<p><strong>Update:</strong>
Craft 3 officially supports MariaDB 5.5+ now. <a href="https://docs.craftcms.com/v3/requirements.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.craftcms.com/v3/requirements.html</a></p>

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<p>Not officially, no.  MariaDB is supposed to a "drop-in" replacement for MySQL, but there are clearly areas where it is not 1:1 compatible with MySQL: <a href="https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-vs-mysql-compatibility/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-vs-mysql-compatibility/</a></p>

<p>We've seen some installations using MariaDB where a query would actually return <em>incorrect</em> results and the same MySQL query on the same database returns that data correctly.</p>

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Any update on official support on the latest versions @BradBell? Or plans for it?
Russ Back
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2016-04-03T20:58:16.390Z
@RussBack no word on official support, but we haven't seen any issues with people running it in quite some time.
Brad Bell
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From my experience, craft runs much slower with big amount of data (40k categories in my case) on MariaDB, had to switch to MySQL 5.7.
Mark H.
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2014-10-21T18:45:59.910Z
Thats unfortunate for me. I was planning to setup a local dev environment on my synology NAS box. It comes with all the requirements - Apache web server, php, phpadmin and until recently msql. It has replaced mysql in a recent software update with MariaDB. I wonder if the problems you mention above are resolved in version 10 of MariaDB ( They seem to have been existent on version 5 - way back).
user2022284
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2014-10-21T18:47:41.443Z
Entirely possible. We saw a slew of MariaDB related support tickets maybe 8-12 months ago, but really haven't seen one in awhile.
Brad Bell
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2014-10-21T19:02:50.807Z
I wonder where I can poll the craft community to see if anyone has successfully used it with MariaDB 10 without any hiccups.
user2022284
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2014-10-21T19:03:54.233Z
Either on Twitter with the #craftcms hashtag or the G+ group buildwithcraft.com/gplus should do it.
Brad Bell
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Brad Bell
<p>I am hoping craft supports MariaDB. Also, since version 10, InnoDB transaction engine in MariaDB has been replaced with XtraDB. Will this work with Craft?</p>

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Does Craft Support MariaDB?
# Does Craft Support MariaDB?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-10-21)

I am hoping craft supports MariaDB. Also, since version 10, InnoDB transaction engine in MariaDB has been replaced with XtraDB. Will this work with Craft?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-10-21. Score: 9

**Update:**
Craft 3 officially supports MariaDB 5.5+ now. <https://docs.craftcms.com/v3/requirements.html>

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Not officially, no. MariaDB is supposed to a "drop-in" replacement for MySQL, but there are clearly areas where it is not 1:1 compatible with MySQL: <https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-vs-mysql-compatibility/>

We've seen some installations using MariaDB where a query would actually return *incorrect* results and the same MySQL query on the same database returns that data correctly.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thats unfortunate for me. I was planning to setup a local dev environment on my synology NAS box. It comes with all the requirements - Apache web server, php, phpadmin and until recently msql. It has replaced mysql in a recent software update with MariaDB. I wonder if the problems you mention above are resolved in version 10 of MariaDB ( They seem to have been existent on version 5 - way back).  
> **username_1**: Entirely possible. We saw a slew of MariaDB related support tickets maybe 8-12 months ago, but really haven't seen one in awhile.  
> **username_0**: I wonder where I can poll the craft community to see if anyone has successfully used it with MariaDB 10 without any hiccups.  
> **username_1**: Either on Twitter with the #craftcms hashtag or the G+ group buildwithcraft.com/gplus should do it.  
> **username_2**: Any update on official support on the latest versions @BradBell? Or plans for it?  
> **username_1**: @RussBack no word on official support, but we haven't seen any issues with people running it in quite some time.  
> **username_3**: From my experience, craft runs much slower with big amount of data (40k categories in my case) on MariaDB, had to switch to MySQL 5.7.  

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