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MariaDB

{{Short description|Database management system}}

{{Infobox software

| name = MariaDB

| title = MariaDB

| logo = MariaDB colour logo.svg

| screenshot = MariaDB monitor screenshot.png

| caption =

| collapsible =

| author =

| developer = MariaDB plc, MariaDB Foundation

| released = {{Start date and age|2009|10|29|df=yes}}{{Cite web |url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/mariadb-5138-release-notes/ |title=MariaDB 5.1.38 Release Notes |website=MariaDB KnowledgeBase |access-date=2019-01-14}}

| latest release version = {{MariaDB version}}

| latest release date = {{MariaDB version|releasedate}}

| discontinued =

| programming language = C, C++, Perl, Bash

| operating system = Linux, Windows, macOS{{cite web|title="Download MariaDB"|url=https://mariadb.com/downloads/|access-date=2019-01-16}}

| platform =

| size =

| language = English

| genre = RDBMS

| license = GPLv2, LGPLv2.1 (client libraries){{Cite web|url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/mariadb-license/|title=MariaDB License|website=MariaDB KnowledgeBase}}

| website = {{URL|https://mariadb.com/}} (MariaDB plc)
{{URL|https://mariadb.org/}} (MariaDB Foundation)

}}

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,{{cite web |url=https://www2.computerworld.com.au/article/457551/dead_database_walking_mysql_creator_why_future_belongs_mariadb/ |title=Dead database walking: MySQL's creator on why the future belongs to MariaDB - MariaDB, open source, mysql, Oracle |publisher=Computerworld |access-date=2013-09-11 |archive-date=3 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003111459/https://www2.computerworld.com.au/article/457551/dead_database_walking_mysql_creator_why_future_belongs_mariadb/ |url-status=dead }} but in 2024 MariaDB was itself bought by the K1 private equity group, which appointed a new CEO.[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/k1-acquires-mariadb-a-leading-database-software-company-and-appoints-new-ceo-302243508.html Acquisition]

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.{{cite web|url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/mariadb-versus-mysql-compatibility/|title=MariaDB versus MySQL - Compatibility|work=MariaDB KnowledgeBase|access-date=17 September 2014}} It includes new storage engines like Aria, ColumnStore, and MyRocks.

Its lead developer/CTO 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. Sun was then bought the following year by Oracle Corporation. MariaDB is named after Widenius' younger daughter, Maria. (MySQL is named after his other daughter, My.){{cite web|url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/why-is-the-project-called-mariadb/|title=Why is the project called MariaDB?|work=MariaDB KnowledgeBase|access-date=17 September 2014}} Its logo consists of a sea lion, that Monty Widenius has chosen while he was snorkeling with his daughter in the Galápagos Islands.{{cite web |last=Arnö |first=Kaj |title=The Story of our Sea Lion |website=MariaDB.org |date=2019-02-08 |url=https://mariadb.org/sea-lion/ |access-date=2025-02-18}}

MariaDB Server

= Licensing =

The MariaDB Foundation mentions that "MariaDB Server will remain Free and Open Source Software licensed under GPLv2, independent of any commercial entities."{{Cite web|title=About MariaDB Server|url=https://mariadb.org/about/|access-date=2022-02-23|website=MariaDB.org|language=en-US}}

= Versioning =

MariaDB version numbers follow 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.

Since specific new features have been developed in MariaDB, the developers decided that a major version number change was necessary.{{cite web |author=Johansson |first=Rasmus |date=2012-08-13 |title=Explanation on MariaDB 10.0 |url=https://mariadb.org/explanation-on-mariadb-10-0/ |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=mariadb.org}}{{cite web |last=Johansson |first=Rasmus |date=2012-05-28 |title=What comes in between MariaDB now and MySQL 5.6? |url=https://mariadb.org/what-comes-in-between-mariadb-now-and-mysql-5-6/ |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=mariadb.org |publisher=}}

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Version

! Original release date

! Latest version

! Release date

! Status

! End of Life{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.org/about/maintenance-policy/ |title=Maintenance Policy |access-date=2019-08-08}}

{{Version|o|5.1 LTS}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{Release date and age|2009|10|29|p=yes|br=yes|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-5138-release-notes/ |title=MariaDB 5.1.38 Release Notes |access-date=2015-09-21}}

| 5.1.67

| 2013-01-30{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-5167-release-notes/ |title=MariaDB 5.1.67 Release Notes |access-date=2015-09-21}}

| Stable (GA)

| {{Version|o|Feb 2015}}

{{Version|o|5.2 LTS}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{Release date and age|2010|04|10|p=yes|br=yes|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-520-release-notes/ |title=MariaDB 5.2.0 Release Notes |access-date=2015-09-21}}

| 5.2.14

| 2013-01-30{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-5214-release-notes/ |title=MariaDB 5.2.14 Release Notes |access-date=2015-09-21}}

| Stable (GA)

|{{Version|o|Nov 2015}}

{{Version|o|5.3 LTS}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{Release date and age|2011|07|26|p=yes|br=yes|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-530-release-notes/ |title=MariaDB 5.3.0 Release Notes |access-date=2015-09-21}}

