Dear Community, We are pleased to announce the release of IvorySQL 5.4, based on PostgreSQL 18.4. This release includes IvorySQL skills, a browser-based online trial environment, and a wider range of supported extensions.
**IvorySQL 5.4 Highlights:** * **PostgreSQL 18.4 Foundation:** IvorySQL 5.4 upgrades its kernel to PostgreSQL 18.4, inheriting all of the corresponding upstream fixes. * **IvorySQL Skills**: Empowering AI assistants to become IvorySQL database experts. * **IvorySQL 5.4 Online Experience**: An interactive, browser-based environment is now available, allowing users to explore and evaluate IvorySQL 5.4 in real time — no installation required. Try it at [https://ivorysql.org](https://ivorysql.orghttps://ivorysql.org) * **Packaging for All Platforms**: Provides multi-platform media packages for X86, ARM, MIPS, and LoongArch architectures. * **Containerized Deployment Support**: Supports one-click deployment of standalone or highly available IvorySQL 5.4 clusters via Docker Compose, Podman, Swarm, Helm, and the IvorySQL 5.4 Operator. * **IvorySQL Cloud 5.4 released (Visual Database Lifecycle Management Platform)**: Offers a fully managed, graphical control plane that handles IvorySQL 5.4 database subscriptions, orchestrates end-to-end lifecycle operations, and integrates surrounding ecosystem services. * **PostgreSQL Extensions**: Support for Additional PostgreSQL Extensions and Tools: AGE, ddlx, pg_ai_query, pg_bigm, pg_cron, pg_curl, pg_hint_plan, pg_jieba, pg_partman, pg_show_plans, pg_stat_monitor, pg_textsearch, PgBouncer, pgRouting, pgagent, PGroonga, pgsql-http, pgvector, plpgsql_check, PostGIS, redis_fdw, system_stats, wal2json, Zhparser. * **Enhanced the EXTRACT function**: support to accept additional syntax variations in SQL queries. For a detailed list of all the new features and fixes, please visit our release notes at [https://github.com/IvorySQL/IvorySQL/releases/tag/IvorySQL_5.4](https://github.com/IvorySQL/IvorySQL/releases/tag/IvorySQL_5.4) **Acknowledgments and Contributions:** A huge thank you to all our users who contributed patches, reported bugs, and proposed new features. The names of all contributors to this release are listed in the release notes. IvorySQL thrives on community contributions. We warmly welcome your ideas, feature requests, or patches. Please share your contributions on our GitHub page. **Source Code:** * [https://github.com/IvorySQL/IvorySQL](https://github.com/IvorySQL/IvorySQL) * [https://github.com/IvorySQL/Ivory-www](https://github.com/IvorySQL/Ivory-www) * [https://github.com/IvorySQL/IvorySQL_docs](https://github.com/IvorySQL/IvorySQL_docs) * [https://github.com/IvorySQL/docker_library](https://github.com/IvorySQL/docker_library) **Useful Links:** * Homepage: [https://ivorysql.org](https://ivorysql.org) * Documentation: [https://docs.ivorysql.org](https://docs.ivorysql.org) * Support: [Report issues on GitHub](https://github.com/IvorySQL/IvorySQL/issues) We look forward to your feedback on IvorySQL 5.4 and your continued support in making IvorySQL even better. Best regards, IvorySQL Dev Team --- **About IvorySQL** IvorySQL is an open-source database initiated by Highgo Software that extends PostgreSQL with Oracle compatibility features, providing a practical migration path from Oracle while leveraging PostgreSQL's performance and reliability. Designed for applications ranging from small projects to enterprise systems, IvorySQL is driven by community contributions and adapts to the evolving needs of its users.
