Open Source Innovation for All
Welcome to the MariaDB Community. Learn how to get involved in the open source community – from finding a MariaDB event and learning how to contribute code to knowledge sharing and collaboration. Our vibrant and active user base is one of the key reasons why MariaDB is so popular around the world.
Connect
Join an event or upcoming MariaDB meetup around the world. It’s a great way to connect with peers and meet the MariaDB team!
Contribute
An open-source development model that allows you to avoid vendor lock-in while enjoying rapid innovation and greater flexibility. Escape Oracle’s rigid licensing and embrace the freedom of MariaDB.
Learn
There are many resources to help you get started with MariaDB. You can read the Knowledge Base for detailed release notes and documentation, join the mailing list or join the MariaDB Community Slack.
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What is MariaDB Server?
MariaDB Community Server is one of the most popular database servers in the world. The MariaDB database has been downloaded over 1 billion times and is the default over MySQL in the Linux distributions. Created by MySQL’s original developers, MariaDB is compatible with MySQL and Oracle, and is guaranteed to always be open source.
Our MariaDB Open Source Database Commitment
MariaDB Community Server is released under the GNU Public License v2. Throughout its history, MariaDB has shown its commitment to open source and the open source community. MariaDB Community Server is guaranteed to be open source, forever.
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Upgrade to Enterprise
MariaDB Community Server is a great way to get started with MariaDB and is ideal for development environments. For production workloads, we recommend that you upgrade to the enterprise version.