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MySQL Server

MySQL Server, the world's most popular open source database, and MySQL Cluster, a real-time, open source transactional database.

MySQL Server is an open-source libraries and runtimes project on GitHub under a license set out in its repository, with 12k stars. It is built with LLVM project and GCC. Its last push was 6 days ago.

Stars
12k
License
See repository
Activity
Active

Code on GitHub Website

Judgement

What it is
Building block
What it does
The source of MySQL Server and MySQL Cluster, Oracle's widely deployed open-source relational database.
Adopt it when
You run applications built for MySQL, such as many PHP stacks, or need its replication tooling.
Watch out
Oracle controls development behind closed doors and some features are enterprise-only; many teams pick MariaDB or PostgreSQL instead.
Ready for
Production-ready
Runs as
Self-hosted server and cloud service
Built with
C++ and C
How established
Established: started 12 years ago, no tagged release yet.
What the license allows
GitHub could not read the license. Check it in the repository before reusing any code.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

LLVM projectGCC

Follow it down: MySQL Server → LLVM project → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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