mastodon 4.4.25We build offline capable web applications with @couchdb & @pouchdb — In the past: @greenkeeperio @jsconfeu @berlinjs & @hoodiehq.
Catch tips on our favourite technologies and see what we’re up to: https://neighbourhood.ie/blog
If you’ve been looking for a way to get fast SQL queries with @couchdb@fosstodon.org we have good news! 🔍
Our very own Structured Query Server (SQS) is now available for a monthly subscription!
It was previously only available as a one-time license, but we wanted to lower the bar to entry so more people could try it.
Check it out: https://neighbourhood.ie/products-and-services/structured-query-server
Want a personal introduction to @couchdb@fosstodon.org and @pouchdb@fosstodon.org?
We’re hosting a hackday in Berlin ahead of @localfirstconf@mastodon.social to introduce these pioneering sync technologies.
🎟️ Grab your free ticket while they last!
Details:
Another big thank you to the @FOSSBackstage@floss.social team for a great conference!
In mid-March we got to meet up with builders and users of our favourite ecosystems, plus the advocates behind them. In case you couldn’t be there, recordings are now up 📼
Catch @janl@narrativ.es presenting on the security track:
The CouchDB Digest is back with a new, itinerant schedule! 🗞️
In this edition, we catch a recent presentation on achieving 10x CouchDB performance for an AAA publisher from @janl@narrativ.es at @berlinbuzzwords@floss.social and @ck@swiss.social shares their CouchDB replication monitor plus much more.
Also, @couchdb@fosstodon.org 3.5.2 has been released!
Did we miss anything? Let us know in the comments:
🗓️ Mark your calendars: @localfirstconf@mastodon.social is happening this July 12-14 in Berlin
https://www.localfirstconf.com
We will definitely be there! If sync engines, P2P, conflicts and data ownership pique your interest, you’ll want to be there too.
We may even have a CouchDB & PouchDB surprise.
Check out the call for papers: https://cfp-2026.localfirstconf.com/local-first-conf-2026/cfp
We offer CouchDB training to get your team up-to-date with CouchDB and your internal standards looking sharp (and consistent!) 🎓
We recently shared the full syllabus on our website:
https://neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/couchdb-training?pk_campaign=mastodon&pk_kwd=training
As a team that consists of many people who love teaching, we’re really happy we got around to adding this 🙌 Reach out if you’re curious to learn how we can help your team or project
CouchDB has a monthly digest! 🗞️
You can keep up with news from the @couchdb@fosstodon.org ecosystem, plus the odd bit of PouchDB news, the first week of every month on the CouchDB Blog.
Take a look at the most recent edition: https://blog.couchdb.org/2026/05/08/couchdb-digest-april-2026/
Did we miss anything? 💬 Let us know!
Come bottleneck hunting with us at @berlinbuzzwords@floss.social! 🔍
Later today @janl@narrativ.es will show you the methodic and rigorous steps our team took to help an AAA game publisher achieve 10x CouchDB performance.
Catch the talk at 16:30 today in the Kesselhaus.
Session details: https://2026.berlinbuzzwords.de/session/10x-couchdb-performance-gains-for-a-aaa-game-launch/
Special episode with @php@fosstodon.org just landed!
With @sovtechfund@mastodon.social’s support, we got to work with the PHP project twice 👯
We’re very grateful to have helped out one of the web’s most important (and best documented!) open source projects.
Find out how we used automation to make deployments easier, and added a monitoring system to take more manual effort out of PHP’s stellar security protocols.
https://neighbourhood.ie/blog/2026/03/18/nh-sta-special-episode-with-php
We’re hosting a CouchDB & PouchDB Hackday as a warm-up for the Local First Conf on July 11 🎉
Join us in our office in Neukölln, Berlin, to discover sync pioneers @couchdb@fosstodon.org and @pouchdb@fosstodon.org, help others learn, or get an intro to contributing to these projects.
It’s a cool chance to meet others before @localfirstconf@mastodon.social kicks off on the 12th.
Details and RSVP: https://neighbourhood.ie/blog/2026/04/21/couchdb-pouchdb-hackday-2026
This is the most fun you’ll have choosing your next #LocalFirst #OfflineFirst stack:
https://www.localfirst.fm/landscape
You’ll find @pouchdb@fosstodon.org and @couchdb@fosstodon.org in there too, with filters to help you maximise compatibility for your next use case
Thanks to @localfirstfm@mastodon.social for putting it together ✨
Only the weekend stands between us and @FOSSBackstage@floss.social!
Neighbourhoodie’s @janl@narrativ.es will present work we’ve been doing in FOSS with @sovtechfund@mastodon.social support over the past 2.5 years.
Catch the talk on Monday from 12:10-12:40 in the auditorium on the “Security” topic track.
Tickets (incl. remote attendance) are still available.
Session details and tickets: https://26.foss-backstage.de/session/2-5-years-of-sta-bug-resilience-how-we-helped-a-lot-of-foss/
We’re nearly up next at @FOSSBackstage@floss.social 🎤
If you get curious hearing #FOSS discussed in German Parliament and wonder what impact it’s having, this talk is for you!
@janl@narrativ.es will pull back the curtain on 2.5 years working as the official implementation partner of the @sovtechfund@mastodon.social
See you at 12:10 in the Auditorium: https://26.foss-backstage.de/session/2-5-years-of-sta-bug-resilience-how-we-helped-a-lot-of-foss/
Offline with no CRDTs?!