| 5.3.12

| 2013-01-30{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-5312-release-notes/ |title=MariaDB 5.3.12 Release Notes |access-date=2015-09-21}}

| Stable (GA)

|{{Version|o|Mar 2017}}

{{Version|o|5.5 LTS}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{Release date and age|2012|02|25|p=yes|br=yes|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-5520-release-notes/ |title=MariaDB 5.5.20 Release Notes |access-date=2015-09-21}}

| 5.5.68

| 2020-05-12{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.org/mariadb-10-4-13-10-3-23-10-2-32-10-1-45-and-5-5-68-now-available/ |title=MariaDB 10.4.13, 10.3.23, 10.2.32, 10.1.45 and 5.5.68 now available |website=mariadb.org |date=2020-05-13}}

| Stable (GA)

|{{Version|o|Apr 2020}}

{{Version|o|10.0 LTS}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{Release date and age|2012|11|12|p=yes|br=yes|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-1000-release-notes/ |title=MariaDB 10.0.0 Release Notes |access-date=2015-09-21}}

| 10.0.38

| 2019-01-31{{cite web |url = https://mariadb.org/mariadb-10-0-38-mariadb-connector-j-2-4-0-and-mariadb-connector-node-js-2-0-3-now-available/|title = MariaDB 10.0.38, MariaDB Connector/J 2.4.0 and MariaDB Connector/Node.js 2.0.3 now available |date = February 2019 |access-date = 2019-02-01}}

| Stable (GA)

|{{Version|o|Mar 2019}}

{{Version|o|10.1 LTS}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{Release date and age|2014|06|30|p=yes|br=yes|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-1010-release-notes/ |title=MariaDB 10.1.0 Release Notes |access-date=2015-09-21}}

| 10.1.48

| 2020-11-04{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.org/mariadb-10-5-7-10-4-16-10-3-26-10-2-35-and-10-1-48-now-available/ |title=MariaDB 10.5.7, 10.4.16, 10.3.26, 10.2.35 and 10.1.48 now available |website=mariadb.org |date=4 November 2020 |access-date=2020-11-04}}

| Stable (GA)

|{{Version|o|Oct 2020}}

{{Version|o|10.2 LTS}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{Release date and age|2016|04|18|p=yes|br=yes|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-1020-release-notes/ |title=MariaDB 10.2.0 Release Notes |access-date=2016-09-28}}

| 10.2.44

| 2022-05-20{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.org/mariadb-10-9-1-10-8-3-10-7-4-10-6-8-10-5-16-10-4-25-10-3-35-and-10-2-44-now-available/ |title=MariaDB 10.9.1, 10.8.3, 10.7.4, 10.6.8, 10.5.16, 10.4.25, 10.3.35 and 10.2.44 now available |website=mariadb.org |date=21 May 2022 |access-date=2022-05-23}}

| Stable (GA)

|{{Version|o|May 2022}}

{{Version|o|10.3 LTS}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{Release date and age|2017|04|16|p=yes|br=yes|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-1030-release-notes/ |title=MariaDB 10.3.0 Release Notes |access-date=2017-04-23}}

| 10.3.39

| 2023-05-10{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.org/mariadb-10-11-3-10-10-4-10-9-6-10-8-8-10-6-13-10-5-20-10-4-29-and-10-3-39-now-available/|title=MariaDB 10.11.3, 10.10.4, 10.9.6, 10.8.8, 10.6.13, 10.5.20, 10.4.29 and 10.3.39 now available |website=mariadb.org |date=10 May 2023 |access-date=2023-03-20}}

| Stable (GA)

|{{Version|o|May 2023}}

{{Version|o|10.4 LTS}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{Release date and age|2018|11|09|p=yes|br=yes|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/mariadb-1040-release-notes/ |title=MariaDB 10.4.0 Release Notes |access-date=2018-11-15}}

| 10.4.34

| 2024-05-16{{Cite web |title=MariaDB 10.4.34 Release Notes |url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-10-4-34-release-notes/ |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=MariaDB.org |language=en-US}}

| Stable (GA)

|{{Version|o|Jun 2024}}

{{Version|co|10.5 LTS}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{Release date and age|2019|12|03|p=yes|br=yes|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/mariadb-server-105/ |title=MariaDB 10.5.0 Release Notes |access-date=2019-08-08}}

| 10.5.28

| 2025-02-04{{Cite web |title=MariaDB 10.5.28 Release Notes |url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-10-5-28-release-notes/ |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=MariaDB.org |language=en-US}}

| Stable (GA)

|{{Version|co|Jun 2025}}

{{Version|co|10.6 LTS}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{Release date and age|2021|04|26|p=yes|br=yes|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.org/mariadb-10-6-0-now-available/ |title=MariaDB 10.6.0 now available |date=26 April 2021 |access-date=2021-04-26}}

