pg_bulkload is a high-performance bulk data loading tool for PostgreSQL designed to bypass shared buffers for faster loads. It provides a command-line utility and PostgreSQL extension supporting multiple input formats (CSV, binary, SQL functions), parallel processing, configurable error handling, and crash recovery. The architecture follows a modular pipeline: reader → parser → checker → tuple former → writer, with deep integration into PostgreSQL internals for memory management, error reporting, and index building. Key features include direct path writing (bypassing WAL), multi-process loading via shared memory IPC, and B-tree index construction from sorted data.