Here at DoltHub, like MariaDB and Oracle, we're in the MySQL business. We built a MySQL-compatible database, Dolt, that has all the version control fe

Is MySQL Dying? | DoltHub Blog

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2024-10-15 06:00:03

Here at DoltHub, like MariaDB and Oracle, we're in the MySQL business. We built a MySQL-compatible database, Dolt, that has all the version control features you know and love from Git. We made the decision to be MySQL-compatible back in 2019 when MySQL was riding high as the most popular open source SQL format. Oh, how times have changed? Some five years later, I'm penning an article asking whether MySQL is dying.

Postgres seems to have all the momentum as a SQL format. As MySQL proprietors, we can feel this. Often, the first words out of potential users' mouths is "I wish this was Postgres". We felt it so much that mid-2023, we decided to build Doltgres, our Postgres-flavored version of Dolt. Doltgres will be Beta in Q1 2025.

When I say MySQL, I mean the MySQL database format, any database you access with a MySQL client using the MySQL-variant of SQL. Can you SHOW DATABASES or SHOW TABLES? You're in MySQL format.

How vibrant is this ecosystem? Are the companies in it doing well? Are new systems being built on top of these databases? Are existing solutions migrating to these databases? Are the companies that own these databases investing in new features for MySQL users?