{"id":1835,"date":"2025-05-05T10:32:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T10:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hammerdb.com\/blog\/?p=1835"},"modified":"2025-05-05T10:37:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T10:37:30","slug":"hammerdb-v5-0-released-powered-by-tcl-9-0-and-single-file-executables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hammerdb.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/hammerdb-v5-0-released-powered-by-tcl-9-0-and-single-file-executables\/","title":{"rendered":"HammerDB v5.0 Released \u2013 Powered by Tcl 9.0 and Single-File Executables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"300\" data-end=\"380\">\ud83d\ude80\u00a0We\u2019re excited to announce the release of <strong data-start=\"424\" data-end=\"441\">HammerDB v5.0<\/strong>, a major leap forward for the world\u2019s leading open-source database benchmarking tool. With this release, we\u2019ve delivered the HammerDB we\u2019ve always envisioned\u2014modern, portable, and more powerful than ever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"648\" data-end=\"840\">Built on <strong data-start=\"657\" data-end=\"671\">Tcl\/Tk 9.0<\/strong>\u2014the first major upgrade in over 27 years\u2014HammerDB v5.0 brings a fully streamlined experience, enhanced performance, and unmatched ease of installation across platforms.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"3002\" data-end=\"3036\">\ud83e\uddea Benchmark Any Major Database<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3038\" data-end=\"3215\">Whether you&#8217;re running <strong data-start=\"3061\" data-end=\"3112\">MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL,<\/strong> or <strong data-start=\"3116\" data-end=\"3127\">IBM Db2<\/strong>, HammerDB v5.0 makes comparing databases, faster, easier, and more consistent across platforms than ever before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"842\" data-end=\"914\">\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammerdb.com\/download.html\"><strong data-start=\"845\" data-end=\"880\">Download HammerDB v5.0 now<\/strong> <\/a>and start benchmarking with ease.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"956\" data-end=\"987\">\u2705 Single-File Executables<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"988\" data-end=\"1061\">No more juggling directories\u2014v5.0 introduces <strong data-start=\"1033\" data-end=\"1056\">standalone binaries<\/strong> for:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1063\" data-end=\"1176\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1063\" data-end=\"1104\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1065\" data-end=\"1104\"><code data-start=\"1065\" data-end=\"1075\">hammerdb<\/code> (Graphical User Interface)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1105\" data-end=\"1147\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1107\" data-end=\"1147\"><code data-start=\"1107\" data-end=\"1120\">hammerdbcli<\/code> (Command Line Interface)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1148\" data-end=\"1176\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1150\" data-end=\"1176\"><code data-start=\"1150\" data-end=\"1162\">hammerdbws<\/code> (Web Service)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1178\" data-end=\"1371\">Each tool is now delivered as a single file with everything you need bundled inside. While Python dependencies remain external, they\u2019re still fully supported via the familiar <code data-start=\"1353\" data-end=\"1360\">pylib<\/code> directory.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"1373\" data-end=\"1404\">\u2705 Effortless Installation<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1405\" data-end=\"1488\">Getting started is now simpler than ever, with native packages for major platforms:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1490\" data-end=\"1651\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1490\" data-end=\"1527\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1492\" data-end=\"1527\"><code data-start=\"1492\" data-end=\"1498\">.deb<\/code> packages for Ubuntu\/Debian<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1528\" data-end=\"1573\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1530\" data-end=\"1573\"><code data-start=\"1530\" data-end=\"1536\">.rpm<\/code> packages for Red Hat\/CentOS\/Fedora<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1574\" data-end=\"1621\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1576\" data-end=\"1621\">Native builds for <strong data-start=\"1594\" data-end=\"1605\">Windows<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1610\" data-end=\"1619\">Linux<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1622\" data-end=\"1651\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1624\" data-end=\"1651\"><strong data-start=\"1624\" data-end=\"1639\">ARM support<\/strong> coming soon<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 data-start=\"1653\" data-end=\"1693\">\u2705 Improved Windows Thread Handling<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1694\" data-end=\"1949\">In earlier versions, Windows required 3x the threads per virtual user compared to Linux. With Tcl 9.0, HammerDB v5.0 now uses a <strong data-start=\"1822\" data-end=\"1858\">1:1 thread-to-virtual-user model<\/strong> across all platforms\u2014bringing consistency and improved efficiency to Windows environments.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"1951\" data-end=\"1983\">\u26a1 Performance Enhancements<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1984\" data-end=\"2082\">Thanks to the Tcl 9 upgrade and native C package ports, v5.0 delivers internal performance boosts:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2084\" data-end=\"2171\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"2084\" data-end=\"2129\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2086\" data-end=\"2129\">Up to <strong data-start=\"2092\" data-end=\"2127\">2\u20135% gains on TPROC-C workloads<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"2130\" data-end=\"2171\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2132\" data-end=\"2171\">Minimal changes for TPROC-H (by design)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2173\" data-end=\"2295\">While HammerDB benchmarks databases\u2014not itself\u2014these improvements can impact comparative results against earlier versions.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"2297\" data-end=\"2328\">\ud83d\udd13 Still 100% Open Source<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2329\" data-end=\"2624\">HammerDB remains fully open source under the <strong data-start=\"2374\" data-end=\"2390\">GNU GPL v3.0<\/strong>. The source code is available on <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/TPC-Council\/HammerDB\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"2424\" data-end=\"2473\">GitHub<\/a>, and you can still build from source. Developer partners also have access to a special edition with the full directory structure of previous versions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2954\" data-end=\"2995\">\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/TPC-Council\/HammerDB\/releases\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"2957\" data-end=\"2995\">Read the full changelog on GitHub<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\ude80\u00a0We\u2019re excited to announce the release of HammerDB v5.0, a major leap forward for the world\u2019s leading open-source database benchmarking tool. With this release, we\u2019ve delivered the HammerDB we\u2019ve always envisioned\u2014modern, portable, and more powerful than ever. Built on Tcl\/Tk 9.0\u2014the first major upgrade in over 27 years\u2014HammerDB v5.0 brings a fully streamlined experience, enhanced &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammerdb.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/hammerdb-v5-0-released-powered-by-tcl-9-0-and-single-file-executables\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;HammerDB v5.0 Released \u2013 Powered by Tcl 9.0 and Single-File Executables&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[5],"class_list":["post-1835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"authors":[{"term_id":5,"user_id":2,"is_guest":0,"slug":"hammerdb","display_name":"HammerDB","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/www.hammerdb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/logo-white.png","url2x":"https:\/\/www.hammerdb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/logo-white.png"},"author_category":"","user_url":"http:\/\/www.hammerdb.com","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hammerdb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hammerdb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hammerdb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hammerdb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hammerdb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1835"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.hammerdb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1847,"href":"https:\/\/www.hammerdb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835\/revisions\/1847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hammerdb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hammerdb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hammerdb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1835"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hammerdb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}