# PomeloFoundation/Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql

Entity Framework Core provider for MySQL and MariaDB built on top of MySqlConnector

Repository: https://github.com/PomeloFoundation/Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pomeloentityframeworkcoremysql
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: entity-framework, dotnet, dotnet-core, entity-framework-core, mysqlconnector, database, mysql, mariadb, aurora, orm
Last push: 2025-08-17T23:13:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 43/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 37, release rhythm 19, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3705, "days_push": 381, "days_rel": 381, "gap_med": 168, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2977, forks 417 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:33.001526+00:00)

## What it is
Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql is an Entity Framework Core provider for MySQL, MariaDB, and Amazon Aurora MySQL, built on top of the high-performance MySqlConnector ADO.NET library. It is the most popular EF Core provider for MySQL-compatible databases and tracks the latest EF Core releases.

## Use cases
- use entity framework core with mysql in a dotnet application
- connect ef core to mariadb
- orm data access for mysql in asp.net core
- migrate dotnet app from sql server to mysql
- use ef core with amazon aurora mysql
- high-performance mysql driver for entity framework core

## When to choose
- you are building .NET applications using EF Core against MySQL, MariaDB, or Aurora
- you want an actively maintained, community-standard provider with high-performance MySqlConnector under the hood

## When to avoid
- you use a different ORM or prefer raw SQL with a plain ADO.NET driver
- you target databases other than MySQL-compatible ones
- you need an official Oracle-supported provider with commercial support

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: orm, database-driver, database
- domain: databases, backend, web-development
- platform: dotnet, cross-platform
- tags: entity-framework-core, mysql, mariadb, mysqlconnector, aurora, c-sharp

## Member repositories
- PomeloFoundation/Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql (main) score 43

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:33.001526+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 2026-08-30T07:31:33.155377+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/PomeloFoundation/Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:33.001526+00:00, sha 156842eb5005)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.