MariaDB Foundation

Overview

Non-profit organization that maintains MariaDB, a community-developed fork of MySQL. MariaDB is a drop-in replacement for MySQL with enhanced features.

Key Facts

  • Founded: 2012-12-01

  • Headquarters: Turku, Finland

  • Status: Non-profit foundation

  • MariaDB forked from MySQL in 2009 when Oracle acquired Sun/MySQL

  • Founded by MySQL co-founder Michael Widenius (Monty)

  • MariaDB is a drop-in replacement for MySQL (same API/protocol)

  • Enhanced features: column stores, JSON improvements, better performance

  • MariaDB Foundation ensures the project remains open-source

  • MariaDB Corporation provides commercial support and enterprise features

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