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HTTP + JSON document database with Map Reduce views and bi-directional replication. Views are my own. Time to relax.
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I’m looking forward to playing with this. I love working in CouchDB.
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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- native support for UUIDv7
- substantial speedups for bulk operations, purge operations and any btree operations by introducing a cache
- support for Debian Trixie
- Erlang 26 as minimum version
- Allow safe downgrading of CouchDB versions

Which makes it a pretty cool release :)

AMA.
November 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Most surprising though is that the scanner found more differences in SpiderMonkey versions (1.8.5, 76, 81, 115, 128) than SpiderMonkey vs QuickJS. We’ve copiously documented the differences: docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/be...

That said, the 3.5.1 highlights aside from bugfixes are:

4.4. JavaScript development tips — Apache CouchDB® 3.5 Documentation
docs.couchdb.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Since version 3.4 which introduced QuickJS, CouchDB ships with a background scanner module that will urn your SpiderMonkey JS in QuickJS and reports any incompatibilities. That you you can know ahead of time if it is safe to migrate:

neighbourhood.ie/blog/2024/09...
Neighbourhoodie - CouchDB 3.4.1 New Feature QuickJS
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November 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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- we even had to ship 3.5.1 with just QuickJS because RHEL/Alma 10 doesn’t do SM anymore at all.

QuickJS is smaller, faster, lower memory footprint and we made it safe to migrate.
November 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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We’ve lost a lot of developer hours to the fact that SpiderMonkey is fundamentally a JS engine for Firefox and not really set up to be a library.

- we had to keep up with minute API changes across major versions
- we have to support a wide range of versions due to spotty OS package support
November 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
New version! CouchDB 3.5.1 is now available. It is a maintenance release with a lot of bug fixes, but it also includes a number of substantial performance improvements: blog.couchdb.org/2025/11/11/3...
3.5.1
Dear community, Apache CouchDB® 3.5.1 has been released and is available for download. CouchDB 3.5.1 is a maintenance release, and was originally published on 2025-11-11. Pre-built packages for Win…
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November 11, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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What if your database just… worked? 🤔

User data isn’t lost…
It works on the web…
It has built-in sync, for #offline and #local apps from day 1…
And it’s got a proven track-record…

Some of you know it already exists — it’s @couchdb.bsky.social ! ✨

Take a look: neighbourhood.ie/blog/2025/08...
Neighbourhoodie - What is CouchDB? #1: Introduction
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October 7, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Congratulations @couchdb.bsky.social 🥳 🎉

Apache CouchDB ’s application to @sovereign.tech’s Tech Resilience program was successful!

We’ll share details of CouchDB’s enhanced durability once improvements are shipped.

You can do the same for your #FOSS project: www.sovereign.tech/programs/bug...
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October 14, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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“All software benchmarks and claims of performance are *carefully crafted lies* and this write-up is *no different*.”

This year we got to help a customer make huge gains 📈

Trying to #benchmark your own #Erlang or @couchdb.bsky.social project?

Give it a read:
neighbourhood.ie/blog/2025/03...
October 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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#Sharding is (another) thing that makes @couchdb.bsky.social such a scalable distributed database 📐

Few DBs make it automatic & transparent as CouchDB.

We cover:
- what shards are
- how #CouchDB uses them
- performance gains and trade-offs

in our new post:
neighbourhood.ie/blog/2025/10...
October 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Recap time!

Last week we attended @localfirstconf.com, hosted a packed workshop (thanks to all who joined!) and shared @couchdb.bsky.social stories on stage.

📖 Read the rundown: neighbourhood.ie/blog/2025/06...

📽️ Catch the workshop:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Q7...

Can’t wait for next year! ✨
Neighbourhoodie - Local-First Conf Recap
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June 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Fresh CouchDB, get your fresh CouchDB! Truly parallel shard reads/writes (+40% throughput), a conflict finder, faster integrity checking and more secure password hashing on by default, more built-in reducers, lots more.

The detailed change log is quite the fun read: docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/wh...
May 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Want to try CouchDB’s 🆕 Minihosting + see the state of Offline-First in 2025 at the same time?

We’ve put together a demo app tutorial to do just that! See how @svelte.dev 5, @vite.dev , Pico.css, @couchdb.bsky.social and PouchDB come together to make Pouchnotes: neighbourhood.ie/blog/2025/03...
Neighbourhoodie - Offline-First with CouchDB and PouchDB in 2025
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April 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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“What even is CouchDB?”

