DBConvert Streams Version 1.x Releases
Release history for DBConvert Streams versions 1.1.0 through 1.5.0.
Enhanced User Experience
June 2025
New Features & Resources
Live Chat Support Added
We've added live chat support to both our main website and Web UI to provide you with instant assistance. Get real-time help with deployment, configuration, and troubleshooting directly from our team.
Chat Features
- Real-time Support: Get instant help from our technical team
- Deployment Assistance: Step-by-step guidance for setting up DBConvert Streams
- Available Everywhere: Chat support on both the main website and Web UI
- Quick Responses: Fast answers to configuration and troubleshooting questions
Complete Deployment Video Tutorial
Our comprehensive deployment walkthrough video covers everything from server setup to your first data stream. Watch the step-by-step process of deploying DBConvert Streams on any host.
Tutorial Covers
- Server Setup: Complete server preparation and configuration
- One-line Installation: Quick and easy deployment process
- UI Launch & Navigation: Getting started with the Web interface
- API Activation: Setting up and configuring the API
Version 1.5.0
Released June 22, 2025
Full Control Over Schema Generation
Metadata System Overhaul
We've replaced the previous 3rd-party DDL translation layer with our in-house DDL generator, giving us 100% control over how schemas are built and validated — ensuring better compatibility across MySQL and PostgreSQL.
Complete Schema Control
- In-House DDL Generator: 100% control over schema generation and validation
- Enhanced Compatibility: Better cross-database compatibility between MySQL and PostgreSQL
- Improved Reliability: No more dependency on external translation layers
Universal Foreign Key Support
Foreign key constraints are now automatically detected, translated, and preserved during migrations. Uses deferred strategies for better consistency in PostgreSQL and performance in migration workflows.
Advanced Constraint Handling
- Automatic Detection: Foreign key constraints are automatically detected and translated
- Deferred Strategies: Better consistency in PostgreSQL with optimized performance
- Preserved Relationships: All database relationships maintained during migration
Constraints, Indexes & Comments
Keys & Indexes
Primary, Unique, and Indexes are fully recreated on the target database with complete fidelity and optimized performance.
CHECK Constraints
Translated intelligently with support for complex constraints including JSON checks and custom validation rules.
Comments
Converted between MySQL and PostgreSQL dialects, preserving all documentation and metadata annotations.
UI + UX Enhancements
New Structure Strategy UI
Choose how tables, indexes, and foreign keys are handled during migration and synchronization with granular control over database structure options.
New Database Structure Options interface with strategy selection
Strategy Options
- Create If Not Exists: Safe default option that prevents conflicts
- Fail If Exists: Strict validation for precise control
- Disable Foreign Keys: Optimized for CDC/Performance scenarios
Improved Connection Handling
Smarter connection state detection with offline mode, cloud provider badges, and persistent connection settings via localStorage.
Connection failed state with clear error handling
Successful connection state with status indicators
Cloud provider badges for easy identification
Performance & Visual Polish
Faster load times and optimized chunking with Vite config improvements, cleaned up codebase, and enhanced state handling throughout the application.
Performance Improvements
- Faster Load Times: Optimized chunking and Vite configuration improvements
- Enhanced State Handling: Improved application state management and responsiveness
- Visual Consistency: Updated logos, icons, and refined visual consistency across components
- Code Quality: Cleaned up codebase with better organization and maintainability
Version 1.4.0
Released May 26, 2025
Major Features
Unified Database Connections
Streamlined connection management with a unified interface that simplifies database setup and configuration across all supported database types.
Unified connection interface with streamlined database configuration
True Multi-Schema Support for PostgreSQL
Complete schema management capabilities that let you define and manage multiple PostgreSQL schemas through both API and UI, with visual schema selection and enhanced schema qualification.
Visual schema and table selection interface with multi-schema support
Key Capabilities
- Complete Schema Management: Define and manage multiple PostgreSQL schemas through both API and UI
- Visual Schema Selection: Choose specific schemas to include or exclude from your migration with an intuitive interface
- Enhanced Schema Qualification: Improved handling of schema-qualified table names and relationships
Smart Table Naming for Cross-Database Migrations
Intelligent name conversion when migrating from multi-schema PostgreSQL to MySQL, with automatic conflict prevention during schema flattening.
Automatic Conversions
# Example table name conversions:
public.users → users
inventory.products → inventory_products
- Intelligent Name Conversion: Proper conventions for cross-database migrations
- Conflict Prevention: Automatic handling of naming conflicts during schema flattening
Auto-Discovery Mode
Automatically discover database structures and configure optimal migration settings with intelligent defaults that reduce configuration time.
Smart Discovery Features
- Intelligent Configuration: Automatically discover database structures and configure optimal migration settings
- Smart Table Detection: Automatically identify tables, relationships, and dependencies
- Streamlined Setup: Reduce configuration time with intelligent defaults
Technical Improvements
Enhanced Database Validation
Database and schema names are validated to comply with PostgreSQL and MySQL naming rules, ensuring compatibility across different database systems.
Improved Metadata Retrieval
Fixed and optimized metadata retrieval from remote databases with better accuracy in detecting foreign keys, primary keys, and table relationships.
