MariaDB

MariaDB is a community-developed, commercially supported fork of the MySQL relational database management system (RDBMS), intended to remain free and open-source software under the GNU General Public License. Development is led by some of the original developers of MySQL, who forked it due to concerns over its acquisition by Oracle Corporation in 2009.

Key facts

Software.name: MariaDB
Software.title: MariaDB
Software.logo: MariaDB colour logo.svg
Software.screenshot: MariaDB monitor screenshot.png
Software.developer: MariaDB plc, MariaDB Foundation
Software.programming language: C, C++, Perl, Bash
Software.operating system: Linux, Windows, macOS
Software.language: English
Software.genre: RDBMS
Software.license: GPLv2, LGPLv2.1 (client libraries)
Software.website: (MariaDB plc) (MariaDB Foundation)

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MariaDB was designed as a drop-in replacement for MySQL(R) with more features, new storage engines, fewer bugs, and better performance. MariaDB is brought to you by the MariaDB Foundation and the MariaDB Corporation. Please read the CREDITS file for details about the MariaDB Foundation, and who is developing MariaDB. MariaDB is developed by many of the original developers of MySQL who now work for the MariaDB Corporation, the MariaDB Foundation and by many people in the community. MySQL, which is the base of MariaDB, is a product and trademark of Oracle Corporation, Inc. For a list of developers and other contributors, see the Credits appendix. You can also run 'SHOW authors' to get a list of active contributors. Refer to the following guide: which outlines how to build the source code correctly and run the MariaDB testing framework, as well as which branch to target for your contributions. MariaDB is specifically available only under version 2 of the GNU General Public License (GPLv2). (I.e. Without the "any later version" clause.) This is inherited from MySQL. Please see the README file in the MySQL distribution for more information. License information can be found in the COPYING file. Third party license information can be found in the THIRDPARTY file.

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Wikidata facts

Official website: mariadb.org
Image: MariaDB monitor screenshot.png

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street address: Tekniikantie 12, 02150 Espoo, Finland
Commons category: MariaDB
software version identifier: 12.2.2
social media followers: 242
public key fingerprint: 1993 69E5 404B D5FC 7D2F E43B CBCB 082A 1BB9 43DB
Stack Exchange tag: unix.stackexchange.com/tags/mariadb
IRC channel URL: irc://irc.freenode.net/maria
source code repository URL: github.com/MariaDB/server
issue tracker URL: jira.mariadb.org
publication date: 2009-10-29
inception: 2009-10-29
official forum URL: mariadb.com/kb/en/community/+questions
user manual URL: mariadb.com/kb/en/documentation

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Contents

MariaDB Server
Licensing
Versioning
Third-party software
Prominent users
MariaDB Foundation
Notable sponsors of MariaDB Foundation
History of MariaDB Foundation
MariaDB Corporation AB
Products of MariaDB Corporation AB
SkySQL
Investors in MariaDB Corporation AB
See also
References
Further reading
External links

MariaDB is intended to maintain high compatibility with MySQL, with exact matching with MySQL APIs and commands, allowing it in many cases to function as a drop-in replacement for MySQL. However, new features are diverging. It includes new storage engines like Aria, ColumnStore, and MyRocks.