--- title: Dumbo Phone Home | daily.dev description: DumboDB, DoltHub's version-controlled NoSQL database designed as a MongoDB drop-in replacement, added anonymous usage telemetry in release v0.3.6. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/dumbo-phone-home-8qmjtdtlx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Dumbo Phone Home | daily.dev og:description: DumboDB, DoltHub's version-controlled NoSQL database designed as a MongoDB drop-in replacement, added anonymous usage telemetry in release v0.3.6. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/dumbo-phone-home-8qmjtdtlx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8qmjTDtlx.png og:image:alt: Dumbo Phone Home og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Dumbo Phone Home **[DoltHub Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/dolthub-blog)** · 4 min read · 7 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary DumboDB, DoltHub's version-controlled NoSQL database designed as a MongoDB drop-in replacement, added anonymous usage telemetry in release v0.3.6. The telemetry collects only a hashed machine ID, app name, version, and OS platform. It fires on server startup and every 24 hours as a heartbeat. The feature is on by default but can be disabled via the --no-metrics flag or the DUMBODB_NO_METRICS=1 environment variable. DoltHub is transparent about the collection and encourages users to try DumboDB and provide feedback. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I disable the phone-home telemetry in DumboDB? Start the server with the --no-metrics flag, or set the environment variable DUMBODB_NO_METRICS=1 before launching it. Either method stops DumboDB from sending anonymous usage statistics to DoltHub and logs a message confirming metrics are disabled, for example 'anonymous usage metrics disabled' in the startup log. _daily.dev surfaces configuration details like this for engineers auditing what their database tools send home._ ### What data does DumboDB collect when it phones home to DoltHub? DumboDB sends a hashed machine identifier, the application name (Dumbo), the application version, and the OS platform. The machine hash comes from the machineid package and is further obfuscated with SHA256, so DoltHub can distinguish unique machines but cannot identify the user or the machine itself. It reports on server startup and via a heartbeat every 24 hours. _Developers vetting a new database's privacy footprint can track disclosures like this on daily.dev._ ### Is DumboDB a replacement for MongoDB? DumboDB aims to be a drop-in replacement for MongoDB, adding version control on top of the NoSQL data model. It is part of DoltHub's family of version-controlled databases, alongside the SQL-based Dolt, Doltgres, and Doltlite projects, and as of release 0.3.6 it is still working toward production readiness. _daily.dev helps developers comparing version-controlled database options like DumboDB against MongoDB stay current._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [DumboDB: Announcing Replication V1](https://daily.dev/posts/dumbodb-announcing-replication-v1-gsfb5lcot) · DoltHub Blog · 4 upvotes · 0 comments - [DumboDB: Announcing Undrop Support](https://daily.dev/posts/dumbodb-announcing-undrop-support-umom56d7f) · DoltHub Blog · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing Dumbo Garbage Collection](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-dumbo-garbage-collection-ptx3i4kii) · DoltHub Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [DumboDB Supports MongoDB Compass](https://daily.dev/posts/dumbodb-supports-mongodb-compass-yw7xn2huo) · DoltHub Blog · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Version Controlled SQL Database Dolt Releases 2.0 with Automatic Storage Cleanup and Compression](https://daily.dev/posts/version-controlled-sql-database-dolt-releases-2-0-with-automatic-storage-cleanup-and-compression-wfaha9aol) · InfoQ · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#mongodb](https://daily.dev/tags/mongodb), [#version-control](https://daily.dev/tags/version-control), [#nosql](https://daily.dev/tags/nosql) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/dumbo-phone-home-8qmjtdtlx) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Dumbo Phone Home","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/dumbo-phone-home-8qmjtdtlx","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/dumbo-phone-home-8qmjtdtlx"},"datePublished":"2026-08-04T17:12:45.501Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T07:29:34.625Z","description":"DumboDB, DoltHub's version-controlled NoSQL database designed as a MongoDB drop-in replacement, added anonymous usage telemetry in release v0.3.6. 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