MariaDB

Community-developed relational database and drop-in replacement for MySQL, built by the original MySQL team. Delivers enhanced performance, multiple storage engines, and a rich plugin ecosystem while staying fully open source under GPLv2.

Trusted by Wikipedia, WordPress.com, and Google for high-traffic web and enterprise workloads. MariaDB differentiates from MySQL through additional features such as GIS, JSON support, and improved replication, with continuity guaranteed by the independent MariaDB Foundation.

Key capabilities:

• Drop-in MySQL replacement with binary compatibility
• Multiple storage engines including InnoDB, Aria, ColumnStore, and MyRocks
• Built-in GIS and JSON support
• Replication, clustering, and Galera for high availability
• Wide deployment options: on-premises, containers, and cloud

Powers web applications from content management to e-commerce, banking and financial systems, and enterprise back-office workloads. Developers benefit from MySQL-compatible clients and tooling, standard SQL, and native support in most frameworks and ORMs.