This month’s round-up, much like February itself, is short and sweet. In this edition we have some beginner-friendly resources, and ACMattos’ CouchDB DevOps series is especially worth a read if you want to see how others tweak their CouchDB stack. 

There are a couple general updates from the CouchDB ecosystem to take note of:

• Discussion around CouchDB 4.0 is underway if you’re keen to know what’s on the horizon. 
• And if it’s been on your list to find a way to contribute, the bi-weekly PouchDB triage sessions in the #pouchdb channel are helping CouchDB’s sibling technology make great progress. We’d love to see you there:
  • March 16, 2026 from 3-4pm UTC
  • March 30, 2026 from 8-9am UTC
  • April 13, 2026 from 3-4pm UTC

Enjoy, and as always, let us know in the comments if we missed anything.

Blog Articles

• Osama shares a beginner-friendly intro to CouchDB including data storage, what makes it special, and how to create a database and a doc using cURL [Osama Haider on Medium]

• In a 4-part series (so far), ACMattos shares their CouchDB DevOps learnings and why they went all-in with Apache Camel instead of Logstash for their local Elastic Stack [ACMattos Blog]

• @nawazdhandala shares tips for running CouchDB in Docker and setting up replication, including a backup strategy [@nawazdhandala on OneUptime blog]

Videos

• This mini-doc about local-first software explains why local tools offers both a better user experience and represents a shift in values around data ownership [CultRepo on YouTube]

Misc

• The Local First Conf has opened the second conference edition’s call for papers. In 2025, both PouchDB and CouchDB were incredibly well-received in the workshop session and main stage respectively [Local First Conf] 

Tools

• Grafana has authored and shared a tool to monitor CouchDB deployments [Grafana Labs]

That’s a wrap on February! Thank you for keeping up with CouchDB, we’ll see you here next month.