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MariaDB server is a community developed fork of MySQL server. Started by core members of the original MySQL team, MariaDB actively works with outside developers to deliver the most featureful, stable, and sanely licensed open SQL server in the industry.

19 mentions on Hacker News by 17 people: 3 stories, 16 comments · first 2015-04-14 · latest 2026-08-04

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  1. …to simply state: "Support MariaDB with a simple gesture by starring the project on GitHub at https://github.com/MariaDB/Server " Edit: They finalized on something more generic it seems. https://github.com/MariaDB/server/pull/4262/files
    comment by giancarlostoro · 2026-08-04 · in MariaDB: Promote getting to 10k GitHub stars in server log and client prompt
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    MariaDB: Promote getting to 10k GitHub stars in server log and client prompt
    story by petecooper · 2026-08-04 · 23 comments
  3. …mysql/mysql-server: https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server MariaDB/server: https://github.com/MariaDB/server MariaDB: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MariaDB
    comment by westurner · 2026-01-16 · in Open source MySQL repository has no commits in more than three months
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    MariaDB star chasing: "Please help get to 10k stars"
    story by _xsd800 · 2025-10-03 · 0 comments
  5. Also, if you like MariaDB, show your support and help it get to 10k stars at https://github.com/MariaDB/Server
    comment by ottoke · 2025-06-06 · in MariaDB 11.8 LTS released with vector, Parsec auth, TLS-autoconfiguration etc.
  6. …Third party licenses retained in a THIRDPARTY file in MariaDB https://github.com/MariaDB/server/blob/main/THIRDPARTY Only two good examples I could quickly find.
    comment by Zambyte · 2025-04-21 · in Getting forked by Microsoft
  7. MariaDB explicitly checks if the port is non-zero before listening on a TCP socket: https://github.com/MariaDB/server/blob/ae998c22b2ce4f1023a6c... > if (mysqld_port) > activate_tcp_port(mysqld_port, &listen_sockets, false); if…
    comment by rvnx · 2024-12-26 · in Portspoof: Emulate a valid service on all 65535 TCP ports
  8. …for years with lots of well-known projects, such as Django framework, for instance. [1] https://github.com/MariaDB/server [2] https://github.com/percona/percona-server
    comment by stefanos82 · 2023-09-29 · in Ask HN: Postgres vs. MySQL in 2023?
  9. …words and a link to oracle.com: https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/blob/mysql-8.0.31/LICE... https://github.com/MariaDB/server/blob/mariadb-10.11.1/COPYI...
    comment by mdaniel · 2022-12-20 · in MariaDB plunges nearly 40% in NYSE debut after SPAC merger
  10. …C (or Rust nowaday) because kernel space. Exception handling is problematic in kernel space. [^1]: https:/github.com/MariaDB/server [^2]: https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server [^3]: https://zeromq.org/ [^4]:…
    comment by adev_ · 2020-05-06 · in Circle – A C++ compiler with compile-time imperative metaprogramming
  11. …a trademark of MariaDB Corporation Ab. Which is a bit odd, as MariaDB itself is gpl2 (+commercial)? https://github.com/MariaDB/server/blob/10.5/COPYING
    comment by e12e · 2019-11-19 · in Nebula, Slack's Open Source Global Overlay Network
  12. …exit the client. A few months ago someone took a stab at it but its not been merged yet. https://github.com/MariaDB/server/pull/703 https://lists.launchpad.net/maria-developers/msg11217.html https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-14448
    comment by Shelnutt2 · 2018-05-24 · in Postgres 11 Beta 1 released
  13. …even one order of magnitude larger than the systemd service unit, let alone orders of magnitude. * https://github.com/MariaDB/server/blob/10.1/support-files/my... I recommend actually learning about the reality of MongoDB. For starters,…
    comment by JdeBP · 2017-04-23 · in Systemd-free Devuan announces its first stable release candidate 'Jessie' 1.0.0
  14. …familiar with MySQL either. To help combat this ignorance, here are some actual systemd units: * https://github.com/MariaDB/server/blob/10.1/support-files/ma... -- MariaDB's official systemd service unit, 173 lines long *…
    comment by JdeBP · 2017-04-22 · in Systemd-free Devuan announces its first stable release candidate 'Jessie' 1.0.0
  15. …just to get one utility. Unfortunately it seems to pull in some MySQL/MariaDB specific code - https://github.com/MariaDB/server/blob/bb2c1a52c61706dde8c52...
    comment by voltagex_ · 2017-02-20 · in Adventures in /usr/bin and the likes
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    MariaDB will have recursive CTEs in 10.2.2
    story by chucky_z · 2016-10-05 · 0 comments
  17. Hm, they say "patched by MariaDB by August 30" but I don't see anything possibly related here https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commits/10.1 nor in other releases/tags.
    comment by rini17 · 2016-09-12 · in MySQL Remote Root Code Execution/Privilege Escalation Exploit
  18. …ge.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/un... * https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-5713 * https://github.com/MariaDB/server/pull/26 * https://github.com/MariaDB/server/pull/83 * https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/20c2ae39d…
    comment by JdeBP · 2016-05-02 · in Linux greybeards release beta of systemd-free Debian fork
  19. "MariaDB is a reanimated corpse" - Citation Needed Looks like to me, like it is far from a corpse: https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commits/10.1 I agree with you on both PostgreSQL and MongoDB, but saying MariaDB is a corpse is ignorant…
    comment by SEJeff · 2015-04-14 · in Apple ResearchKit on GitHub