The open source MySQL spin-off has steadily added features all its own. Here are five good reasons to switch to MariaDB.

For developers familiar with MySQL, you've probably heard that MariaDB is the next generation of the database engine. MySQL has long been the traditional database in Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP ...

Relational database developer MariaDB is acquiring in-memory computing technology developer Gridgain to improve database performance for AI and agentic applications.

MariaDB, an open-source database management system (DBMS) and MySQL fork has been gaining inroads in enterprise software and its founders formed a foundation, the MariaDB Foundation, to promote its ...

For years, MySQL has been the dominant open-source database management system (DBMS). Recently, MariaDB, the MySQL fork created by MySQL's founder, has been making in-roads and Wikipedia, the world's ...

MariaDB plc announced it is entering into a definitive agreement to acquire GridGain Systems, Inc., the pioneer of in-memory computing and creator of open source Apache Ignite-merging MariaDB's ...

Let the OSS Enterprise newsletter guide your open source journey! Sign up here. MariaDB, the commercial company behind the popular open source database of the same name, has confirmed plans to become ...

But Oracle has promised to make development of the Community Edition of the database more transparent and inclusive, and to ...

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MontyProgram AB, the company formed by MySQL creator Michael “Monty” Widenius in the wake of his break with Sun Microsystems, has released the latest version of MariaDB, a “drop-in replacement” for ...