MySQL

Popular relational database

84
Healthy · 84/100
Automated health estimate

The score summarizes repository activity. Funding is unknown and excluded from the score. These repository signals do not establish financial stability, security, or maintainer availability. How to interpret this data.

Funding
Unknown
Maintenance
Moderate
Contributors
Many observed
Bus Factor
Low risk
Metrics last updated: (2026-10-25)

Evidence and limitations

Activity source: mysql/mysql-server via the GitHub API. Counts describe this repository, which may be a mirror or only part of the project.

Commits in 30 days
9
Commits in 90 days
646
Authors accounting for half the sampled commits
5

The 200-commit author sample does not cover the full 90 days. Author counts are lower bounds; concentration describes the sample only.

Few commits can reflect mature software. Commit authors do not establish merge rights, available maintainers, organizational diversity, or knowledge distribution. Funding is unknown; donation links alone do not establish income or runway.

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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

Financial sustainability and maintainer capacity have not yet been reviewed against current primary sources. See the evidence and support sections above for available information and a way to suggest corrections.

Dependencies

⬆️ Depends On (3)
MySQL
data
⬇️ Used By (2)

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.