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brianmario/mysql2

A modern, simple and very fast Mysql library for Ruby - binding to libmysql observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/brianmario/mysql2 · homepage · Ruby · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

70/100

  • Activity 98
  • Release rhythm 16
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 5999
  • days_rel: 345
  • days_push: 12
  • n_releases_24m: 1

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2278 stars · 560 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

A fast, simple MySQL client library for Ruby that binds to libmysqlclient (or MariaDB alternatives). It provides Client, Result, and Statement classes for connecting, querying, and iterating over results with encoding-aware UTF-8 support.

Use cases

  • connect to MySQL from Ruby
  • run SQL queries and iterate over results in Ruby
  • use prepared statements with MySQL in Ruby
  • connect to MariaDB from a Ruby app
  • fast MySQL driver for Rails apps

When to choose

  • you need a fast, low-level MySQL/MariaDB driver in Ruby
  • you want a simple API for connect-query-iterate without a complex C API mapping
  • you need encoding-aware UTF-8 connections

When to avoid

  • you need an ORM or query builder rather than a raw driver
  • you use a different database like PostgreSQL
  • you need a pure-Ruby driver without native libmysqlclient dependencies

Facets

library · maturity stable

database-driver database databases backend web-development ruby windows mysql libmysql mariadb gem prepared-statements linux macos

2 sources

Member repositories

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brianmario/mysql2main70

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