| 10.6.21

| 2025-02-04{{Cite web |title=MariaDB 10.6.21 Release Notes |url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-10-6-21-release-notes/ |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=MariaDB.org |language=en-US}}

| Stable (GA)

| {{Version|co|Jul 2026}}

{{Version|o|10.7}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{Release date and age|2021|09|17|p=yes|br=yes|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.org/preview-releases/ |title=10.7.0 Comes As Preview Releases |date=17 September 2021 |access-date=2021-09-17}}

| 10.7.8

| 2023-02-06

| Stable (GA)

| {{Version|o|Feb 2023}}

{{Version|o|10.8}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{Release date and age|2021|12|22|p=yes|br=yes|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.org/mariadb-10-8-0-preview-releases-now-available/ |title=MariaDB 10.8.0 preview releases now available |date=22 December 2021 |access-date=2022-02-14}}

| 10.8.8

| 2023-05-10

| Stable (GA)

| {{Version|o|May 2023}}

{{Version|o|10.9}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{Release date and age|2022|03|23|p=yes|br=yes|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.org/mariadb-10-9-preview-releases-now-available/ |title=MariaDB 10.9.0 preview releases now available |date=23 March 2022 |access-date=2022-05-23}}

| 10.9.8

| 2023-08-14{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.org/mariadb-11-1-3-11-0-4-10-11-6-10-10-7-10-6-16-10-5-23-10-4-32-now-available/|title=MariaDB 11.1.3, 11.0.4, 10.11.6, 10.10.7, 10.6.16, 10.5.23, 10.4.32 now available |website=mariadb.org |date=14 Nov 2023 |access-date=2023-11-21}}

| Stable (GA)

| {{Version|o|Aug 2023}}

{{Version|o|10.10}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{Release date and age|2022|06|23|p=yes|br=yes|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.org/mariadb-10-10-preview-releases-now-available/ |title=MariaDB 10.10.0 preview releases now available |date=23 June 2022 |access-date=2022-06-23}}

| 10.10.7

| 2023-11-13

| Stable (GA)

| {{Version|o|Nov 2023}}

{{Version|co|10.11 LTS}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{Release date and age|2022|09|26|p=yes|br=yes|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.org/mariadb-10-11-0-preview-release-now-available/ |title=MariaDB 10.10.0 preview release now available |date=26 September 2022 |access-date=2022-09-26}}

| 10.11.11

| 2025-02-04{{Cite web |title= MariaDB 10.11.11 Release Notes |url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-10-11-11-release-notes/ |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=MariaDB.org |language=en-US}}

| Stable (GA)

| {{Version|co|Feb 2028}}

{{Version|o|11.0}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{Release date and age|2022|12|27|p=yes|br=yes|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.org/mariadb-11-0-new-optimizer/ |title=MariaDB 11.0 – new optimizer, new major version series |date=27 December 2022 |access-date=2022-12-27}}

| 11.0.6

| 2024-05-16{{Cite web |title=MariaDB 11.0.6 Release Notes |url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-11-0-6-release-notes/ |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=MariaDB.org |language=en-US}}

| Stable (GA)

| {{Version|o|Jun 2024}}

{{Version|o|11.1}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{Release date and age|2023|03|27|p=yes|br=yes|df=y}}

| 11.1.6

| 2024-08-08{{Cite web |title=MariaDB 11.1.6 Release Notes |url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-11-1-6-release-notes/ |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=MariaDB.org |language=en-US}}

| Stable (GA)

| {{Version|o|Aug 2024}}

{{Version|o|11.2}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{Release date and age|2023|06|20|p=yes|br=yes|df=y}}{{Cite web |last=Gilfillan |first=Ian |date=2023-06-26 |title=MariaDB 11.2.0 preview release available |url=https://mariadb.org/mariadb-11-2-0-preview-release-available/ |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=MariaDB.org |language=en-US}}

| 11.2.6

| {{nowrap|2024-11-01{{Cite web |title=MariaDB 11.2.6 Release Notes |url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-11-2-6-release-notes/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=MariaDB.org |language=en-US}}

| Stable (GA)

| {{Version|o|Nov 2024}}

{{Version|c|11.4 LTS}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{Release date and age|2023|12|24|p=yes|br=yes|df=y}}{{Cite web |last=Gilfillan |first=Ian |date=2023-09-20 |title=MariaDB 11.4.0 preview release now available |url=https://mariadb.org/mariadb-11-4-0-preview-release-now-available/ |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=MariaDB.org |language=en-US}}

| 11.4.5

| {{nowrap|2025-02-04{{Cite web |title=MariaDB 11.4.5 Release Notes |url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-11-4-5-release-notes/ |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=MariaDB.org |language=en-US}}

| Stable (GA)

| {{Version|c|May 2029}}

{{Version|c|11 Rolling}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{Release date and age|2023|09|20|p=yes|br=yes|df=y}}{{Cite web |last=Gilfillan |first=Ian |date=2023-09-20 |title=MariaDB 11.3.0 preview release available |url=https://mariadb.org/mariadb-11-3-0-preview-release-available/ |access-date=2023-11-21 |website=MariaDB.org |language=en-US}}

