Lix v0.7 Release: Plugin API and a Rebuilt Storage Engine
Lix v0.7 stabilizes the file plugin API and ships a rebuilt storage engine. CSV, Markdown, and text plugins expose semantic changes while merges run 1.8x faster.
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Lix v0.6 Release: Ready to Embed
Lix v0.6 is the first usable release of the embeddable SDK: open Lix in-process, use in-memory or SQLite storage, branch app state, and query history.
April 2026 Update: Adopting DataFusion
The new DataFusion path runs the core Lix MVP flow. April did not hit the 10k inserts target, but it clarified why Lix needs control from incoming query down to storage.
March 2026 Update: No Corruption Bugs, 8x Faster Than Git, Semantic Writes Still Too Slow
500 real commits replayed with no corruption bugs. Without the semantic layer, Lix is ~8x faster than Git, but semantic writes still bottleneck on write amplification.
February 2026 Update: Rust Rewrite Complete
The Rust rewrite is complete. 33x faster file writes, lix was trending on HackerNews, and what's next in March.
Your Company should be a Repository for AI agents
Modeling a company as a filesystem is promising for AI agents, but binary files break the model. Lix turns binary formats into structured data agents can read and write.
Introducing Lix: An embeddable version control system
Lix is a version control system you import as a library. It records semantic changes to enable diffs, reviews, rollback, and querying of edits.