# 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.

Repository: https://github.com/MariaDB/server
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mariadb-server
Homepage: https://mariadb.org
Language: C++
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: amazon-web-services, database, fulltext-search, json, mariadb, mysql, rdbms, relational-databases, sql, storage-engine, vector-database, galera, geographical-information-system, innodb, nearest-neighbor-search
Last push: 2026-08-26T23:56:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4493, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 9, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 38}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8145, forks 2088 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:13.851723+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: database, vector-database, search-engine, security
- domain: databases, backend, web-development, self-hosted
- platform: windows, cross-platform, self-hosted, cloud
- tags: mysql-fork, sql, rdbms, storage-engines, galera-cluster, innodb, fulltext-search, vector-search, gis, replication, search, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- MariaDB/server (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:13.851723+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:29:46.887255+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/MariaDB/server (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:13.851723+00:00, sha 909bbf1a1c2e)
  - homepage: https://mariadb.org (fetched 2026-08-29T08:28:45.684228+00:00, sha 40b7cbf06d89)
  - site_page: https://mariadb.org/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T08:28:45.693471+00:00, sha 5a171c22eae5)
  - site_page: https://mariadb.org/about (fetched 2026-08-29T08:28:45.695370+00:00, sha e30c9f607dc1)
  - site_page: https://mariadb.org/about/maintenance-policy (fetched 2026-08-29T08:28:45.701560+00:00, sha 9f58fabb31a4)
  - site_page: https://mariadb.org/about/logos (fetched 2026-08-29T08:28:45.704782+00:00, sha 096fdf80ebc6)
  - site_page: https://mariadb.org/about/statistics (fetched 2026-08-29T08:28:45.707732+00:00, sha 357d93f7d18b)
  - site_page: https://downloads.mariadb.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:28:45.698309+00:00, sha 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 2026-08-29T08:28:45.699894+00:00, sha 8df66495d932)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.