At #FOSDEM earlier this month our colleague Alex Feyerke got to introduce Local-First pioneers @couchdb@fosstodon.org and @pouchdb@fosstodon.org in the @localfirst@fosstodon.org devroom, a space dedicated to all things sync, P2P and conflict resolution.
Check out Alex’ talk: https://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/FOSDEM/video/2026/k3201/SDHGJY-local-first-meet-pouchdb-couchdb.mp4
And the great company we were in: https://openlocalfirst.org/#program
All recordings are now up here: https://video.fosdem.org/2026/k3201/
As we saw at the @localfirstconf@mastodon.social this year, initial sync in #OfflineFirst and #LocalFirst can be tricky to build and slow for users.
Our team wrote up some ways @pouchdb@fosstodon.org and @couchdb@fosstodon.org are able to do “Partial Data Fetching on Initial Load,” including filtered replication or switching to a remote DB.
More about these strategies and how to implement them on our blog:
We’re curating a monthly CouchDB Digest again! 🗞️
We collect articles, tutorials, videos, user stories and community tools from the last month.
If you missed having a regular roundup of writing about @couchdb@fosstodon.org from all the sources we trust, catch it on the CouchDB Blog: https://blog.couchdb.org/2025/07/08/couchdb-digest-june-2025/
Or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/couchdb-digest-june-2025-neighbourhoodie-axpwe/?trackingId=xatdmr0pTWOtrxGXPIBD3g%3D%3D
@couchdb@fosstodon.org keeps your data — and your team — safer thanks to #2FA.
Our new blog post shows you how it works and details set-up instructions for this extra security feature: https://neighbourhood.ie/blog/2025/06/25/why-use-two-factor-authentication-2fa-in-couchdb
Are you using #Nouveau for full-text search in @couchdb@fosstodon.org?
It’s the much faster way to do:
🔍fuzzy search
🔍and facet queries
🔍with counts and ranges
Check out our video to see it in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2IXRKpVTFY
Recap time!
Last week our team checked in at @localfirstconf@mastodon.social connected with great minds, hosted a packed workshop (thanks to all who joined!) and shared @couchdb@fosstodon.org stories on stage.
📖 Read the full rundown: https://neighbourhood.ie/blog/2025/06/04/local-first-conf-recap
📽️ Missed the workshop? Catch the full recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Q7An1Co68
⏲️ More talks will be published soon — including one from @janl@narrativ.es
We had a great time! ✨ Can’t wait until next year
Come see CouchDB + PouchDB in person!
In Berlin next week? Join us for workshop in Neukölln and ✨ build an offline app ✨ during @localfirstconf@mastodon.social’s Community Day this Monday.
🤓 Keen for @couchdb@fosstodon.org + PouchDB tips?
🤓 Got questions about libraries?
🤓 Curious how we sync with our favourite tech?
Register to join us and find out: https://lu.ma/v8ggp0u9
📣 The major #Apache @couchdb@fosstodon.org release means... we’re hosting a Meetup!
Celebrate 3.4.0 + 3.4.1 with @janl@narrativ.es, Alex Feyerke and @ninette@mastodon.social on Oct 9 at 5pm CET. New to CouchDB or experienced? We think you’ll have fun!
Talk #1: CouchDB 3.4.0 / 3.4.1 Release Retrospective (Jan Lehnardt @janl@narrativ.es)
Talk #2: Introducing QuickJS: CouchDB’s New JavaScript Engine (Ninette Adhikari)
Talk #3: First Steps With Nouveau, CouchDB’s New Fulltext Search Feature (Alex Feyerke)
Sign up here: https://vi.to/hubs/couchdb-berlin
🛎️ It’s tomorrow! Are you joining our Online #CouchDB Meetup from 17:00 - 18:30 CET, on Oct 9?
3.4.0 + 3.4.1 have been out for a couple weeks now, and they brought #QuickJS with them. It’s the new #JavaScript engine for CouchDB that speeds up queries and server-side processing.
Get a detailed introduction from @ninette@mastodon.social in Talk #2 and learn why others are delighted about how it enhances custom functions.
Sign up and check out the others talks: https://vi.to/hubs/couchdb-berlin
Watching that “update contributor docs” ticket slide down the backlog in your open source project? 👀
Thanks to help from our team and @sovtechfund@mastodon.social’s support, @reproducible_builds@fosstodon.org got a decent break from that!
A big thank you to Reproducible Builds for both the warm welcome and the trust placed in us to help make the project more resilient.
Read about what we got up to: https://neighbourhood.ie/blog/2026/01/21/nh-sta-s01e06-reproducible-builds?pk_campaign=mastodon&pk_kwd=reprobuilds
Submit your own project for support: https://www.sovereign.tech/programs/bug-resilience
We gave our most popular product a fresh coat of paint! 🎨
Our CouchDB Architecture Review gives you a prioritised run-down of issues and opportunities in your CouchDB — including resource-saving suggestions.
Our website now better reflects what you can look forward to, check it out: https://neighbourhood.ie/products-and-services/couchdb-architecture-review?pk_campaign=mastodon&pk_kwd=areviewfreshpaint
The Apache CouchDB User Survey results are out 📣
If you’re already a user and want to know which libraries and impressive metrics others have to share, read on!
If you’re not yet a user, we can only repeat what you already know: @couchdb@fosstodon.org is loved for its reliability and ease of use 🫶
Full results on the CouchDB Blog: https://blog.couchdb.org/2026/06/10/2025-2026-apache-couchdb-user-survey-results/
