Databases Relational mature
MariaDB
MySQL fork with enhanced features and community governance
6.0K stars
500 contributors
Since 2020
MySQL fork with enhanced features and community governance
License
GPL-2.0
Min RAM
256 MB
Min CPUs
1 core
Scaling
vertical
Complexity
beginner
Performance
medium
Self-hostable
✓
K8s native
✕
Offline
✓
Pricing
fully free
Docs quality
good
Vendor lock-in
none
Use cases
- ✓ Primary use: web-application-data
- ✓ Primary use: mysql-replacement
- ✓ Primary use: clustering
Compare with alternatives
Replaces / alternatives to
Technical specs
Language
CC++
API type
REST
Protocols
HTTP
Data model
relational
Deployment
dockeraptbinary
Community
GitHub stars 6.0K
Contributors 500
Commit frequency weekly
Plugin ecosystem none
Backing MariaDB Foundation
Funding community
Release
Latest version
— Last release —
Since 2020
Best fit
Team size
solosmallmediumenterprise
Industries
general