MySQL license, foundation and stars
Databases and caches · GPL v2 (open source) · backed by Oracle · 12,436 stars
MySQL Server, the world's most popular open source database, and MySQL Cluster, a real-time, open source transactional database.
License history
LICENSE fileGPL v2 No license change recorded since the repository was created in 2014.
Latest release
No GitHub releases published; the project releases elsewhere (tags or its own site).
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About and history
- Repository
- mysql/mysql-server · created Sep 26, 2014
- Website
- mysql.com
- Language
- C++
- Foundation
- None; run by Oracle
- Company
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- GitHub detects
- NOASSERTION (a custom or multi-license file; the license above is read from the file itself)
- Stars per week
- From the second weekly snapshot
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | 12,436 |
Changes
| What changed | |
|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2026 | TrackedAdded: mysql/mysql-server |