Tag: MariaDB Adoption Index
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MariaDB adoption is growing, and the way people get it is changing – Adoption Index 2026-09
The MariaDB Adoption Index is up 126% in a year. More people are downloading MariaDB, more people are contributing to it, and more projects are building on it than at any point since we started measuring.
At the same time, the numbers show something else: the way people acquire and discover MariaDB is changing. Some of our older metrics are falling – not because MariaDB is, but because the channels they measure are.
The index combines 24 metrics – downloads, […]
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Riding the Waves – the MariaDB adoption index in October 2025
Even positive trends have hiccups. Last month we celebrated “onwards and upwards”. This month the adoption index took a bit of a knock. We also made a couple of minor updates to the index thanks to feedback from the community. This is all in the spirit of openness – with transparent numbers, we can together tackle challenges and work on the success of MariaDB.
Highlights in metrics
Metrics that rose considerably this month: MariaDB in Debian popcon, Github stars, mentions […]
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MariaDB Onwards and Upwards in September 2025
The MariaDB open source project keeps growing! The amount of unique external contributors to the MariaDB project is at an all time high, as well as Docker image downloads – just to mention two metrics from the 23 metrics that the MariaDB Adoption Index combines.
There is no single number to represent the success of an open source project, so we combined 23 weighted metrics to a monthly index. The index is as neutral as possible: no comparisons to other […]
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This month in MariaDB Foundation: Mar 2025
March was a busy month in the world of MariaDB!
Let’s explore the progress through the lens of the Six Goals for 2025, introduced in January.
Board Meeting 1/2025: New Executive Chairman, new CEO
But before we dive into that, let me briefly highlight developments from the two most recent Board Meetings. In the Report from the Board blog post about the late February meeting, I already noted a key organisational change:
Let me once more congratulate Anna, and encourage […]
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This month in MariaDB Foundation: Feb 2025
“The act of measuring disturbs the system and changes its state.” is a quote attributed to Werner Heisenberg. While I am uncertain about whether Heisenberg ever uttered those exact words, I am certain that the quote “What doesn’t get measured, doesn’t get managed” is a management adage that gets a lot of negative publicity, deservedly so.
Metrics Not Considered Harmful
Yet, metrics can be helpful. MariaDB Foundation is far from overmeasuring pointy-haired-boss numbers, and in February, we made an attempt […]