It's here! After weeks of hard work we're proud to officially announce db4o Production Version 8!

We're now taking db4o to the next level by:

  • Making v7.12 the stable release (see the db4o v7.12 Release Notes)
  • v8.0 is now our official production version which benefits from all the hard work that we've put into this special release (see the db4o v8.0 Release Notes)
  • We're introducing a brand new v8.1 which is now our development branch with the very latest db4o features (not for the faint of heart :)

v7.12 was introduced back in October 2009 and included many cool features such as performance statistics, proper OSGi bundles and our first incursion into Silverlight territory. This version is now mature and becomes our stable release suitable for rock solid embedded database scenarios.

Last month we pre-announced what was coming in v8: the db4o Replication System (dRS) now also provides synchronization with the "locomotive" of object databases: Versant Object Database (VOD). This allows for interesting scenarios such as replication to/from a device running db4o and an enterprise grade object store running VOD (it's now all objects all the time!). And what's even better, in the process of supporting new synchronization endpoints we improved dRS substantially (such as the handling of timestamps). You can read all about the new dRS in this blog post (you'll get the chance to access nice docs, a sample project and even try a free version of VOD in the process (grab v8.0.1.3 or later)).
On the other hand Java ObjectManager (OMJ) users will be pleased to know that the latest db4o packages now provide the ability to pass custom configurations! (Look for it in the "ome" directory of your db4o installation. And you should also check this nice blog post about db4o's OME). We're still working on improving OM so you can browse, query and manipulate your db4o database via a nice GUI tool.

You can get all the new db4o packages in here (note that there's a separate dRS package). Please give us your feedback, we sincerely hope you stay with us and help us make db4o the best choice for simple, straight-forward persistence in the developer community. You're our guest in this cool journey!

Enjoy the new releases and thanks!

Your db4o team.