MariaDB

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MariaDB is a community-developed fork of the MySQL relational database management system intended to remain free under the GNU GPL. It is notable for being led by the original developers of MySQL, who forked it due to concerns over its acquisition by Oracle.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Contributors are required to share their copyright with the MariaDB Foundation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

MariaDB intends to maintain high compatibility with MySQL, ensuring a "drop-in" replacement capability with library binary equivalency and exact matching with MySQL APIs and commands.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It includes the XtraDB storage engine for replacing InnoDB,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> as well as a new storage engine, Aria, that intends to be both a transactional and non-transactional engine perhaps even included in future versions of MySQL.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Its lead developer is Michael "Monty" Widenius, one of the founders of MySQL AB and the founder of Monty Program AB. On 16 January 2008, MySQL AB announced that it had agreed to be acquired by Sun Microsystems for approximately $1 billion. The acquisition completed on 26 February 2008. MariaDB is named after Monty's *****er daughter Maria, similar to how MySQL is named after his other daughter My.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Versioning

MariaDB version numbers follow the MySQL's numbering scheme up to version 5.5. Thus, MariaDB 5.5 offers all of the MySQL 5.5 features. There exists a gap in MySQL versions between 5.1 and 5.5, while MariaDB issued 5.2 and 5.3 point releases.

After the 5.5 version, MariaDB developers decided to start a branch numbered 10, as an attempt to make it clear that MariaDB 10.0 will not import all features from MySQL 5.6; however, they might be imported in future versions. Since specific new features have been developed in MariaDB, the developers decided that a major version number change was necessary.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Version Original release date Latest version Release date Status
Template:Version 2009-10-29<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 5.1.67 2013-01-30<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Stable (GA)
Template:Version 2010-04-10<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 5.2.14 2013-01-30<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Stable (GA)
Template:Version 2011-07-26<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 5.3.12 2013-01-30<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Stable (GA)
Template:Version 2012-02-25<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 5.5.48 2016-02-11<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Stable (GA)
Template:Version 2012-11-12<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 10.0.24 2016-02-19<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Stable (GA)
Template:Version 2014-06-30<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 10.1.11 2016-01-29<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Stable (GA)
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Third-party software

MariaDB's API and protocol are compatible with those used by MySQL, plus some features to support native non-blocking operations and progress reporting. This means that all connectors, libraries and applications which work with MySQL should also work on MariaDB—whether or not they support its native features. On this basis, Fedora developers replaced MySQL with MariaDB in Fedora 19, out of concerns that Oracle is making MySQL a more closed software project.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Here is a list of tools that are known to work properly with MariaDB:

Clients

Web Applications

The following web applications officially support MariaDB:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Application bundles

The popular application bundle XAMPP switched to MariaDB in October 2015.

MariaDB Foundation

In December 2012, Michael Widenius, David Axmark, and Allan Larsson announced the creation of a foundation that would oversee the development of MariaDB.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In April 2013, the Foundation announced that it had appointed Simon Phipps as its Secretary and interim Chief Executive Officer, Rasmus Johansson as Chairman of the Board, and Andrew Katz, Jeremy Zawodny, and Michael Widenius as Board members.<ref name=governance>Template:Cite web</ref> Noting that it wished to create a governance model similar to that used by the Eclipse Foundation, the Board appointed the Eclipse Foundation's Executive Director Mike Milinkovich as an advisor to lead the transition.<ref name=governance/>

SkySQL Corporation Ab, a company formed by ex-MySQL executives and investors after Oracle bought MySQL, announced in April 2013 that they were merging their company with Monty Program Ab, and joining the MariaDB Foundation. SkySQL's CEO Patrik Sallner would lead the new merged company, and Widenius was appointed as its CTO by the MariaDB Foundation.<ref name=skysql>Template:Cite web</ref>

On October 1, 2014, SkySQL Corporation Ab changed its name to MariaDB Corporation Ab<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> to reflect its role as the main driving force behind the development of MariaDB server and the biggest support provider for it.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

MariaDB is a registered trademark of MariaDB Corporation Ab,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> used under license by the MariaDB Foundation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Prominent users

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Support

Google has sent an engineer to the MariaDB Foundation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> A group of investment companies, including Intel, has invested $20 million in SkySQL.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Clear

See also

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Further reading

External links

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