One year of progress!

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I saw that @danzu has been posting Logseq DB changelogs for one year now, so I thought it might be nice to do a summary post. I used Claude AI for this, so forgive any mistakes! Even if some of the details are wrong, it gives a good sense of how hard the team has been working. For detailed info, check out the original posts in the changelogs thread.

WARNING: AI-generated content follows. Expect inaccuracies and even false statements. Cross-check all information with original sources.

Logseq DB Development Timeline: October 2024 - October 2025

October - November 2024

  • Real-time collaboration infrastructure
  • Enhanced plugin development tools for working with block properties

November - December 2024

  • Asset synchronization across devices (images, attachments automatically sync)
  • Write-Ahead Logging enabled for all databases (improves performance and reliability)
  • Property history tracking (see how properties change over time)
  • Foldable sections for class pages

December 2024 - January 2025

  • Repeated tasks with configurable recurrence (daily, weekly, monthly tasks)
  • Time tracking for tasks with automatic duration calculations
  • Template system for reusable content snippets
  • Import/export graphs in Transit format
  • Bulk editing (change tags and properties on multiple items at once)
  • Web plugin marketplace
  • Table column pinning and multi-column sorting
  • Advanced filters with AND/OR logic
  • /scheduled and /deadline commands for quick task creation

February - March 2025

  • Export and import selected nodes (share specific portions of your graph)
  • EDN format export for pages, blocks, and entire graphs
  • Property aliases for transferring data between Logseq instances
  • Significant performance improvements for large graphs (caching, optimized loading)

April 2025

  • Mobile app foundation with Capacitor framework
  • Lazy code block rendering (pages load faster)
  • Enhanced block and property navigation
  • Improved table navigation with keyboard shortcuts

May 2025

Major Milestone: Database and Markdown Unified (May 26-31)

  • 7,322 commits merged combining two years of database development
  • Single app now supports both database graphs and markdown graphs
  • Database features and UI improvements available to markdown users
  • Performance improvements across both formats

Mobile Development:

  • Native date pickers for iOS and Android
  • Block zoom (focus on individual blocks)
  • Swipe to select blocks
  • Dark theme for iOS

Other Features:

  • Block breadcrumbs for better navigation
  • Improved autocomplete (pages appear before blocks)
  • Graph creation from mobile app

June 2025

  • Library feature (automatic organization of namespace pages into hierarchies)
  • Page-block conversion (turn pages into blocks and vice versa)
  • Move blocks via cmd+k command
  • Tag inheritance with cycle detection
  • Virtualized lists (dramatically faster performance with large datasets)
  • Optimized linked references (no more recursive rules slowing things down)

July 2025

Mobile App Launch

  • Full-featured mobile apps for iOS and Android (NOTE: the Android app has not yet been released for testing)
  • Database graphs and real-time collaboration on mobile
  • Quick Add feature (capture notes without opening full app)

Performance:

  • Lazy rendering of references
  • DOM node recycling when folding blocks
  • Multiple blocks dragging on mobile

August 2025

AI-Powered Search and CLI

  • Local semantic search using embedding models (search by meaning, not just keywords)
  • Hybrid semantic + keyword search running entirely offline
  • Logseq CLI released (npm install -g @logseq/cli)
  • Offline CLI search and query functionality
  • Complete mobile UI redesign with custom framework replacing Ionic
  • Swipe navigation and gestures for mobile

September 2025

Audio Recording and iOS Integration

  • Audio recording with visual waveform display
  • Automatic speech-to-text transcription (works offline)
  • iOS widgets (access Logseq from home screen)
  • iOS Shortcuts integration
  • MCP Server (allows AI assistants like Claude to query your graph)
  • CLI export commands (export to markdown and other formats)

October 2025

Developer Tools and Database Reliability

  • ClojureScript Plugin SDK (build plugins in Logseq’s native language)
  • Enhanced plugin APIs for querying tags, properties, and graph data
  • Database validation system (catches errors before they corrupt your graph)
  • Improved error reporting for faster bug fixes

PDF Experience:

  • Persistent zoom levels (remembers your preference)
  • Trackpad pinch and mouse wheel zoom support

Real-Time Collaboration:

  • Better conflict resolution
  • Fixed synchronization issues with mixed page types

Import/Export:

  • Undo/redo support for imported data
  • Asset size limit warnings
  • Preserved semantic search data during imports
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