Major Discussions

Notice: Submissions for the new CouchDB logo are open (SEE THREAD)

As announced, there will be a vote for a new logo for CouchDB soon. All submissions so far, minus the ones that resulted in a 404, are listed below. If a link is missing, please submit it to the thread.

A vote on the new logo will be started soon. If you are a fan of the old logo, don’t worry, since it will also be part of the vote.

Vote: Accept couchperuser codebase (SEE THREAD)

The vote passed.

Announcement: jqouch, a jq-based view server (SEE THREAD)

Release of jqouch, a jq-based view server for CouchDB. It’s extremely

rudimentary, but works as a proof of concept of what can be achieved. Some background information on jqouch can be found here.

Releases in the CouchDB Universe

hapi-couchdb-auth-bearer-plugin 0.0.3 – Hapi CouchDB Auth Bearer Plugin

angular-eha.couchdb-auth – simple Angular.js CouchDB auth interface

couchshell 0.0.5 – a shell to interact with CouchDB as if it were a file system

stork-odm 0.1.18 – providing a layer of document management over the CouchDB

jimenez-couchdb-endpoints 0.0.1 – a wrapper around couchdb requests

couchbackup 0.0.1 – command-line backup utility for CouchDB/Cloudant

Opinions and other News in the CouchDB Universe

Use Cases, Questions and Answers

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For more new questions and answers about CouchDB, see these search results.

Get involved!

If you want to get into working on CouchDB:

We have an infinite number of open contributor positions on CouchDB. Submit a pull request and join the project!

on CouchDB. Submit a pull request and join the project! Do you want to help us with the work on the new CouchDB website ? Get in touch on our new website mailing list and join the website team! – www@couchdb.apache.org

? Get in touch on our new website mailing list and join the website team! – www@couchdb.apache.org CouchDB has a new wiki . Help us move content from the old to the new one!

. Help us move content from the old to the new one! Can you help with Web Design, Development or UX for our Admin Console? No Erlang skills required! – Get in touch with us.

Do you want to help moving the CouchDB docs translation forward? We’d love to have you in our L10n team! See our current status and languages we’d like to provide CouchDB docs in on this page. If you’d like to help, don’t hesitate to contact the L10n mailing list on l10n@couchdb.apache.org or ping Andy Wenk (awenkhh on IRC).

We’d be happy to welcome you on board!

Job opportunities for people with CouchDB skills

Time to relax!

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