Apache CouchDB

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: https://blog.couchdb.org/2025/11/11/3-5-1/

Heads up for the next feature release 3.6.0: QuickJS will take over from SpiderMonkey as the default JavaScript engine.

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.

https://blog.couchdb.org/2025/03/18/3-4-3/

Apache @couchdb@fosstodon.org 3.4.2 has been released. This is a *maintenance* release that addresses a few issues reported in the recent 3.4.1 release: https://blog.couchdb.org/2024/10/22/3-4-2/

The Apache @couchdb@fosstodon.org team is proud to announce the immediate availability of CouchDB 3.4.1. This is a big feature release with significant new features and improvements:

https://blog.couchdb.org/2024/09/27/3-4-1/

Highlights:
- New (beta) fulltext search addon built-in (just add a JVM)
- New optional JS engine (QuickJS), up to 5x faster at 1/6th RAM.
- Optional faster data integrity hashing (up to 30% faster)
- More secure default password hashing (PBKDF2-SHA256)
- Many small and medium performance improvements