| 11.7.2

| {{nowrap|2025-02-13{{Cite web |title=MariaDB 11.7.2 Release Notes |url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-11-7-2-changelog/ |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=MariaDB.org |language=en-US}}

| Stable (GA)

| {{Version|c|May 2025}}

{{Version|cp|11.8 LTS}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{Release date and age|2024|12|18|p=ye s|br=yes|df=y}}{{Cite web |last=Arnö |first=Kaj |date=2025-02-12 |title=MariaDB 11.8 is LTS |url=https://mariadb.org/11-8-is-lts/ |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=MariaDB.org |language=en-US}}

| 11.8.1

| {{nowrap|2025-02-13{{Cite web |title=MariaDB 11.8.1 Release Notes |url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-11-8-1-release-notes/ |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=MariaDB.org |language=en-US}}

| Release Candidate (RC)

| {{Version|cp|May 2028}}

colspan="6" | {{Version |l |show=111111}} LTS = Long-Term Support

= 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 was making MySQL a more closed software project.{{cite web|url=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ReplaceMySQLwithMariaDB|title=Features / Replace MySQL with MariaDB|access-date=17 September 2014}} OpenBSD likewise in April 2013 dropped MySQL for MariaDB 5.5.{{Cite web |title= MariaDB now in OpenBSD ports tree |author= Colin Charles |date= 5 April 2013 |work= MariaDB blog |url= https://mariadb.org/mariadb-now-in-openbsd-ports-tree/ |access-date= 4 March 2017 }}

However, for recent MySQL features, MariaDB either has no equivalent yet (like geographic function) or deliberately chose not to be 100% compatible (like GTID, JSON).{{Cite news|url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/incompatibilities-and-feature-differences-between-mariadb-103-and-mysql-57/|title=Incompatibilities and Feature Differences Between MariaDB 10.3 and MySQL 5.7|work=MariaDB KnowledgeBase|access-date=2019-09-07}} The MariaDB wiki claims that starting with MariaDB 10, upgrading from MySQL 8 is possible in most cases.{{Cite web|url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/mariadb-vs-mysql-compatibility/|title=MariaDB versus MySQL - Compatibility|website=MariaDB KnowledgeBase|access-date=2024-03-27}}

= Prominent users =

MariaDB is used at ServiceNow,{{Cite web|url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/3427632/how-servicenow-deploys-mariadb-to-handle-25-billion-queries-per-hour.html|title=How ServiceNow deploys MariaDB to handle 25 billion queries per hour|first=Scott|last=Carey|date=28 February 2018|website=Computerworld|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101044743/https://www.computerworld.com/article/3427632/how-servicenow-deploys-mariadb-to-handle-25-billion-queries-per-hour.html|archivedate=November 1, 2019}} DBS Bank,{{Cite web |title=MariaDB Use Case: DBS Bank – ODBMS.org |url=http://www.odbms.org/2017/12/mariadb-use-case-dbs-bank/ |access-date=2022-03-01 |language=en-US}} Google,{{Cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/12/google_mariadb_mysql_migration/|title=Google swaps out MySQL, moves to MariaDB|first=Jack|last=Clark|date=12 Sep 2013|website=www.theregister.co.uk}} Mozilla,{{cite web |url=https://blog.mozilla.org/it/2013/01/17/mysql-5-1-vs-mysql-5-5-floats-doubles-and-scientific-notation/ |title=MySQL 5.1 vs. MySQL 5.5: Floats, Doubles, and Scientific Notation |work=Mozilla IT |access-date=17 September 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904015111/https://blog.mozilla.org/it/2013/01/17/mysql-5-1-vs-mysql-5-5-floats-doubles-and-scientific-notation/|archivedate=September 4, 2014}} and, since 2013, the Wikimedia Foundation.{{cite web |url=http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/04/22/wikipedia-adopts-mariadb/ |title=Wikipedia Adopts MariaDB |date= 2013-04-22 |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation}}