PostgreSQL Enhancements
Improved PostgreSQL data type processing and conversion with enhanced schema handling and more robust schema qualification and cross-schema relationship detection.
Updated API Documentation
Comprehensive API documentation updates reflecting all new multi-schema capabilities and enhanced endpoints. Full documentation available at API Reference.
User Interface Updates
Enhanced Connection Setup
Updated help text and validation for database connection parameters with clear feedback during auto-discovery and table detection processes.
Improved Table Management
Better organization and display of tables across multiple schemas with enhanced table lists and improved browsing experience with schema-aware table organization.
UI Version 1.3.2
Released May 11, 2025
Note: DBConvert Streams backend remains at version 1.3.0
Featured Update
Interactive Database Diagram Viewer
We've replaced the static diagram with a powerful interactive visualization tool that lets you explore your database schema like never before. Check out our quick walkthrough video to see it in action.
Interactive database diagram showing table relationships with crow's foot notation
Key Features
- Drag & reposition tables to customize your view
- Pan and zoom with intuitive controls to focus on specific areas
- Highlight table relationships, foreign keys, and dependencies
- Export diagrams as SVG, PNG, or PDF for documentation
- Customize force layout with real-time feedback
Visit the documentation for more info about the new interactive diagram viewer or watch our video walkthrough.
Version 1.3.0
Released April 29, 2025
Featured Update
Enhanced Database Exploration
View metadata and data for tables and views directly through the API and UI. See full DDL statements for tables and views for better insight into database structures.
Detailed table structure view with column definitions and data types
Interactive table data preview with filtering and sorting capabilities
Full DDL statement view showing complete table definition
Visual database diagram explorer showing table relationships and schema structure
No Third-Party Tools Needed
You can now view table and view data, structure, and full DDL definitions directly inside DBConvert Streams — eliminating the need for external SQL viewers or management tools.
This all-in-one capability streamlines workflows and gives you immediate insight into your database structure and contents, right where your migrations and syncs are managed.
Key Highlights
Expanded API Capabilities
Explore new API endpoints with improved structure, consistency, and performance. Full documentation available at API Reference.
Natural Language to SQL (Beta)
Initial groundwork for converting natural language queries into SQL, making database interactions more intuitive and accessible.
From Previous Updates
Extended Deployment Support
Full deployment support for Vultr, Hetzner, GCP, Azure, and DigitalOcean, with improved setup instructions. Learn more about installation options .
Backend Enhancements
Improved stream status handling, better logging output, and a cleaner Docker installation experience.
Version 1.2.0
Released March 23, 2025
Featured Update
Enhanced Cross-Platform Support
Our testing team has rigorously validated enhanced shell scripts for managing DBConvert Streams services across multiple operating systems including Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Windows, and more. This comprehensive testing ensures a smooth deployment experience regardless of your preferred OS.
Quick Deploy Options:
Cloud-Ready Installation: Our versatile install.sh script makes it easy to deploy DBConvert Streams on any popular cloud platform including AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure.
DigitalOcean 1-Click App: Deploy DBConvert Streams instantly with our 1-Click App on DigitalOcean Marketplace. Get up and running in minutes without complex configuration.
New Features
Simplified API Access
We've implemented Nginx proxying for all API endpoints, allowing users to access the API through http://HOST_IP_ADDRESS/api/. This means you no longer need to expose port 8020 to the world, enhancing security while simplifying access.
Improved Log Streaming
We've completely replaced WebSocket-based NATS logging with a more robust Server-Sent Events (SSE) implementation, providing more reliable and stable log streaming with better reconnection handling.
Upgrading
To upgrade to version 1.2.0:
# For Docker deployments
./update.sh
Version 1.1.0
Released March 03, 2025
Featured Updates
Table-level Statistics Tracking and Reporting
Monitor your data transfers with precision and gain valuable insights into performance metrics, giving you deeper insights into your data and helping you optimize your database operations.
Real-time statistics tracking for database tables showing events, size, and processing percentages
Automated Update Script
New update.sh script in the deployed folder enables seamless updates of DBConvert Streams services. This script automatically handles the update process for Docker image deployments, making version upgrades effortless.
Enhancements
Enhanced Event Processing
This update ensures more robust handling of data events in the target writer, improving overall system reliability, reducing errors, and improving data integrity during transfers.
Thread-safe User Data Management
This architectural improvement in our stream-api ensures consistent performance even under heavy loads, resulting in faster processing times and making your data operations more reliable.
Improved MySQL SET Type Conversion
This specialized enhancement ensures your data maintains its integrity when moving between MySQL and PostgreSQL, eliminating manual conversion work and enhancing your data migration capabilities.
Enhanced Database Index Management
Improved index handling across different database drivers with database-specific optimizations for MySQL and PostgreSQL. New features include smarter index existence checks and enhanced logging.
Advanced PostgreSQL ARRAY Type Handling
Conversion of PostgreSQL ARRAY types to MySQL JSON during schema preprocessing.
Looking for the Latest?
Check out Version 2.0 — our biggest release yet with cross-database SQL, CDC to cloud storage, and more.