May 06, 2021

Announcing EdgeDB Beta 2: Luyten

With this Beta 2 release, EdgeDB stabilizes in preparation for our 1.0 launch. Plus, we introduce a new interactive tool for configuring EdgeDB projects.

May 06, 2021

Introducing EdgeDB Projects

We introduce “edgedb project”, a new interactive command-line tool that makes it easier than ever to start new projects and configure existing ones.

February 25, 2021

EdgeDB 1.0 Beta 1 “Sirius”

EdgeDB, the next-generation relational database, reached a major milestone. Version 1.0 Beta 1 “Sirius” is now available and is ready for early adoption.

October 08, 2020

EdgeDB 1.0 Alpha 6 “Wolf 359”

The new EdgeDB 1.0 Alpha 6 “Wolf 359” release brings a slew of EdgeQL updates to the table.

August 27, 2020

EdgeDB 1.0 Alpha 5 “Luhman”

EdgeDB 1.0 Alpha 5 “Luhman” has been released with a score of user-requested improvements.

July 16, 2020

EdgeDB 1.0 Alpha 4 “Barnard’s Star”

EdgeDB 1.0 Alpha 4 “Barnard’s Star” is available for download. See the highlights of this release.

June 03, 2020

EdgeDB 1.0 Alpha 3 “Proxima Centauri”

EdgeDB 1.0 Alpha 3 “Proxima Centauri” is available for download. See what’s been keeping us busy.

January 27, 2020

EdgeDB 1.0 Alpha 2

EdgeDB 1.0 alpha 2 is is available for download. Learn what’s new and see the benchmarks comparing EdgeDB to different JavaScript DB solutions.

June 18, 2019

A Path to a 10x Database

We are publishing EdgeDB product roadmap and reflecting on history, the future, and our design approach.

May 09, 2019

We Can Do Better Than SQL

The questions we often hear are “Why create a new query language?” and “What’s wrong with SQL?”. This blog post contains answers to both.

April 11, 2019

EdgeDB 1.0 Alpha 1

EdgeDB 1.0 alpha 1 is is available for immediate download. The post is a brief overview of what’s new. We explore creating a simple app and compare the usability and performance of EdgeDB to that of different databases and ORMs.

April 12, 2018

EdgeDB: A New Beginning

In a few weeks we will release the first public technology preview of EdgeDB—a new open-source object-relational database. This post is a brief introduction and is the first in the series.

August 04, 2016

1M rows/s from Postgres to Python

asyncpg is a new fully-featured open-source Python client library for PostgreSQL.