Several Linux distributions and BSD operating systems include MariaDB.{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/distributions-which-include-mariadb/ |title=Distributions Which Include MariaDB |publisher=MariaDB Corporation}} Some default to MariaDB, such as Arch Linux,{{cite web |url=https://www.archlinux.org/news/mariadb-replaces-mysql-in-repositories/ |title=MariaDB replaces MySQL in repositories |publisher=Arch Linux}} Manjaro,{{cite web |url=https://forum.manjaro.org/t/install-apache-mariadb-php-lamp-2016/1243 |title=Install Apache, MariaDB, PHP (LAMP) 2016 |publisher=Manjaro |access-date=25 January 2018 |archive-date=26 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126070652/https://forum.manjaro.org/t/install-apache-mariadb-php-lamp-2016/1243 |url-status=dead }} Debian (from Debian 9),{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.com/resources/blog/mariadb-server-default-debian-9 |title=MariaDB Server Default in Debian 9 |date=19 June 2017 |publisher=MariaDB Corporation}} Fedora (from Fedora 19),{{cite web |url=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ReplaceMySQLwithMariaDB |title=Features/ReplaceMySQLwithMariaDB |publisher=Fedora Project}}{{cite web |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/oracle-who-fedora-opensuse-will-replace-mysql-with-mariadb/ |title=Oracle who? Fedora & openSUSE will replace MySQL with MariaDB |date=31 January 2013 |work=ZDNet |access-date=17 September 2014}} Red Hat Enterprise Linux (from RHEL 7 in June 2014),{{cite web |url=https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.0_release_notes/chap-red_hat_enterprise_linux-7.0_release_notes-web_servers_and_services |title=7.0 Release Notes : Chapter 17. Web Servers and Services |publisher=Red Hat}}{{cite web |url=http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/open-source/60292-red-hat-ditches-mysql-switches-to-mariadb |title=Red Hat ditches MySQL, switches to MariaDB |publisher=Itwire.com |access-date=2013-09-11}} CentOS (from CentOS 7),{{cite web |url=https://wiki.centos.org/About/Product |title=CentOS Product Specifications |publisher=CentOS |access-date=25 January 2018 |archive-date=15 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215091954/https://wiki.centos.org/About/Product |url-status=dead }} Mageia (from Mageia 2),{{cite web|url=https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Archive:_Mageia_2_Release_Notes#MariaDB |title=Mageia 2 Release Notes : MariaDB |publisher=Mageia}} openSUSE (from openSUSE 12.3 Dartmouth),{{cite web|url=https://mariadb.org/opensuse-12-3-released-with-mariadb-as-default/ |title=openSUSE 12.3 released with MariaDB as default |date=15 March 2013 |publisher=MariaDB Foundation}} SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (from SLES 12),{{cite web |url=https://www.suse.com/releasenotes/x86_64/SUSE-SLES/12/#fate-316482 |title=Release Notes : MariaDB Replaces MySQL |publisher=SUSE}} Slackware Linux (from Slackware 14.1){{Cite web|url=http://www.slackware.com/releasenotes/14.1.php|title=The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Release Notes|website=www.slackware.com}} and OpenBSD (from 5.7).{{cite web |url=https://mariadb.org/mariadb-now-in-openbsd-ports-tree/ |title=MariaDB now in OpenBSD ports tree |date=5 April 2013 |publisher=MariaDB Foundation}}{{cite web |url= http://ports.su/databases/mariadb,-server |title= mariadb-server-10.0.16v0 – multithreaded SQL database (server) |work= OpenBSD ports |date= 2015-01-30 |access-date= 2015-02-11 }}{{cite web|url=http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports-cvs&m=141063182731679&w=2|title=Switch from using MySQL to using MariaDB attempt #2|access-date=28 September 2014}}

MariaDB Foundation

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The MariaDB Foundation was founded in 2012 to oversee the development of MariaDB.{{cite web|author=rasmus|date=2012-12-04|title=MariaDB Foundation to Safeguard Leading Open Source Database « The MariaDB Blog|url=https://blog.mariadb.org/mariadb-foundation-to-safeguard-leading-open-source-database/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906210407/http://blog.mariadb.org/mariadb-foundation-to-safeguard-leading-open-source-database/|archive-date=6 September 2013|access-date=2013-04-16|publisher=Blog.mariadb.org}}{{cite web|date=2012-12-04|title=1 million euros pledged to new MariaDB Foundation - The H Open: News and Features|url=http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/1-million-euros-pledged-to-new-MariaDB-Foundation-1762165.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205160023/http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/1-million-euros-pledged-to-new-MariaDB-Foundation-1762165.html|archive-date=5 December 2012|access-date=2013-04-16|publisher=H-online.com}} The current CEO of the MariaDB Foundation is Anna Widenius. The Executive Chairman is Kaj Arnö, who served as CEO from 2019 to 2025.{{Cite web|date=2019-01-30|title=A Word from the Incoming CEO|url=https://mariadb.org/kaj-ceo/|access-date=2019-01-30|website=MariaDB.org|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2025-03-04|title=Report from the Board|url=https://mariadb.org/report-from-the-board-2025-01/|access-date=2025-03-09|website=MariaDB.org|language=en-US|first=Kaj|last=Arnö}}

= Notable sponsors of MariaDB Foundation =

MariaDB Foundation has notable sponsors. In January 2025, listed sponsors were Amazon, Acronis, Alibaba Cloud, Constructor, Intel, MariaDB Corporation AB, ServiceNow, WebPros, DBS. {{Cite web |title=Why sponsor us? |url=https://mariadb.org/donate/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=MariaDB.org |language=en-US}}

The Foundation also works with technology partners, e.g. Google tasked one of its engineers to work at the MariaDB Foundation in 2013, and Amazon contributed to a major AI feature, MariaDB Vector.{{cite web |title=Google sniffs at MySQL fork MariaDB: Yum. Have an engineer |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/08/google_backs_mariadb/ |work=The Register}}{{Cite web |last=Silén |first=Robert |date=2024-08-19 |title=Amazon contributes to MariaDB Vector |url=https://mariadb.org/amazon-mariadb-vector/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=MariaDB.org |language=en-US}}

