CouchDB 0.8 – First Release Since Joining Apache

25 Jun

Congrats to the CouchDB team. Download the 0.8 release here.

Update: for you OSXers like me, check out Jan Lehnardt’s CouchDBX. One-click install and management of couchdb on Leopard/Intel macs.

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