MySQL

Popular relational database

78
Needs attention
Funding
Stable
Maintenance
Moderate
Contributors
Healthy
Bus Factor
Low risk
Metrics last updated: 6 days ago (2026-02-07)
Alternative Project
This project is alternative by MariaDB MariaDB is a community-developed fork with more open governance and additional features. Many Linux distributions now default to MariaDB.

Overview

MySQL is an open-source relational database management system. It is one of the most popular databases in the world, used by major websites and applications.

Importance

  • Powers websites worldwide
  • Foundation of LAMP stack
  • Critical for web applications
  • Used by Facebook, Twitter, and more

Key Features

  • Relational data model
  • ACID compliance
  • Replication support
  • InnoDB storage engine

Sustainability

MySQL is owned by Oracle with commercial support. The community edition remains open source, though development is controlled by Oracle.

Dependencies

⬆️ Depends On (3)
OpenSSL 96
zlib 71
Linux Kernel 88
MySQL
data
⬇️ Used By (2)
Ruby on Rails 96
Vitess 90

Dependency Chain

Upstream
OpenSSL → zlib → Linux Kernel →
MySQL
→ Ruby on Rails → Vitess
Downstream

Impact Analysis

3 Direct Dependencies
2 Dependent Projects
🔗 Middleware project

⚠️ Impact Risk: Changes to MySQL could affect 2 downstream projects.

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