= History of MariaDB Foundation =

In December 2012 Michael Widenius, David Axmark, and Allan Larsson announced the formation of a foundation that would oversee the development of MariaDB.{{cite web

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At the time of founding in 2013 the Foundation 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.{{Cite web |date=2013-04-19 |title=MariaDB Foundation on course for community governance - The H Open: News and Features |url=http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/MariaDB-Foundation-on-course-for-community-governance-1844579.html |access-date=2022-02-23 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419003658/http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/MariaDB-Foundation-on-course-for-community-governance-1844579.html |archive-date=19 April 2013 |url-status=dead}}

The MariaDB Foundation's first sponsor and member was MariaDB Corporation AB that joined in 2014 after initial agreements on the division of ownership and roles between the MariaDB Foundation and MariaDB Corporation.{{cite web|date=2013-04-18|title=MariaDB Foundation on course for community governance|url=http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/MariaDB-Foundation-on-course-for-community-governance-1844579.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419003658/http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/MariaDB-Foundation-on-course-for-community-governance-1844579.html|archive-date=19 April 2013|publisher=The H}}{{cite web |last=Asay |first=Matt |title=Does MariaDB's latest move show how hard it is to make money with open source? |website=TechRepublic |date=2016-08-22 |url=https://www.techrepublic.com/article/does-mariadbs-latest-move-show-how-hard-it-is-to-make-money-with-open-source/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823174355/https://www.techrepublic.com/article/does-mariadbs-latest-move-show-how-hard-it-is-to-make-money-with-open-source/ |archive-date=2016-08-23 |url-status=dead |access-date=2025-04-18}} E.g. MariaDB is a registered trademark of MariaDB Corporation AB,{{cite web|title=MariaDB Trademarks|url=https://mariadb.com/about/legal/trademarks|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006112231/https://mariadb.com/about/legal/trademarks|archive-date=2014-10-06|website=mariadb.com}} used under license by the MariaDB Foundation.{{cite web|title=MariaDB Trademark|url=https://mariadb.org/en/trademark/|website=mariadb.org}} MariaDB Corporation AB was originally founded in 2010 as SkySQL Corporation Ab, but changed name in 2014 to reflect its role as the main driving force behind the development of MariaDB server and the biggest support-provider for it.{{cite web|title=SkySQL to become MariaDB Corporation|url=https://mariadb.com/news-events/press-releases/skysql-become-mariadb-corporation|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006080931/https://mariadb.com/news-events/press-releases/skysql-become-mariadb-corporation|archive-date=6 October 2014|access-date=1 October 2014|website=mariadb.com|publisher=MariaDB Corporation}}{{cite web|last1=Widenius|first1=Monty|title=Why SkySQL becoming MariaDB Corporation will be good for the MariaDB Foundation|url=https://blog.mariadb.org/why-skysql-becoming-mariadb-corporation-will-be-good-for-the-mariadb-foundation/|access-date=1 October 2014|website=MariaDB Foundation Blog|archive-date=18 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118222036/https://blog.mariadb.org/why-skysql-becoming-mariadb-corporation-will-be-good-for-the-mariadb-foundation/|url-status=dead}} Foundation CEO at the time, Simon Phipps quit in 2014 on the sale of the MariaDB trademark to SkySQL. He later said: "I quit as soon as it was obvious the company was not going to allow an independent foundation."

Simon Phipps was CEO of the Foundation from April 2013 to 2014. Otto Kekäläinen was the CEO from January 2015 to September 2018.

{{cite web|title=MariaDB Foundation CEO steps down|url=https://mariadb.org/mariadb-foundation-ceo-steps-down/|website=mariadb.org|date=19 September 2018 }}

Arjen Lentz was appointed CEO of the Foundation in October 2018{{Cite web|last=Lentz|first=Arjen|date=2018-10-02|title=Hello World from the new MariaDB Foundation CEO: Arjen Lentz|url=https://mariadb.org/hello-world-new-mariadb-foundation-ceo-arjen-lentz/|access-date=2019-01-02|website=MariaDB.org|language=en-US}} and resigned in December 2018.{{Cite web|date=2018-12-31|title=Arjen's Last Post|url=https://mariadb.org/arjens-last-post/|access-date=2019-01-02|website=MariaDB.org|language=en-US}} Kaj Arnö joined as the CEO on 1 February 2019. Eric Herman is the current chairman of the board.

