MySQL Development Activity Declines in 2025, Raising Open Source Concerns
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thunderbong
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Summary
The article argues that MySQL is no longer truly open source under Oracle's stewardship and urges users to switch to MariaDB in 2026. It cites declining development activity on MySQL's GitHub repository as evidence of Oracle's neglect of the open source project. The author expresses distrust of Oracle as a steward for open source software, referencing the company's acquisition of MySQL through Sun Microsystems in 2009 and suggesting this has led to the project's decline.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledIf you care about supporting open source software, and still use MySQL in 2026, you should switch to MariaDB like so many others have already done.
The number of git commits on github.com/mysql/mysql-server has been significantly declining in 2025.
This is not surprising – Oracle should not be trusted as the steward for open source projects
When Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems and MySQL along with it back in 2009, the European Commission expressed concerns about the acquisition's impact on competition.
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