😌 It’s the database that *expects* things to fail — and keeps working anyway.

Take a look to discover why @couchdb.bsky.social’s offline-first design, seamless sync and JSON/HTTP API help ensure it never panics: dev.to/neighbourhoo...

💬 What’s your favourite feature?
What is CouchDB? #1: Introduction
One honest answer to this question is easy: CouchDB is an Apache-backed, open source, schema-free...
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April 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
CouchDB 3.5.0 is now available for download. It includes a number of impressive performance improvements, chief among them: truly parallel read and write access to database shards leading to up to 40% more throughput on high-volume request loads.

blog.couchdb.org/2025/05/06/3...
3.5.0
Dear community, Apache CouchDB® 3.5.0 has been released and is available for download. CouchDB 3.5.0 is a feature release, and was originally published on 2025-05-06. Pre-built packages for Windows…
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May 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Using @couchdb.bsky.social for science!

Archeology gets a lot more collaborative when using offline-first laptop software for data sharing while the dig is happening, not months later.

Don’t take my word for it, Dr. Lisa Steinmann from the German Archeological Institute shares her insights:
March 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Archaeologists! Field researchers! 📣

How do you handle data collection when working remotely with no internet?

The @dai-weltweit.bsky.social’s iDAI.field app is #Offline-First and ensures zero data loss + seamless sync: neighbourhood.ie/blog/2025/03...

Need a similar solution? We’d love to help!
Neighbourhoodie - From Dig Sites to Data Sync: iDAI.field and Offline-First Systems for Archaeology
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March 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Want to boost @couchdb.bsky.social query performance? Cut out inefficiencies with partitions 🔪

Instead of querying them all, partition your data so you just need to query *one* shard.

Learn how it works and when to use it on our blog: neighbourhood.ie/blog/2025/03...
Neighbourhoodie - Understanding Database Partitioning in CouchDB
Neighbourhoodie Software is a software development company based in Berlin, Germany. We are experts in CouchDB, PouchDB, and Offline First.
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March 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Apache CouchDB® 3.4.3 has been released and is available for download.

CouchDB 3.4.3 is a maintenance release, and was originally published on 2025-03-18.

blog.couchdb.org/2025/03/18/3...
3.4.3
Dear community, Apache CouchDB® 3.4.3 has been released and is available for download. CouchDB 3.4.3 is a maintenance release, and was originally published on 2025-03-18. Pre-built packages for Win…
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March 18, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The Apache CouchDB Team would like to express their heartfelt gratitude to www.digitalocean.com for sponsoring infrastructure for the CouchDB CI setup. It allows us to make sure that CouchDB works well and continues to work well as we add new features.

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March 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Das Apache CouchDB Team dankt www.netcup.com/de für die großzügige Unterstützung bei unserem CI Setup. Diese Hilfe erlaubt es uns sicherzustellen, dass CouchDB auch dann weiterhin einwandfrei funktioniert, während wir es weiterentwickeln.
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March 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The Apache CouchDB Team would like to express their heartfelt gratitude to www.netcup.com for sponsoring infrastructure for the CouchDB CI setup. It allows us to make sure that CouchDB works well and continues to work well as we develop it.
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March 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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📢 Attention CouchDB users!

The new Apache CouchDB User Survey is live, and we’re curious to have your input!

This is your chance to share your experience and influence the future of @couchdb.bsky.social. Long-time or new user, your voice matters.

Take a look: forms.gle/UBHprSpvuFks...
2024 Annual Apache CouchDB User Survey
This questionnaire is our annual check-in with the greater CouchDB community to gauge how people are using and/or feeling about CouchDB. It helps gather feedback on specific areas (features, versions,...
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December 4, 2024 at 9:45 AM
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Tired of basic @couchdb.bsky.social queries? 🔍

Our new article explores full-text search and faceted querying with #MapReduce, #MangoQueries + #Nouveau.

New or experienced, this guide will help simplify queries: neighbourhood.ie/blog/2024/11/27/full-text-search-and-faceted-querying-with-couchdb
Neighbourhoodie - Full-text Search and Faceted Querying with CouchDB
Neighbourhoodie Software is a software development company based in Berlin, Germany. We are experts in CouchDB, PouchDB, and Offline First.
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December 5, 2024 at 10:26 AM