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Here at DoltHub we're building a database. Dolt is the only SQL database you can branch, merge, diff and clone. It's a MySQL compatible database with version control. As Dolt matures, we're continually impr…

Dolt brings branch semantics to databases. Just like git, you can checkout a new branch, commit changes, and merge branches. DoltHub is a visual editor for Dolt and a place where you can share Dolt databases o…

DoltHub is the website where you can share, discover, and collaborate on Dolt version-controlled databases. DoltHub lets you edit data directly on the website using SQL queries or a spreadsheet like-interface …

Window Frames Dolt is a database that speaks the MySQL wire protocol but uses a custom SQL Engine to implement relational logic. Our engine, go-mysql-server, is increasingly inching towards 100% drop-in …

Dolt is the first version controlled SQL database. DoltHub is a place on the internet to share Dolt databases. DoltLab is a self-hosted version of DoltHub. Dolt brings Git-style version control to the relation…

Here at DoltHub some of us have been working with PostgreSQL extensions recently. This is an introductory tutorial on how to get started building a PostgreSQL foreign data wrapper. We introduce the basics a…

DoltHub is a collaborative database We recently wrote a blog about how DoltHub is the Figma of databases. Figma is a popular collaborative interface design tool that has changed the way designers collabo…

DoltHub on desktop and mobile For those new to Dolt and DoltHub, Dolt is Git for data. Git versions files. Dolt versions SQL tables. DoltHub is a place on the internet to share Dolt repositories. Recentl…

What Database Type Should You Use? There are a few factors that go into choosing a database for your project. SQL vs NoSQL, vertical vs horizontally scalable, open-source vs proprietary, and run the databas…

Introduction Originally, Dolt was a CLI tool focused on data sharing and collaboration. As a CLI tool, Dolt exposed commands that allowed users to import, commit, branch, and merge data. About 1.5 years ago…

Participating in our bounties is easier than ever With DoltHub's graphical tools it's easier than ever to contribute to one of our online databases. We've put out a new video that shows you how to do it, st…

Introduction We are building Dolt, the only SQL database that you can branch and merge, fork and clone, push and pull like a Git repository. For Dolt's SQL interface, we chose to implement the MySQL dial…

Why Would You Build a New Database? Building a database is a notoriously hard problem. MySQL and other traditional databases have a reputation for being solid, functional, and historically well-performing. …

DoltHub is a place on the internet to share, discover, and collaborate on Dolt databases. It's been our goal to add more features to make it easy to add and edit data on DoltHub. As a part of this roadmap, …

Dolt in Docker Tutorial Docker is a container runtime environment that some developers use to standardize dependency management. A "Dockerized" app has three lifecycle stages: Dockerfile: static depend…

Dolt is the world's first version controlled database. DoltHub is the place on the internet to share Dolt databases. About a year ago, we launched data bounties. Data bounties use Dolt's cell lineage featur…

We just finished SHAQ, one of our most competitive bounties ever. And off the heels of that, comes an even more ambitious project: tracking the US housing market. Every. Single. Sale. Let's track housing sa…

Dolt is Git for data and DoltHub is our web application that houses Dolt databases. We use Cypress.io as our end-to-end testing solution for DoltHub. To learn more about our journey with Cypress, check out our…

Introduction Dolt is git for data, the world's only SQL database that you can branch and merge, clone and fork, push and pull just like a git repository. It's like Git and MySQL had a baby. To make do…