This release adds 3 notable features for engineering teams evaluating rollout.
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Topics
excalidash
excalidraw
excalidraw-platform
self-hosted
websocket
Affected surfaces
breaking_upgrade
Summary
AI summaryUpdates Data safety checklist, Key changes, and Upgrading across a mixed release.
Full changelog
ExcaliDash v0.5.1
Release date: 2026-06-21
Key changes
- Add runtime-selectable Prisma provider support for SQLite and PostgreSQL deployments.
- Add provider-specific migration handling for Docker startup and local Prisma workflows.
- Add PostgreSQL compose/test coverage and health-check coverage for containerized deployments.
- Preserve SQLite as the default deployment path while allowing
DATABASE_PROVIDER=postgresql.
Upgrading
Show upgrade stepsData safety checklist
- Back up backend volume (
dev.db, secrets) before upgrading. - Let migrations run on startup (
RUN_MIGRATIONS=true) for normal deploys. - Run
docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml logs backend --tail=200after rollout and verify startup/migration status.
Recommended upgrade (Docker Hub compose)
docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml pull
docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml up -d
Pin images to this release (recommended for reproducible deploys)
Edit docker-compose.prod.yml and pin the release tags:
services:
backend:
image: zimengxiong/excalidash-backend:v0.5.1
frontend:
image: zimengxiong/excalidash-frontend:v0.5.1
Example:
docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml up -d
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A self-hosted dashboard and organizer for Excalidraw with multi-user collaboration and scoped sharing.
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