MariaDB Corporation AB

Initially, the development activities around MariaDB were based entirely on open source and non-commercial. To build a global business, MariaDB Corporation AB was founded in 2010 by Patrik Backman, Ralf Wahlsten, Kaj Arnö, Max Mether, Ulf Sandberg, Mick Carney and Michael "Monty" Widenius.{{Cite web|last=Harald|first=Patrik|title=Michael "Monty" Widenius redo för börsnotering i USA|url=https://www.hbl.fi/artikel/michael-monty-widenius-redo-for-borsnotering-i-usa/|access-date=2022-02-23|website=www.hbl.fi|language=sv}}{{Cite web |date=2022-02-01 |title=Pörssilistautumiset {{!}} Suomalainen tietokantayhtiö MariaDB listautuu New Yorkin pörssiin spac-kaupan kautta |url=https://www.hs.fi/talous/art-2000008579247.html |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=Helsingin Sanomat |language=fi}} The current CEO of MariaDB Corporation is Paul O'Brien.{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230530005578/en/MariaDB-Announces-New-Management-Appointments|title=MariaDB Announces New Management Appointments|date=30 May 2023|website=www.businesswire.com}}

MariaDB Corporation AB was formed after a merger between SkySQL Corporation Ab and Monty Program on 23 April 2013. Subsequently, the name was changed on 1 October 2014 to reflect the company's role as the main driving force behind the development of MariaDB Server and the largest support-provider for it.{{Cite web|author=|date=30 September 2014|title=New name and new challenges {{!}} MariaDB|trans-title=|url=https://mariadb.com/fr/resources/blog/new-name-and-new-challenges/|access-date=9 March 2021|work=MariaDB|language=fr}}{{cite web|last1=Michael|first1=Widenius|title=Why SkySQL becoming MariaDB Corporation will be good for the MariaDB Foundation|url=http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2014/10/why-skysql-becoming-mariadb-corporation.html|access-date=9 March 2021|website=Monty says|date=October 2014 }}{{Cite web|last=Novac|first=Dragos|date=|title=SkySQL to become MariaDB Corporation|url=https://nordic9.com/news/skysql-to-become-mariadb-corporation-news0430186205/|access-date=9 March 2021|work=Nordic 9}}

MariaDB Corporation AB announced in February 2022 its intention to become a publicly listed company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).{{Cite web|title=MariaDB Corporation AB to Become a Publicly Traded Company via Combination with Angel Pond Holdings Corporation|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mariadb-corporation-ab-become-publicly-120000514.html|access-date=2022-02-03|website=finance.yahoo.com|language=en-US}}

= Products of MariaDB Corporation AB =

MariaDB Corporation AB is a contributor to the MariaDB Server, develops the MariaDB database connectors{{cite web |title=Download MariaDB products and tools |url=https://mariadb.com/downloads/#connectors |website=mariadb.com |access-date=9 March 2021}} (C, C++, Java 7, Java 8, Node.js,{{Cite web| title = MariaDB Adds Node.js Connector| author =| work = i-programmer.info| date = | access-date = 9 March 2021| url = https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/12386-mariadb-adds-nodejs-connector.html| quote = }} ODBC, Python,{{Cite web |title=How to Connect Python Programs to MariaDB - DZone Database |author= |work=dzone.com |date= |access-date=9 March 2021 |url= https://dzone.com/articles/python-to-mariadb-connector}} R2DBC{{Cite web |title=Maria DB Gets Reactive with a Non-Blocking Connector for Java - The New Stack |author= |work=The New Stack |date= 8 January 2021|access-date=9 March 2021 |url= https://thenewstack.io/maria-db-gets-reactive-with-a-non-blocking-connector-for-java/}}) as well as the MariaDB Enterprise Platform, including the MariaDB Enterprise Server, optimized for production deployments. The MariaDB Enterprise Platform includes MariaDB MaxScale,{{Cite web |title=MariaDB Platform Components {{!}} MariaDB |author= |work=MariaDB |date= |access-date=9 March 2021 |url= https://mariadb.com/products/mariadb-platform/components/#maxscale}}{{cite web |title=mariadb-corporation / MaxScale |url=https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/MaxScale |website=Github |access-date=9 March 2021}} an advanced database proxy, MariaDB ColumnStore, a columnar storage engine for interactive ad hoc analytics,{{Cite web |title=MariaDB Platform Components {{!}} MariaDB |author= |work=MariaDB |date= |access-date=9 March 2021 |url= https://mariadb.com/products/mariadb-platform/components/#columnstore}}{{Cite web |title=MariaDB targets big data analytics market with ColumnStore |last=Olavsrud |first=Thor |work=CIO |date=5 April 2016 |access-date=9 March 2021 |url= https://www.cio.com/article/3051146/mariadb-targets-big-data-analytics-market-with-columnstore.html}} MariaDB Xpand, a distributed SQL storage engine for massive transactional scalability,{{Cite web |title=MariaDB Xpand: Distributed SQL Database {{!}} MariaDB |author= |work=MariaDB |date= |access-date=9 March 2021 |url= https://mariadb.com/products/mariadb-platform/xpand/}}{{Cite web |title=How MariaDB achieves global scale with Xpand |last=Johnson |first=Shane |work=InfoWorld |date=23 September 2020 |access-date=9 March 2021 |url= https://www.infoworld.com/article/3574077/how-mariadb-achieves-global-scale-with-xpand.html}} and MariaDB Enterprise Server, an enhanced, hardened and secured version of the community server.{{Cite web |title=MariaDB Platform Components {{!}} MariaDB |author= |work=MariaDB |date= |access-date=9 March 2021 |url= https://mariadb.com/products/mariadb-platform/components/}}{{Cite web |title=MariaDB enterprise server helps you sleep at night{{!}} App Developer Magazine |last=Harris |first=Richard |work=App Developer Magazine |date= |access-date=9 March 2021 |url= https://appdevelopermagazine.com/mariadb-enterprise-server-helps-you-sleep-at-night/}} MariaDB Corporation offers the MariaDB Enterprise Platform in the cloud under the name SkySQL, a database-as-a-service.{{Cite web |title=MariaDB SkySQL Launches, Delivers Next-Generation Cloud Database {{!}} MariaDB |author= |work=MariaDB |date= 31 March 2020|access-date=9 March 2021 |url= https://mariadb.com/newsroom/press-releases/mariadb-skysql-launches-delivers-next-generation-cloud-database/}}{{Cite web |title=MariaDB SkySQL Launches, Delivers Next-Generation Cloud Database |author= |work=finance.yahoo.com |date= |access-date=9 March 2021 |url= https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mariadb-skysql-launches-delivers-next-131700714.html}}

