ExcaliDash

v0.5.1 Feature

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 summary

Updates Data safety checklist, Key changes, and Upgrading across a mixed release.

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Release date: 2026-06-21

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.

Show upgrade steps

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=200 after rollout and verify startup/migration status.

docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml pull
docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml up -d

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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About ExcaliDash

A self-hosted dashboard and organizer for Excalidraw with multi-user collaboration and scoped sharing.