MariaDB/server
MariaDB server is a community developed fork of MySQL server. Started by core members of the original MySQL team, MariaDB actively works with outside developers to deliver the most featureful, stable, and sanely licensed open SQL server in the industry. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 99
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 0
- age_days: 4493
- days_rel: 9
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 38
Adoption not part of the score
8145 stars · 2088 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
MariaDB Server is a widely deployed open-source relational database (SQL server) forked from MySQL by its original developers, licensed under GPLv2. It offers pluggable storage engines, replication and Galera clustering, native vector search with HNSW indexing, full-text and GIS features, and high MySQL compatibility.
Use cases
- run a relational database for my web application
- migrate an existing MySQL database to an open-source fork
- store and search vector embeddings for AI applications
- set up a multi-primary synchronous database cluster
- run analytical queries over large datasets with a columnar engine
- add full-text search to my application's data
- query historical data with temporal/system-versioned tables
- self-host a production SQL database on Linux
When to choose
- you want a MySQL-compatible open-source RDBMS with saner licensing and community governance
- you need built-in vector search without deploying a separate vector database
- you require Galera synchronous clustering or advanced replication
- you need pluggable storage engines for transactional, analytical, or archival workloads
- you want a database that is the default in most Linux distributions
When to avoid
- you need MySQL-specific features or tooling not supported by MariaDB's fork divergence
- you require a fully managed cloud-native distributed SQL database
- you need document-oriented or NoSQL data models as the primary use case
- you depend on the latest MySQL releases' new features, which MariaDB may not track
Facets
application · maturity stable
database vector-database search-engine security databases backend web-development self-hosted windows cross-platform self-hosted cloud mysql-fork sql rdbms storage-engines galera-cluster innodb fulltext-search vector-search gis replication search linux macos
9 sources
- readme: https://github.com/MariaDB/server · fetched 2026-08-28 · 909bbf1a1c2e
- homepage: https://mariadb.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 40b7cbf06d89
- site_page: https://mariadb.org/documentation · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5a171c22eae5
- site_page: https://mariadb.org/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · e30c9f607dc1
- site_page: https://mariadb.org/about/maintenance-policy · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9f58fabb31a4
- site_page: https://mariadb.org/about/logos · fetched 2026-08-29 · 096fdf80ebc6
- site_page: https://mariadb.org/about/statistics · fetched 2026-08-29 · 357d93f7d18b
- site_page: https://downloads.mariadb.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · efd5f1730abf
- site_page: https://mariadb.org/mariadb-server-12-3-11-8-11-4-and-10-11-q3-2026-maintenance-releases-and-goodbye-10-6 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8df66495d932
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| MariaDB/server | main | 99 |
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