dolthub/go-mysql-server

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A MySQL-compatible SQL engine and server written in Go that runs queries over arbitrary data sources using the MySQL dialect and wire protocol. It ships with an in-memory database backend suitable for tests and lets you implement custom backends to query your own data sources.

Use cases

• run a MySQL-compatible database in Go tests without installing MySQL
• query arbitrary data sources with SQL by implementing a custom backend
• drop-in replacement for MySQL for Go applications
• serve SQL over the MySQL wire protocol from a Go service
• test SQL queries in CI with an in-memory database

When to choose

• you need MySQL wire-protocol compatibility in a Go project
• you want to expose non-database data sources via SQL
• you need an embeddable in-memory SQL engine for testing

When to avoid

• you need a production-grade persistent database (use Dolt or MySQL itself)
• you need full MySQL feature parity including every edge-case behavior
• you cannot use Cgo or install ICU dependencies and need ICU regex support

Facets

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database database-driver http-server databases developer-tools backend apis go cross-platform mysql-compatible sql-engine query-engine wire-protocol in-memory-database storage-agnostic

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