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What is MariaDB?

MariaDB is a backward compatible, drop-in replacement of the MySQL® Database Server. It includes all major open source storage engines.

You can see a list of all current and old releases as well as a feature comparison to MySQL.

The source code for MariaDB is publically available on GitHub. Binaries and packages are also available.

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