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Databases and caches · GPL v2 (open source) · backed by Oracle · 12,501 stars

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MySQL Server, the world's most popular open source database, and MySQL Cluster, a real-time, open source transactional database.

License history

LICENSE file

GPL 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).

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
9 (GitHub weekly snapshots)

Weekly snapshots

Week ofStars
Nov 9, 202612,501
Oct 26, 202612,491
Oct 19, 202612,470
Oct 5, 202612,451
Sep 21, 202612,436

Changes

Stars per weekNov 9, 2026

Gains about 9 stars a week, down from 11.

Stars per weekOct 30, 2026

Gains about 11 stars a week, up from 9.

Stars per weekOct 20, 2026

Gains about 9 stars a week, up from 8.

Stars per weekOct 10, 2026

Gains about 8 stars a week.

TrackedSep 26, 2026

Now tracked, from mysql/mysql-server on GitHub.