--- title: Stop using MySQL in 2026, it is not true open source description: MySQL's development has significantly declined under Oracle's stewardship, with commit activity dropping sharply in 2025 and staff reductions announced. Oracle... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/stop-using-mysql-in-2026-it-is-not-true-open-source-wleltp3iy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Stop using MySQL in 2026, it is not true open source | daily.dev og:description: MySQL's development has significantly declined under Oracle's stewardship, with commit activity dropping sharply in 2025 and staff reductions announced. Oracle... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/stop-using-mysql-in-2026-it-is-not-true-open-source-wleltp3iy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/WleLTp3IY.png og:image:alt: Stop using MySQL in 2026, it is not true open source og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Stop using MySQL in 2026, it is not true open source **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 10 min read · 95 upvotes · 8 comments ## Summary MySQL's development has significantly declined under Oracle's stewardship, with commit activity dropping sharply in 2025 and staff reductions announced. Oracle conducts all development behind closed doors, rejecting community contributions and treating MySQL as open source only by license, not practice. Technical issues have plagued recent releases, including data corruption bugs, performance regressions of 15%, and difficult upgrade paths. Oracle published 123 CVEs in 2025 with minimal transparency compared to MariaDB's 8. Migration to MariaDB is straightforward for most applications, offering true open source development with active community participation. Major platforms like Wikipedia and 57% of WordPress sites already use MariaDB. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@developerphedra** · 4 upvotes > I was already using MariaDB on the production server, but MySQL in the development environment. However, over the past few months, I’ve switched to MariaDB in development as well. **@code\_chimp** · 1 upvotes > Been using MariaDB since he forked it. **@yaireo** · 1 upvotes > so what is its not true open-source **@stuartgreig** · 0 upvotes > Is MariaDB better though? As someone in the MSSQL space I have no skin in the this game but found this interesting. **@nodirbekbokiev** · 0 upvotes > Daang, i didnt know > > Thanks for the info ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Open source MySQL repository has no commits in more than three months • DEVCLASS](https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-mysql-repository-has-no-commits-in-more-than-three-months-devclass-hd9isuidj) · DEVCLASS · 108 upvotes · 12 comments - [MySQL Repository Analysis Reveals Declining Development and Shrinking Contributor Base](https://daily.dev/posts/mysql-repository-analysis-reveals-declining-development-and-shrinking-contributor-base-l1pwksiq9) · InfoQ · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The clock's ticking for MySQL 8.0 as end of life looms](https://daily.dev/posts/the-clock-s-ticking-for-mysql-8-0-as-end-of-life-looms-jasht3a4g) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#infrastructure](https://daily.dev/tags/infrastructure), [#database](https://daily.dev/tags/database), [#postgresql](https://daily.dev/tags/postgresql), [#mysql](https://daily.dev/tags/mysql) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/stop-using-mysql-in-2026-it-is-not-true-open-source-wleltp3iy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Stop using MySQL in 2026, it is not true open source","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/stop-using-mysql-in-2026-it-is-not-true-open-source-wleltp3iy","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/stop-using-mysql-in-2026-it-is-not-true-open-source-wleltp3iy"},"datePublished":"2026-01-15T16:24:58.742Z","dateModified":"2026-01-15T16:25:21.437Z","description":"MySQL's development has significantly declined under Oracle's stewardship, with commit activity dropping sharply in 2025 and staff reductions announced. 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However, over the past few months, I’ve switched to MariaDB in development as well.","datePublished":"2026-02-11T04:42:40.476Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/WleLTp3IY#c-yjf3dyU6T","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Developer Phedra","url":"https://daily.dev/developerphedra","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocLJi048qDN10RhYlBCzCUaRTh8dZ1R7XEq0DaJFqXiZ8GskyQ=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":4}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Been using MariaDB since he forked it.","datePublished":"2026-03-05T13:52:02.913Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/WleLTp3IY#c-moTV1pmHJ","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Tim Goshinski","url":"https://daily.dev/code_chimp","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--_5X3OG7c--/f_auto/v1726237311/avatars/avatar_WhpHe2ngWJ9QbTYmApeA3"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"so what is its not true open-source","datePublished":"2026-03-03T18:31:40.107Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/WleLTp3IY#c-gSFb7cenf","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Yair Even Or","url":"https://daily.dev/yaireo","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/845031?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Is MariaDB better though? As someone in the MSSQL space I have no skin in the this game but found this interesting.","datePublished":"2026-03-13T09:15:02.014Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/WleLTp3IY#c-MMn2pCiPF","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Stuart Greig","url":"https://daily.dev/stuartgreig","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--FoVqUWgr--/f_auto/v1772633885/avatars/avatar_V6TOuZS8XXplYvc5hNLgE?_a=BAMAMiiu0"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Daang, i didnt know\nThanks for the info","datePublished":"2026-03-29T22:30:00.574Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/WleLTp3IY#c-79jjEQoti","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Nodirbek Bokiev","url":"https://daily.dev/nodirbekbokiev","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--qdXQyI_n--/f_auto/v1772008823/avatars/avatar_IvQcwHZMECskPY2ZHJho5?_a=BAMAMiiu0"}}]} ```