1. REFERENCE
    9 min read

    So you want Database Versioning?

    Tim Sehn|

    Here at DoltHub, we've had a lot of success with our "So you want..." series of blog posts helping people find Dolt when they are looking for it. Dolt is a lot of things. Dolt is a version controlled database, a Git database, Git for data, data…

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  1. 3 min read

    The Plan for Vectors in Dolt

    Lately, I keep hearing about vector databases. Even databases that weren't originally made for vectors are getting vector capabilities added via plugins: MariaDB Vector , announced in July, is in preview. Sqlite has sqlite-vec , which o...

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  2. WORKBENCH
    3 min read

    How to Create Custom Desktop Menus in Electron

    Here at DoltHub , we've been working hard turning our Dolt Workbench web application into a desktop app using Electron. In my previous blog , I talked about how to build an Electron app with Next.js. There may be situations where you need to...

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  3. REFERENCE
    8 min read

    So you Want Git for Data? 2024 Edition.

    It's hard to believe it's been over four years since I first mused about Git for Data . Let's revisit the topic. What is “Git for Data” in practice? Many products have come to market with some relation to the "Git for data" theme. Dolt and ...

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  4. SQL
    12 min read

    JSON Showdown: Dolt vs Postgres

    Dolt is the first truly version controlled database . It's "Git, but for SQL data." But it's not just Git for SQL data. The same techniques Dolt uses for efficient version control also make it really good at handling JSON. That's why I've been...

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  5. REFERENCE
    15 min read

    Getting Started: Flutter and Dolt

    We're on a mission to show that Dolt works with all your favorite tools in all your favorite languages . Today we show you how to build a Dolt-backed desktop application with Flutter , an open source framework powered by Dart for building...

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  6. COMMAND LINE
    4 min read

    Dolt SQL Shell

    Dolt is a SQL Database which allows for the full branching and merging of tabular data. Being SQL based, we can interoperate with many existing tools and platforms which exist and are familiar to users. There are many ways to interact with SQ...

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  7. REFERENCE
    8 min read

    So you Want Database Branches?

    Here at DoltHub, we've published a series of "So you want..." articles to help people find Dolt, the world's first version controlled SQL database , when they are looking for it but just don't know it yet. Today's article focuses on databas...

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  8. TECHNICALDOLTGRES
    7 min read

    PostgreSQL's COPY Protocol

    We're excited to announce that you can now import tabular data files into Doltgres using the COPY ... FROM STDIN statement. In this blog post, we'll examine how the PostgreSQL wire protocol supports importing bulk data, look at how we impleme...

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  9. FEATURE RELEASE
    11 min read

    Dolt Signed Commits

    Introducing Signed Commits in Dolt At the core of Dolt is a commit graph which tracks the changes made to your database over time. Just like a Git commit, a Dolt commit is a snapshot of the database at a point in time. Dolt commits are immuta...

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  10. GOLANG
    15 min read

    Building package-level, runtime configurable logging ala log4j in Go

    Introduction We're using Go to write Dolt , the world's first version-controlled SQL database. Before I joined DoltHub, I had been a backend Java developer for over a decade. I love Go, and I vastly prefer it to Java. I'm on record as sayin...

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  11. SQL
    6 min read

    Scanner Retries & Import Streaming

    Dolt is the only version controlled SQL database that supports Git semantics. We have added a lot of performance gains to the SQL side this year to mostly predictable places. For example, adding statistics for costed join planning guards against...

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  12. WORKBENCH
    10 min read

    Building an Electron App with Next.js

    Last year, we launched the Dolt Workbench , an open-source SQL workbench for MySQL and PostgreSQL databases. It has become a popular tool among our users, offering a modern UI for viewing and editing your data with powerful version control featur...

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  13. FEATURE RELEASE
    4 min read

    Announcing `dolt add --patch`

    SQL and Git had a baby, and we named this bundle of joy Dolt . My last couple posts here on the blog have been about Git Workspaces and Dolt Workspaces , and that was to lay the groundwork for today's announcement: Dolt now supports add --...

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  14. SQL
    11 min read

    JSON Showdown: Dolt vs MySQL

    UPDATE: The original version of this post accidentally used an outdated SQL client when benchmarking Dolt, which introduced additional latency. With the updated metrics, Dolt is even faster. The previous version of this post concluded that Dolt…...

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  15. SQL
    3 min read

    Correctness Update

    Welcome back to another installment of Dolt's monthly correctness updates! If you missed it, here's last month's update . This month, we tackled several dolt-specific issues and make improvements to long-standing trouble areas. Dolt-Specifi...

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  16. FEATURE RELEASE
    9 min read

    Dolt Rebase Conflict Resolution

    Dolt is the world's first SQL database with Git-style version control. You can branch, merge, diff, and even rebase your relational data, in all the same ways Git allows you to manage your source code. Dolt's novel data storage layer enables a...

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  17. SQL
    7 min read

    How We Count Faster Than MySQL

    Dolt is the first version controlled database with Git semantics. We often compare ourselves to MySQL because that was the first wire protocol we achieved drop-in compatibility with. But , with the release of Doltgres , we also have a Postgres…

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  18. DOLTGRES
    1 min read

    TablePlus Works with Doltgres

    Doltgres is a SQL database with Git-style versioning, a Postgres version of Dolt . We've been working to make Doltgres compatible with PostgreSQL by supporting database workbenches such as TablePlus and DBeaver. Today, we share our progress of ...

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  19. REFERENCE
    3 min read

    DoltHub Blog: Greatest Hits

    Here at DoltHub, we've published over 750 blog articles . That's a lot of content. Which blog articles should you read? This article lists the DoltHub blog's greatest hits. They are divided into helpful categories so you can get the lay of the la...

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  20. REFERENCE
    14 min read

    Dolt runs on Diesel

    Hello Rustaceans , welcome to the world of Dolt and Diesel! Dolt is a version controlled database that is a drop-in MySQL replacement. We've demonstrated Dolt's compatibility with a plethora of tools and ORMs . Diesel is an ORM and query bui...

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