# Announcements
**URL:** https://forum.yugabyte.com/c/announcements/5.md
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## [About the Announcements category](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/about-the-announcements-category/20)
**Author:** [@discourse-admin](https://forum.yugabyte.com/u/discourse-admin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2017, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/about-the-announcements-category/20 "2017-09-13T05:11:33Z")
Release announcements and other bits about YugaByte DB that we think will be useful to everyone.
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## [New Blog: YugaByte DB High Availability & Transactions for PostgreSQL & MongoDB Developers](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/new-blog-yugabyte-db-high-availability-transactions-for-postgresql-mongodb-developers/262)
**Author:** [@jimmyg99](https://forum.yugabyte.com/u/jimmyg99)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/new-blog-yugabyte-db-high-availability-transactions-for-postgresql-mongodb-developers/262 "2019-03-05T19:25:00Z")
Compare and contrast the high availability and transactions architecture of PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and YugabyteDB databases.
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## [KairosDB runs on YugaByte DB](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/kairosdb-runs-on-yugabyte-db/111)
**Author:** [@sid.choudhury](https://forum.yugabyte.com/u/sid.choudhury)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/kairosdb-runs-on-yugabyte-db/111 "2018-01-17T21:53:48Z")
KairosDB is a fast, time series API layer that uses Cassandra as it’s underlying distributed database. Developers, who do not want to perform data modeling of time series workloads against Cassandra directly, can use Kai…
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## [JanusGraph now works on YugaByte DB](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/janusgraph-now-works-on-yugabyte-db/110)
**Author:** [@karthik](https://forum.yugabyte.com/u/karthik)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2018, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/janusgraph-now-works-on-yugabyte-db/110 "2018-01-17T04:10:43Z")
We are excited to announce that JanusGraph now works with YugaByte DB using the Cassandra Query Language wire-protocol. You can now use YugaByte to build graph applications - they will benefit from the strong consistency…
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## [It's Official! YugabyteDB 1.2 Passes Jepsen Testing!](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/its-official-yugabytedb-1-2-passes-jepsen-testing/300)
**Author:** [@jimmyg99](https://forum.yugabyte.com/u/jimmyg99)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/its-official-yugabytedb-1-2-passes-jepsen-testing/300 "2019-03-26T19:41:07Z")
Yugabyte recently engaged Kyle Kingsbury, the creator of the Jepsen test suite, which evaluates distributed databases for correctness under extreme conditions and uncommon scenarios. We are happy to report that has forma…
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## [YugabyteDB v1.2 has been released](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/yugabytedb-v1-2-has-been-released/276)
**Author:** [@karthik](https://forum.yugabyte.com/u/karthik)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2019, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/yugabytedb-v1-2-has-been-released/276 "2019-03-18T23:38:40Z")
We are happy to announce the availability of YugabyteDB v1.2.0! You can read the official announcement of this release. You can also look at the details of the key commits that have gone into this release. Theme of thi…
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## [YugaByte DB Reaches 1.0](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/yugabyte-db-reaches-1-0/148)
**Author:** [@kannan](https://forum.yugabyte.com/u/kannan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/yugabyte-db-reaches-1-0/148 "2018-05-03T01:34:18Z")
Team YugaByte is delighted to announce the general availability of YugaByte DB 1.0! Here’s a post about our journey to 1.0. We wanted to take the opportunity to thank you all for being early adopters, and for your ques…
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## [Quick start now available on Docker and macOS](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/quick-start-now-available-on-docker-and-macos/61)
**Author:** [@sid.choudhury](https://forum.yugabyte.com/u/sid.choudhury)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/quick-start-now-available-on-docker-and-macos/61 "2017-10-31T19:13:31Z")
Pleased to announce that YugaByte DB quick start is now available on Docker and Mac OS. Follow the links below have YugaByte DB local clusters running on your laptop or desktop in less than 5 minutes Docker - YugabyteDB…
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## [YugaByte Community Edition 0.0.9.0-beta released](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/yugabyte-community-edition-0-0-9-0-beta-released/46)
**Author:** [@sid.choudhury](https://forum.yugabyte.com/u/sid.choudhury)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/yugabyte-community-edition-0-0-9-0-beta-released/46 "2017-10-11T17:46:34Z")
Follow the Quick Start instructions to run a local cluster on your laptop/desktop. If you face any issues or have questions, start a post on this Forum in the General category.
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## [YugaByte source code is now available on GitHub](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/yugabyte-source-code-is-now-available-on-github/49)
**Author:** [@mbautin](https://forum.yugabyte.com/u/mbautin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/yugabyte-source-code-is-now-available-on-github/49 "2017-10-12T22:11:38Z")
The source code of the Community Edition of YugaByte DB is now available here, along with the instructions to build it on CentOS 7 and Mac OS X. Please post any feedback, issues, or comments in the General category of …