=SkySQL=

SkySQL general availability was announced on March 31, 2020.{{cite web |title= SkySQL, MariaDB-as-a-service, launches on Google Cloud |url= https://www.infoworld.com/article/3534698/skysql-mariadb-as-a-service-launches-on-google-cloud.html | work = InfoWorld |date= 31 March 2020 }} This database-as-a-service offering from MariaDB is a managed cloud service on Google Cloud Platform.

SkySQL is a hybrid database offering that includes a column family store, object store, distributed SQL database with both a transactional and analytical query engine. The combination allows developers to use a single database for multiple use cases and avoid a proliferation of databases.{{Cite web |title=MariaDB SkySQL: A Next Generation DBaaS from the Source |url=https://mariadb.org/cloud-minifest2021/skysql/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=MariaDB.org |language=en-US}}

The benefits of using this offering vs Amazon RDS or Microsoft Azure Database's MariaDB services offerings are versioning (SkySQL ensures users are on the most recent product release) as well as having analytics and transactional support.{{cite web |title= MariaDB SkySQL managed cloud goes live on Google Cloud |url= https://www.zdnet.com/article/mariadb-skysql-managed-cloud-goes-live-on-google-cloud/ | work = ZDNet }}

Starting {{Date|October 2023}}, as part of the company's restructuring plan, MariaDB no longer offers SkySQL as a product.{{cite web | title=MariaDB ditches products and staff in restructure|url=https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/13/mariadb_restructure/ | work = The Register | date=13 October 2023}} In {{Date|December 2023}}, SkySQL spun off from MariaDB as an independent company.{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231214486927/en/|title=MariaDB Finalizes Spinoff of SkySQL|date=14 December 2023|website=Business Wire|access-date=18 January 2024}}

= Investors in MariaDB Corporation AB =

MariaDB Corporation has been funded with a total of $123M combined in its A-series funding round in 2012, B-series in 2013-2016 and C-series in 2017–2022.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} It is undergoing a D-series round in 2022 aiming at an additional $104M in combination with its intention to become a listed company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

Some of the initial A-series investors in MariaDB Corporation AB were e.g. OpenOcean and Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd). The B-series round was led by Intel in 2013 which itself invested $20M.{{cite web|last=Wolpe|first=Toby|date=23 October 2013|title=MariaDB gets shot in the arm from Intel-led $20m SkySQL injection|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/mariadb-gets-shot-in-the-arm-from-intel-led-20m-skysql-injection/|work=ZDNet|publisher=CBS Interactive}} In 2017 Alibaba led the C-series with a $27M investment into MariaDB in addition to a €25M investment by the European Investment Bank.{{Cite web|title=Open source database startup MariaDB confirms $27M investment led by Alibaba|date=2 November 2017 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/02/mariadb-confirms-27m-investment-led-by-alibaba/}}{{Cite web|title=Finland: Investment Plan for Europe - EIB supports MariaDB with financing for accelerated growth|url=http://www.eib.org/infocentre/press/releases/all/2017/2017-114-investment-plan-for-europe-eib-supports-mariadb-with-financing-for-accelerated-growth.htm|access-date=2017-05-15|website=www.eib.org|language=en}}{{clear}}

See also

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References

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Further reading

  • {{cite book |title=Getting Started with MariaDB |first=Daniel |last=Bartholomew |year=2013 |publisher=Packt |isbn=9781782168096}}
  • {{cite book |title=MariaDB Cookbook |first=Daniel |last=Bartholomew |year=2014 |publisher=Packt Publishing |isbn=978-1-78328-440-5}}
  • {{cite book |title=MariaDB Crash Course |first=Ben |last=Forta |author-link=Ben Forta |publisher=Addison Wesley |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-321-79994-4}}

External links

{{Wikibooks|MariaDB}}

  • [https://mariadb.com/ MariaDB Corporation website]

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