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2026-04-16
FeatureUpdate
SDK v1.0, free app creation, and performance upgrades

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SDK v1.0, free app creation, and performance upgrades

The OnDB TypeScript SDK is now publicly available on npm, app creation is free, and the platform is significantly faster.

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New features

  • SDK publicly available on npm — The TypeScript SDK is now published as @ondb/sdk under an MIT license. Install it with npm install @ondb/sdk and start building. Learn more
  • Free app creation — Creating a new app no longer requires a payment. You get your app ID and API keys immediately upon creation. Learn more
  • Machine Payment Protocol (MPP) — A new payment method using Tempo for micro-USDC payments. The platform automatically discovers MPP support and handles settlement alongside x402. Learn more
  • Public queries — Materialized views and predefined queries can now be marked as public, allowing unauthenticated access. Useful for building public-facing API endpoints. Learn more
  • MCP tool discovery — Predefined queries registered as AI tools are now discoverable via schema endpoints, making integration with AI agents easier. Learn more

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Updates

  • Performance improvements — Significant latency reductions across the platform, including in-memory caching for shard metadata, index configs, and collection records. Read-heavy workloads should see noticeably faster responses.
  • Multi-pod reliability — The payment ledger is now backed by Redis for safe operation across multiple server instances, eliminating potential double-spend issues at scale.
  • SDK security patches — Updated transitive dependencies to address known vulnerabilities in axios, minimatch, picomatch, brace-expansion, and js-yaml.
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2026-03-19
FeatureRelease
SDK v4.0 and platform launch

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OnDB SDK v4.0 and platform launch

Major release of the OnDB TypeScript SDK and backend platform, delivering the missing infrastructure between proprietary data and AI agents.

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New features

  • Model API — A typed, declarative interface for structured reads and writes. Use db.model<T>(collection) to get findMany, findFirst, findUnique, create, createMany, updateDocument, deleteDocument, count, and aggregate methods with full TypeScript support. Learn more
  • Server-side JOINs — Execute joinOne and joinMany operations on the backend in a single request. Supports nested JOINs and parent-field references with $data.fieldname. Learn more
  • SQL interface — Query and insert data using SQL syntax via db.sql() and db.sqlInsert(). Learn more
  • Predefined queries — Create named, parameterized queries that execute publicly without authentication. Ideal for building custom API endpoints. Learn more
  • Materialized views — Define views over collections using JSON queries or SQL. Supports live (auto-refresh on write) and lazy (manual refresh) modes. Learn more
  • Collection sharding — Partition large collections across shards using discrete, time-range, or hash-distributed strategies. Shard-aware query routing prunes irrelevant shards automatically. Learn more
  • Agent Keys — Keys with Pay permission can pay other apps inline using USDC via EIP-3009. Configure spend limits, expiration, and target app whitelists. Learn more
  • Multi-chain payments — Pay for reads and writes across Celestia (TIA), EVM chains (Base, Ethereum, Polygon, Avalanche via USDC), and Solana using the x402 protocol. Learn more
  • MCP server — Built-in Model Context Protocol server exposes your predefined queries as discoverable AI tools, with HTTP and stdio transports. Learn more
  • Data retention policies — Configure per-collection retention with the first 30 days free. Monitor costs across all collections. Learn more
  • Blob storage — Upload and retrieve binary files on-chain with metadata and task tracking. Learn more

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Updates

  • Rebrand to OnDB — All SDK classes renamed from OnChainDB* to OnDB* (e.g., OnDBClient, OnDBConfig, OnDBError).
  • Currency-agnostic pricing — X402Quote.totalCostTia renamed to totalCost to reflect multi-currency support (USDC, TIA, ETH, SOL).
  • Flexible payment routing — The SDK now matches the payment network returned by your callback instead of defaulting to the first option. You can choose any payment option the backend offers.
  • Batch operations — Store multiple records in a single request with retry strategies for partial failures. Learn more
  • Price index — Collections can define price fields with per-KB, per-record, or field-value pricing models with configurable revenue splits. Learn more
  • Query builder operators — Full set of field operators including string matching, IP classification, GeoIP, CIDR range, regex, and keyword search. Learn more
  • Server-side aggregations — count, sum, avg, min, max, distinctBy, and groupBy execute on the backend. Learn more