MariaDB Server: the innovative open source database

MariaDB 11.8.4, 11.4.9, 10.11.15 and 10.6.24 now available

The MariaDB Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of MariaDB 11.8.4, MariaDB 11.4.9, MariaDB 10.11.5 and MariaDB 10.6.24, the latest stable releases in their respective long-term series (receiving regular maintenance and support for three years from their first stable release dates, and critical security fixes as source code releases for two additional years beyond). …

MariaDB vs PostgreSQL: Understanding the Architectural Differences That Matter

This blog post is based on the YouTube presentation “MariaDB vs PostgreSQL: Technical Deep Dive | Architecture, Performance & Design Trade-offs” by Manoj Vakeel, part of MariaDB Foundation’s ongoing series exploring core database design choices and how they impact modern workloads. …

Last Call: State of MariaDB 2025 Survey (+ New Preview Insights)

There are a couple days left until the survey closes – take this as a gentle nudge to participate if you’ve been meaning to 🙂 
Take the survey now!

How deep can a bug be?

Last year I filed a bug report MDEV-33603 on what a looked like a benign problem with an optimizer taking a different code path in a particular trivial looking test. …

MariaDB Cloud – kicking the tires with openflights data

MariaDB plc recently acquired SkySQL and rebranded it MariaDB Cloud that offers serverless MariaDB as a service. Kaj Arnö interviewed the technical father, and now it is time for a practical, technical kick-the-tires look at MariaDB Cloud. …