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Lowering the Barrier for MariaDB Plugin Development: Plugins in More Languages
MariaDB Server has long supported a flexible plugin architecture. Plugins allow developers to extend server functionality in areas such as data types, auditing, storage engines, information schema tables, and more.
Today, MariaDB Server plugins are typically developed in C or C++, like the server’s codebase. At least for a while
Even with the current plugin-writing approach, familiarity with MariaDB internals is beneficial because it enables you to do things you otherwise cannot. But it is not required.
A new development […]
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Nextcloud renews its Silver sponsorship of MariaDB Foundation
MariaDB Foundation is pleased to announce that Nextcloud has renewed its Silver sponsorship for another year.
Nextcloud and MariaDB are widely used together by organisations that want greater control over their data and infrastructure. Both projects form part of a broader open-source ecosystem that enables businesses, public-sector organisations and individuals to build digital services without unnecessary dependence on proprietary platforms.
Over the past year, our collaboration has also developed through the Privacy-First Solution Stack, which brings together Nextcloud, Passbolt and […]
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MariaDB Foundation Sea Lion Champions Nominees: Fariha Shaikh
The MariaDB Foundation Sea Lion Champions program celebrates the people and organizations who help make the MariaDB ecosystem stronger, more open, and more useful for everyone.
Today, we’re thrilled to introduce Fariha, a recent nominee for the MariaDB Foundation Sea Lion Champion program in the Technical Excellence category. Fariha’s journey into the world of databases and open-source contributions is both inspiring and a testament to the vibrant MariaDB community. We sat down with Fariha to discuss her path, her work, […]
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MariaDB Privacy-First Stack: Nextcloud, Passbolt and MariaDB Server
I hear this sentence a lot: “We care about privacy.”
Good.
But then you look a bit closer.
Files are on some cloud platform. Nobody is completely sure which settings were changed two years ago. Passwords are in browsers, in chat messages, sometimes in a document with a name like credentials-final-v3. Backups? “The provider handles that.” Maybe. Where is the data exactly? “In Europe, normally.” Who has access? That’s when the room becomes quiet.
I don’t call that a privacy […]
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Passbolt renews its support for MariaDB Foundation
MariaDB Foundation is pleased to announce that Passbolt has renewed its Silver sponsorship for another year, continuing its long-term support for the MariaDB open-source ecosystem.
Passbolt is an open-source password manager designed for teams, with a strong focus on security, privacy, and user control. Its continued support reflects a shared commitment to building practical, trustworthy open-source infrastructure that organizations can deploy and operate with confidence.
Building on the Privacy-First Stack
During the first year of collaboration, Passbolt became part of […]
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Aqtra Joins MariaDB Foundation as a Gold Sponsor
MariaDB Foundation is pleased to welcome Aqtra Platform as a new Gold Sponsor.
Aqtra is a Development Infrastructure Layer (DIL) platform for building ERP solutions, business applications, internal and external portals, and workflows that connect multiple systems. The platform provides the underlying architecture, governance, integration, and runtime capabilities required to develop and operate business applications at scale, helping organisations automate complex processes without building and maintaining every application from scratch.
As part of the next stage of its platform evolution, […]
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MariaDB 13.1 Preview: This One Is Full of Community Goodies!
We just announced the availability of a preview of the MariaDB 13.1 series.
MariaDB 13.1 is a rolling release preview, and, as usual, this is the right moment to test what is coming, give feedback, and help us polish the next MariaDB Server release.
But this time, there is something really interesting.
And by “interesting”, I mean: wow!
MariaDB 13.1 Preview includes 32 MDEVs with new features and improvements. To put that in perspective:
That is almost twice MariaDB 13.0, […]
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MariaDB 13.1 preview available
We are pleased to announce the availability of a preview of the MariaDB 13.1 series. MariaDB 13.1 will be a rolling release.
MariaDB 13.1 introduces a lot of new features. Many of them were implemented by our awesome community contributors. See the complete list below:
Please, keep in mind, that features in the preview are not guaranteed to reach a 13.1.1-RC release. Those features that will not be considered stable enough for a Release Candidate, will appear in a later […]