v0.1.1 – Initial Public Research Prototype

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ColdKeep v0.1.0 -- Initial Public Research Prototype

ColdKeep is an experimental cold storage engine implementing
content-defined chunking with container-based storage and deduplication.

⚠️ Status: Research prototype --- NOT production-ready.

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Included in v0.1.0

• CLI for storing, listing, and restoring filesA
• PostgreSQL metadata backend
• Container-based chunk storage
• Basic deduplication tracking
• End-to-end smoke test script
• Docker-based development environment
• GitHub Actions CI with race detection
• Apache 2.0 License

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Project Goals

ColdKeep explores ideas around:

• Cold storage optimization
• Deduplicated container design
• Content-defined chunking strategies
• Long-term archival systems

This release represents a stable V0 baseline suitable for
experimentation and feedback.

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Planned for Future Versions

• Improved deduplication metrics and reporting
• Garbage collection refinements
• Optional normalization layer for text files
• Performance tuning and scalability improvements
• Better container management strategies

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Notes

This version is intended for research and development purposes only. It
is not designed for production use or sensitive data storage.

Feedback and contributions are welcome.

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This discussion was created from the release v0.1.1 – Initial Public Research Prototype.