Category Archives: Announcements
We are pleased to welcome Sylvain Arbaudie as a sponsor of the MariaDB Foundation.
Sylvain Arbaudie is an independent consultant with extensive experience helping organisations design reliable, scalable data infrastructures. Having worked primarily with commercial systems early in his career, Sylvain has witnessed how open source has matured into a powerful foundation for innovation, technological sovereignty, and long-term freedom—often surpassing proprietary alternatives in robustness and adaptability.
Among relational databases he has followed—MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MariaDB—Sylvain sees MariaDB as standing apart through its clarity of design, integrated ecosystem, and enterprise-grade reliability. These qualities make it a strong choice for organisations of all sizes, from individual founders to global enterprises.
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We are pleased to announce the availability of a preview of the MariaDB 12.3 series. MariaDB 12.3 will be a long-term release.
MariaDB 12.3 introduces numerous new features, in particular
Compatibility features
- Oracle TO_DATE() function (MDEV-19683)
- Support for cursors on prepared statements (MDEV-33830)
- SQL Standard SET PATH statement (MDEV-34391)
- SQL Standard Global Temporary Tables (MDEV-35915)
- SQL Standard IS JSON predicate (MDEV-37072)
- Allow UPDATE/DELETE to read from a CTE (MDEV-37220)
- XMLTYPE data type (MDEV-37261)
Replication
- Configurable defaults for MASTER_SSL_* settings for CHANGE MASTER (MDEV-28302)
- Fragment ROW replication events larger than max_packet_size (MDEV-32570)
- Improving performance of binary logging by removing the need of syncing it (MDEV-34705)
Miscellaneous
- New hash algorithms for PARTITION BY KEY (MDEV-9826)
- Hashicorp Plugin: Implement cache flush for forced key rotation (MDEV-30847)
- Optimise reorderable LEFT JOINs (MDEV-36055)
Thanks, and enjoy MariaDB!
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We are delighted to welcome QUAPE, a Singapore-based leader in high-performance hosting and IT infrastructure, as a Silver Sponsor of the MariaDB Foundation.
Founded in 2006, QUAPE provides enterprise-grade hosting solutions for businesses across Asia and beyond — from dedicated servers and VPS platforms to cybersecurity and custom software development. Their long-standing focus on reliability, speed, and scalable infrastructure mirrors the values we uphold within the MariaDB ecosystem.
One of the core responsibilities of the Foundation is to maintain and advance the MariaDB buildbot infrastructure: the continuous integration system that tests every change, validates every platform, and keeps MariaDB Server stable for millions of users worldwide.
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Mirror, mirror on the wall — what do you measure when you measure us all?
Is it skill, or is it voice?
Is it code, or is it conversation?
DB-Engines is not a looking glass of perfection, but a mirror of perception — reflecting the chorus of those who search, speak, teach, compare, and build. And like every enchanted mirror, it shows not only what is, but what the world believes it sees.
MariaDB today stands firmly among the world’s top relational databases.
Not by inheritance, and not by illusion, but by the millions who use it, trust it, and shape it.
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We’re delighted to welcome Redgate as a new Silver Sponsor of the MariaDB Foundation.
Redgate is well known across the database world for software solutions which reliably solve the challenges of database management – enabling secure, scalable and AI-ready databases. Their products support database DevOps, monitoring, and compliance across many technologies – and we’re proud to see MariaDB added to that ecosystem.
At MariaDB Foundation, our mission is to ensure the continuity and openness of MariaDB as a community-developed database. Every new sponsor strengthens that mission – not only financially, but by deepening collaboration across the broader database landscape.
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The MariaDB Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of MariaDB 12.2.1, the latest release candidate (RC) rolling release.
MariaDB 12.2.1 features deeper MySQL and Oracle compatibility, removal of the depth limit from JSON functions, and additional Information Schema tables and columns.
See the overview, release notes and changelogs for details.
Release Notes Changelog Overview of MariaDB 12.2
MariaDB APT and YUM Repository Configuration Generator
Contributors to MariaDB 12.2.1
Akshat Nehra (Amazon)
Aleksey Midenkov (MariaDB Corporation)
Alexander Barkov (MariaDB Corporation)
Alexey Botchkov (MariaDB Corporation)
Alexey Yurchenko (Codership)
Andrei Elkin (MariaDB Corporation)
Arcadiy Ivanov
Brandon Nesterenko (MariaDB Corporation)
Christian Hesse
Daniel Bartholomew (MariaDB Corporation)
Daniel Black (MariaDB Foundation)
Dave Gosselin (MariaDB Corporation)
Debarun Banerjee (MariaDB Corporation)
Denis Protivensky (Codership)
Dmitry Shulga (MariaDB Corporation)
Elena Stepanova (MariaDB Corporation)
Fariha Shaikh (Amazon)
Florian Smeets (FreeBSD)
Hemant Dangi (Codership)
i18n.site
Jan Lindström (MariaDB Corporation)
Jean Weisbuch
Jimmy Hú (MariaDB Corporation)
J. …
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MariaDB Foundation is pleased to announce that Zencoder has joined as a Silver Sponsor.
Zencoder describes itself as “a universal AI platform focused on integrating generative coding workflows into existing developer tools and infrastructure. Connect any CLI to any IDE, starting with Claude Code, Codex and Zen CLI, while leveraging Zencoder’s proprietary enterprise-grade features like multi-repo intelligence. The platform supports on-premise, hybrid, or cloud deployment, with air-gapped and zero-VPC options to maintain enterprise security. Through modular ‘Zen Agents’, Zencoder codifies team practices into shareable, autonomous workflows that continuously code, test, and deploy.”
AI and databases: a natural alignment
AI-powered development inevitably depends on databases.
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The MariaDB Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of MariaDB 12.1.2, the latest stable rolling release.
MariaDB 12.1.2 features performance enhancements, deeper MySQL and Oracle compatibility, and other general improvements.
See the release notes and changelogs for details.
Release Notes Changelog Overview of MariaDB 12.1
MariaDB APT and YUM Repository Configuration Generator
Contributors to MariaDB 12.1.2
Aleksey Midenkov (MariaDB Corporation)
Alexander Barkov (MariaDB Corporation)
Alexey Botchkov (MariaDB Corporation)
Alexey Yurchenko (Codership)
Andrei Elkin (MariaDB Corporation)
Arcadiy Ivanov
Brandon Nesterenko (MariaDB Corporation)
Christian Hesse
Daniel Bartholomew (MariaDB Corporation)
Daniel Black (MariaDB Foundation)
Dave Gosselin (MariaDB Corporation)
Debarun Banerjee (MariaDB Corporation)
Denis Protivensky (Codership)
Dmitry Shulga (MariaDB Corporation)
Elena Stepanova (MariaDB Corporation)
Fariha Shaikh (Amazon)
Florian Smeets (FreeBSD)
Hemant Dangi (Codership)
i18n.site
Jan Lindström (MariaDB Corporation)
Jean Weisbuch
Jimmy Hú (MariaDB Corporation)
J. …
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