Downloads
The following releases of Apache CouchDB are available for download.
Current Releases
0.9.0
Files
Changes
This release contains backwards incompatible changes.
- Modular configuration.
- Performance enhancements for document and view access.
- More resilient replication process.
- Replication streams binary attachments.
- Administrator role and basic authentication.
- Document validation functions in design documents.
- Show and list functions for rendering documents and views as developer controlled content-types.
- External process server module.
- Attachment uploading from Futon.
- Etags for views, lists, shows, document and attachment requests.
- Miscellaneous improvements to build, system integration, and portability.
0.8.1-incubating
Files
Changes
- Various bug fixes for replication, compaction, the HTTP interface and the Javascript View Server.
0.8.0-incubating
Files
Changes
This release contains backwards incompatible changes.
- Changed core licensing to the Apache Software License 2.0.
- Refactoring of the core view and storage engines.
- Added support for incremental map/reduce views.
- Changed database file format.
- Many improvements to Futon, the web administration interface.
- Miscellaneous improvements to system integration and portability.
- Swapped out Erlang’s inets HTTP server for the Mochiweb HTTP server.
- SpiderMonkey is no longer included with CouchDB, but rather treated as an external dependency.
- Added bits of awesome.
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