MariaDB is a solid open-source alternative to MySQL (alongside other forks like Percona MySQL). However, before switching from MySQL to MariaDB, you need to understand the basic version compatibility between them 鈥?otherwise, you may encounter many issues after the replacement.
Below, let’s take a look at the general version mapping between them:
| Version | |
| MariaDB 5.5 | MySQL 5.5 |
| MariaDB 10.0 | MySQL 5.6 |
| MariaDB 10.1 | MySQL 5.6 and MySQL 5.7 |
| MariaDB 10.2 | MySQL 5.6 and MySQL 5.7 |
| MariaDB 10.3 | MySQL 5.6 and MySQL 5.7 |
| MariaDB 10.4 | MySQL
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