MariaDB Server: the innovative open source database

MariaDB Server 10.6 Reaches End of Life on July 6th

MariaDB Server 10.6 has been with us for a long time. It was the last MariaDB LTS released under the previous release model, and it has served many users, distributions, applications, and production environments very well. …

MariaDB Foundation Sea Lion Champions Nominees: Sylvain Arbaudie

Interview with Sylvain Arbaudie, nominated in the Technical Excellence category.
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. …

MariaDB Server 12.3, 11.8, 11.4, 10.11, 10.6 – May 2026’s releases: thank you for your contributions

On May… we have released an update of our 5 current LTS releases:
These new releases contain a large amount of external contributions. The number of contributors is constantly growing, which is great! …

DuckDB Storage Engine for MariaDB. When the Sea Lion Learns to Quack.

An early look at the DuckDB storage engine for MariaDB — columnar, vectorized analytics that live right next to your transactional tables.
The problem
MariaDB’s InnoDB is excellent at what it was built for: transactions. …