply = event.tags.some(([name]) => name === 'e').toString();
-    } else if (event.kind === 1111) {
-      ext.reply = event.tags.some(([name]) => ['e', 'E'].includes(name)).toString();
-    } else if (event.kind === 6) {
-      ext.reply = 'false';
-    }
-
-    if ([1, 20, 30023].includes(event.kind)) {
-      const language = detectLanguage(event.content, 0.90);
-
-      if (language) {
-        ext.language = language;
-      }
-    }
-
-    const imeta: string[][][] = event.tags
-      .filter(([name]) => name === 'imeta')
-      .map(([_, ...entries]) =>
-        entries.map((entry) => {
-          const split = entry.split(' ');
-          return [split[0], split.splice(1).join(' ')];
-        })
-      );
-
-    // quirks mode
-    if (!imeta.length && event.kind === 1) {
-      const links = linkify.find(event.content).filter(({ type }) => type === 'url');
-      imeta.push(...getMediaLinks(links));
-    }
-
-    if (imeta.length) {
-      ext.media = 'true';
-
-      if (imeta.every((tags) => tags.some(([name, value]) => name === 'm' && value.startsWith('video/')))) {
-        ext.video = 'true';
-      }
-    }
-
-    ext.protocol = event.tags.find(([name]) => name === 'proxy')?.[2] ?? 'nostr';
-
-    return ext;
-  }
-
   constructor(private opts: DittoPgStoreOpts) {
-    super(opts.kysely, {
+    super(opts.db.kysely, {
       indexTags: DittoPgStore.indexTags,
       indexSearch: DittoPgStore.searchText,
       indexExtensions: DittoPgStore.indexExtensions,
+      chunkSize: opts.chunkSize,
+    });
+
+    opts.db.listen('nostr_event', async (id) => {
+      if (this.encounters.has(id)) return;
+      this.encounters.set(id, true);
+
+      const [event] = await this.query([{ ids: [id] }]);
+
+      if (event) {
+        this.streamOut(event);
+      }
     });
   }
 
   /** Insert an event (and its tags) into the database. */
   override async event(event: NostrEvent, opts: { signal?: AbortSignal; timeout?: number } = {}): Promise<void> {
     event = purifyEvent(event);
+
     logi({ level: 'debug', ns: 'ditto.event', source: 'db', id: event.id, kind: event.kind });
+
+    this.encounters.set(event.id, true);
     dbEventsCounter.inc({ kind: event.kind });
 
     if (await this.isDeletedAdmin(event)) {
@@ -141,6 +125,7 @@ class DittoPgStore extends NPostgres {
 
     try {
       await super.event(event, { ...opts, timeout: opts.timeout ?? this.opts.timeout });
+      this.streamOut(event);
     } catch (e) {
       if (e instanceof Error && e.message === 'Cannot add a deleted event') {
         throw new RelayError('blocked', 'event deleted by user');
@@ -152,6 +137,21 @@ class DittoPgStore extends NPostgres {
     }
   }
 
+  protected matchesFilter(event: NostrEvent, filter: NostrFilter): boolean {
+    // TODO: support streaming by search.
+    return matchFilter(filter, event) && filter.search === undefined;
+  }
+
+  protected streamOut(event: NostrEvent): void {
+    for (const { filters, machina } of this.subs.values()) {
+      for (const filter of filters) {
+        if (this.matchesFilter(event, filter)) {
+          machina.push(event);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   /** Check if an event has been deleted by the admin. */
   private async isDeletedAdmin(event: NostrEvent): Promise<boolean> {
     const filters: NostrFilter[] = [
@@ -213,10 +213,53 @@ class DittoPgStore extends NPostgres {
     }
   }
 
+  override async *req(
+    filters: NostrFilter[],
+    opts?: { signal?: AbortSignal },
+  ): AsyncIterable<NostrRelayEVENT | NostrRelayEOSE | NostrRelayCLOSED> {
+    const subId = crypto.randomUUID();
+    const normalFilters = this.normalizeFilters(filters);
+
+    if (normalFilters.length) {
+      const { db, chunkSize = 100 } = this.opts;
+      const rows = this.getEventsQuery(db.kysely as unknown as Kysely<NPostgresSchema>, normalFilters).stream(
+        chunkSize,
+      );
+
+      for await (const row of rows) {
+        const event = this.parseEventRow(row);
+        yield ['EVENT', subId, event];
+
+        if (opts?.signal?.aborted) {
+          yield ['CLOSED', subId, 'aborted'];
+          return;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    yield ['EOSE', subId];
+
+    const machina = new Machina<DittoEvent>(opts?.signal);
+
+    this.subs.set(subId, { filters, machina });
+    internalSubscriptionsSizeGauge.set(this.subs.size);
+
+    try {
+      for await (const event of machina) {
+        yield ['EVENT', subId, event];
+      }
+    } catch {
+      yield ['CLOSED', subId, 'error: something went wrong'];
+    } finally {
+      this.subs.delete(subId);
+      internalSubscriptionsSizeGauge.set(this.subs.size);
+    }
+  }
+
   /** Get events for filters from the database. */
   override async query(
     filters: NostrFilter[],
-    opts: { signal?: AbortSignal; timeout?: number; limit?: number } = {},
+    opts: { signal?: AbortSignal; pure?: boolean; timeout?: number; limit?: number } = {},
   ): Promise<DittoEvent[]> {
     filters = await this.expandFilters(filters);
 
