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Title: NocoDB 2026.05.1 - Bookmarks, Smart Text field, Mermaid diagrams, Timeline with 9 zoom levels, expanded record side panel, self-serve self-hosted licensing

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Hey r/NocoDB,

2026.05.1 is out. Quick rundown of what's in it:

1. Bookmarks

Personal shortcuts to the things you open most. Pin any workspace, base, table, view, document, dashboard, workflow, or script, and it shows up in a flyout from the workspace dock. One click from anywhere, no matter which workspace you're currently in. Private to you, so teammates have their own list. Organise pins into folders, drag to reorder, search when the list grows. Bookmarks to deleted or revoked items clean themselves up.

Available on the Plus plan and above on Cloud, and on the Business plan and above on self-hosted.

2. Smart Text field

A new variant of the Long text field that turns each cell into a full document editor, powered by the same engine as NocoDocs. Toggle it on and every cell in the column gains rich formatting, lists, tables, code blocks, math, callouts, file attachments, and embeds (YouTube, Loom, Figma, Google Docs, NocoDB shared views, more). Type / for the slash command menu.

Click a Smart text cell and a side panel slides in with the editor. Resize it, switch to fullscreen, walk through rows without closing, copy a deep link to the cell. Download content as Markdown, HTML, or PDF. Edits save in the background. Shared views render in read-only.

Available on NocoDB Cloud (all plans) and on self-hosted paid plans (Business and above). Requires an internal NocoDB-managed PostgreSQL base.

3. Mermaid Diagrams in NocoDocs

Write diagrams as text, NocoDocs draws the rest. Insert a code block, switch the language to Mermaid, and your source renders live as an SVG: flowcharts, sequence diagrams, ER diagrams, Gantt charts, and 10+ more. Each block has three view modes (code, split, diagram) saved on the block itself, so every reader opens the doc with the view the author chose. Diagrams survive HTML and PDF export (inline SVG) and Markdown export (as a fenced mermaid block that GitHub renders).

Available on all plans, including Community Edition.

4. Timeline View enhancements

Three changes. Nine zoom levels from Day through 5 Years (Day, Week, 2 Weeks, Month, Quarter, 6 Months, Year, 2 Years, 5 Years), with stacked date headers at Year and above. Smooth horizontal and vertical scrolling — records load progressively, so you can browse months or years without jumping to a specific date. Grouped layout with nested grouping; each group gets its own timeline grid and the date header stays pinned while groups scroll.

Available on Business plan and above on Cloud and self-hosted.

5. Selection-Scoped Field Summary

The footer rescopes automatically when you drag-select a range of cells or tick row checkboxes — totals, averages, counts recompute for just that selection. Clear the selection to return to full-table totals. Same behaviour per-group when the grid is grouped. No filter dance, no summary reconfiguration.

Available on all plans, including Community Edition.

6. Expanded Record Side Panel

The expanded record now opens as a side panel by default. The grid stays visible alongside, so you can keep scrolling or filtering while you work on a single record. Switch between Fields, Comments, and Revision History (renamed from Audit) in the header. Hit fullscreen for the original layout with File Preview and Discussion modes.

Available on all plans, including Community Edition.

7. Self-Serve Self-Hosted Licensing

Business plan self-hosted licenses can now be purchased and activated end-to-end without sales involvement. Buy from your NocoDB Cloud account at Account → Self-Hosted Licenses, complete Stripe checkout, paste the key into your instance at Admin Panel → License. Paid features unlock immediately. PostgreSQL required.

Heads up for self-hosters

NC_PUBLIC_URL has been renamed to NC_SITE_URL and is now mandatory. Set it to the public URL of your instance during upgrade, otherwise shared links, OAuth redirects, and email links will not generate correctly.

Also

Number and Decimal fields now expose a Thousands and decimal separators dropdown with five styles (Locale-aware, 1,000,000, 1.000.000, 1 000 000, 1000000). Display only; stored value unchanged.
Rollup precision setting retired — Rollup values now inherit the underlying numeric field's separator style.
Configurable maximum import payload size for self-hosted operators.

Full changelog: https://nocodb.com/docs/changelog/2026.05.1

Happy to answer questions in the thread.