# NocoDB 2026.05.1 — 2026.05.1 : Bookmarks, Smart Text, Mermaid Diagrams, Timeline Enhancements & More
- Product: NocoDB (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nocodb)
- Vendor: NocoDB
- Date: 2026-05-18
- Version: 2026.05.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/releases/tag/2026.05.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nocodb/releases/2026.05.1
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- **added** — Bookmarks feature to pin and quickly access workspaces, bases, tables, views, documents, dashboards, workflows, and scripts with personal shortcuts
- **added** — Smart Text Field variant that turns cells into full document editors with rich formatting, lists, tables, code blocks, math, callouts, file attachments, and embeds
- **added** — Mermaid Diagrams support in NocoDocs code blocks with live SVG rendering for flowcharts, sequence diagrams, ER diagrams, Gantt charts, and other diagram types
- **changed** — Timeline View now supports nine zoom levels from single day through five-year overview with stacked date headers at year and above
- **added** — Smooth horizontal and vertical scrolling in Timeline View with progressive record loading
- **added** — Selection-Scoped Field Summary feature available on all plans
- **added** — Expanded Record Side Panel feature available on all plans
- **added** — Self-Serve Self-Hosted Licensing option for paid installations
##### Availability
| Feature | CE / Free | Paid / Enterprise |
|---|:---:|:---:|
| Bookmarks | ❌ | ✅ |
| Smart Text Field ¹ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Mermaid Diagrams in NocoDocs | ✅ | ✅ |
| Timeline View Enhancements | ❌ | ✅ |
| Selection-Scoped Field Summary | ✅ | ✅ |
| Expanded Record Side Panel | ✅ | ✅ |
| Self-Serve Self-Hosted Licensing | ❌ | ✅ |
##### Bookmarks
> Your work is scattered. Bookmarks bring it together.
The board you check every morning lives in one workspace. The sprint tracker is in another. A key document sits in NocoDocs, and the dashboard you report on is buried a few clicks deep somewhere else. Every switch costs time and focus.
**Bookmarks** are personal shortcuts to the things you use most. Pin a workspace, base, table, view, document, dashboard, workflow, or script, and reach it in one click from anywhere. Your bookmarks are private; teammates have their own.
Open the bookmark flyout from the dock on the far left. Group pins into folders, drag to reorder, and search when the list grows. Renames and colour changes sync automatically. Bookmarks to deleted or revoked items clear themselves, so your list stays clean on its own.
Bookmarks are available on the **Plus** plan and above on NocoDB Cloud, and on the **Business** plan and above on self-hosted.
[Learn more about Bookmarks →](https://nocodb.com/docs/product-docs/bookmarks)
##### Smart Text Field
> Long text holds notes. Smart text holds full documents.
A meeting recap wants headings and action items. A customer-call summary wants quotes, checklists, and links. A project brief wants callouts, references, and the occasional table. Today that content drifts out of NocoDB into a separate doc, breaking the link between a record and the story behind it.
**Smart text** is a new variant of the Long text field that turns each cell into a full document editor, powered by the same engine as [NocoDocs](https://nocodb.com/docs/noco-docs). Toggle it on and every cell gains rich formatting, lists, tables, code blocks, math, callouts, file attachments, and embeds (YouTube, Loom, Figma, Google Docs, NocoDB shared views, and more). Type `/` for the full 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, and copy a deep link straight to the cell. Download content as Markdown, HTML, or PDF.
The grid shows a compact markdown preview, so rows stay scannable. Open the expanded record to read the full document inline, with a click-through to a fullscreen modal.
Smart text is available on NocoDB Cloud (all plans) and on self-hosted paid plans (**Business** and above). Requires an internal NocoDB-managed **PostgreSQL** base.
[Learn more about Smart Text →](https://nocodb.com/docs/product-docs/fields/field-types/text-based/smart-text)
##### Mermaid Diagrams in NocoDocs
> Write diagrams as text. NocoDocs draws the rest.
A request flow, a database schema, a release timeline, a decision tree: some ideas land faster as a diagram than as a paragraph. Until now, that meant drawing it elsewhere, exporting an image, and pasting it into the doc, where it went stale the next time someone needed to tweak an arrow.
**Mermaid Diagrams** render directly inside NocoDocs code blocks. Insert a code block, switch
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