@@ -334,6 +377,53 @@ class DittoPgStore extends NPostgres {
     }, []);
   }
 
+  static indexExtensions(event: NostrEvent): Record<string, string> {
+    const ext: Record<string, string> = {};
+
+    if (event.kind === 1) {
+      ext.reply = event.tags.some(([name]) => name === 'e').toString();
+    } else if (event.kind === 1111) {
+      ext.reply = event.tags.some(([name]) => ['e', 'E'].includes(name)).toString();
+    } else if (event.kind === 6) {
+      ext.reply = 'false';
+    }
+
+    if ([1, 20, 30023].includes(event.kind)) {
+      const language = detectLanguage(event.content, 0.90);
+
+      if (language) {
+        ext.language = language;
+      }
+    }
+
+    const imeta: string[][][] = event.tags
+      .filter(([name]) => name === 'imeta')
+      .map(([_, ...entries]) =>
+        entries.map((entry) => {
+          const split = entry.split(' ');
+          return [split[0], split.splice(1).join(' ')];
+        })
+      );
+
+    // quirks mode
+    if (!imeta.length && event.kind === 1) {
+      const links = linkify.find(event.content).filter(({ type }) => type === 'url');
+      imeta.push(...getMediaLinks(links));
+    }
+
+    if (imeta.length) {
+      ext.media = 'true';
+
+      if (imeta.every((tags) => tags.some(([name, value]) => name === 'm' && value.startsWith('video/')))) {
+        ext.video = 'true';
+      }
+    }
+
+    ext.protocol = event.tags.find(([name]) => name === 'proxy')?.[2] ?? 'nostr';
+
+    return ext;
+  }
+
   /** Build a search index from the event. */
   static searchText(event: NostrEvent): string {
     switch (event.kind) {
@@ -385,7 +475,7 @@ class DittoPgStore extends NPostgres {
         }
 
         if (domains.size || hostnames.size) {
-          let query = this.opts.kysely
+          let query = this.opts.db.kysely
             .selectFrom('author_stats')
             .select('pubkey')
             .where((eb) => {
@@ -433,5 +523,3 @@ class DittoPgStore extends NPostgres {
     return super.transaction((store, kysely) => callback(store, kysely as unknown as Kysely<DittoTables>));
   }
 }
-
-export { DittoPgStore };
diff --git a/packages/ditto/test.ts b/packages/ditto/test.ts
index 3c6a555b..dd1ae6cb 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/test.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/test.ts
@@ -34,31 +34,31 @@ export function genEvent(t: Partial<NostrEvent> = {}, sk: Uint8Array = generateS
 
 /** Create a database for testing. It uses `DATABASE_URL`, or creates an in-memory database by default. */
 export async function createTestDB(opts?: { pure?: boolean }) {
-  const { kysely } = DittoDB.create(Conf.databaseUrl, { poolSize: 1 });
+  const db = DittoDB.create(Conf.databaseUrl, { poolSize: 1 });
 
-  await DittoDB.migrate(kysely);
+  await DittoDB.migrate(db.kysely);
 
   const store = new DittoPgStore({
-    kysely,
+    db,
     timeout: Conf.db.timeouts.default,
     pubkey: Conf.pubkey,
     pure: opts?.pure ?? false,
   });
 
   return {
+    ...db,
     store,
-    kysely,
     [Symbol.asyncDispose]: async () => {
       const { rows } = await sql<
         { tablename: string }
-      >`select tablename from pg_tables where schemaname = current_schema()`.execute(kysely);
+      >`select tablename from pg_tables where schemaname = current_schema()`.execute(db.kysely);
 
       for (const { tablename } of rows) {
         if (tablename.startsWith('kysely_')) continue;
-        await sql`truncate table ${sql.ref(tablename)} cascade`.execute(kysely);
+        await sql`truncate table ${sql.ref(tablename)} cascade`.execute(db.kysely);
       }
 
-      await kysely.destroy();
+      await db.kysely.destroy();
     },
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/ditto/workers/policy.worker.ts b/packages/ditto/workers/policy.worker.ts
index acf7b2f1..852c24b5 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/workers/policy.worker.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/workers/policy.worker.ts
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ export class CustomPolicy implements NPolicy {
   async init({ path, databaseUrl, pubkey }: PolicyInit): Promise<void> {
     const Policy = (await import(path)).default;
 
-    const { kysely } = DittoDB.create(databaseUrl, { poolSize: 1 });
+    const db = DittoDB.create(databaseUrl, { poolSize: 1 });
 
     const store = new DittoPgStore({
-      kysely,
+      db,
       pubkey,
       timeout: 5_000,
     });