📢 Heads up: JobSync is migrating to PostgreSQL in an upcoming release — please back up your data

[Gsync]

Hi everyone,

We wanted to give the community a heads-up: in an upcoming release, JobSync will be migrating its database from SQLite to PostgreSQL.

This change will let us support larger datasets, better concurrency, and more reliable performance as the app grows. It also opens the door to future AI features — like RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) over your resumes, job history, and notes — using pgvector for similarity search directly in the database. A database migration is a significant change, though, and we want to be transparent about it ahead of time.

What this means for you:

• If you're self-hosting JobSync, this release will require moving your existing data to a PostgreSQL instance.
• We'll publish migration steps and any tooling needed alongside the release.
• As with any major data-layer change, there's inherent risk, so we strongly encourage everyone to back up your data before upgrading.

How to back up your data now:
JobSync includes a built-in backup export — go to Settings → Backup (or use GET /api/backup/export) to download a full export of your data before you upgrade.

We'll follow up in this thread with the release notes, a detailed migration guide, and timeline as we get closer to shipping. In the meantime, please don't hesitate to ask questions here — we'd rather over-communicate on something like this than surprise anyone.

Thanks for using JobSync!