MySQL Ecosystem Showcase
Explore tools and projects built with, for, or on MySQL.
Inspired by Shlomi Noach's Awesome MySQL and the askdba fork.
mysqlclient-python
PyMySQL community
A native Python MySQL/MariaDB connector based on the MySQL C client library. It is commonly used where applications want Python DB-API compatibility with a native driver.
MySQLTuner-perl
Major Hayden / contributors
A script that examines a MySQL installation and produces configuration and performance recommendations. It covers workload, memory, security, replication, and other operational signals to help administrators tune a server.
MyVector
Alkin Tezuysal
Native vector search plugin for MySQL that enables semantic search and AI-powered retrieval directly in MySQL.
MyZql
speed2exe
A MySQL and MariaDB driver written natively in Zig. The project is relatively new and explicitly identifies itself as beta, making it more experimental than the long-established drivers in this list.
node-mysql
mysqljs community
A pure-JavaScript MySQL client implementing the MySQL protocol for Node.js. It is a long-established and widely used library for JavaScript applications that need direct MySQL access.
Ocelot GUI
Ocelot Inc.
A graphical client for MySQL and MariaDB that includes SQL development and debugging capabilities. It targets users who want deeper database-oriented tooling than a basic query browser.
OmniDB
OmniDB
A web-based database management environment supporting MySQL and other database systems. It focuses on interactive SQL development and administration through a browser interface.
Orchestrator
Shlomi Noach
A MySQL replication topology manager and failover/orchestration system that became one of the best-known tools for automated MySQL topology management. The repository was archived by its owner in February 2025, so it is now historical rather than an actively maintained choice.
Percona Monitoring and Management
Percona
Percona's open-source monitoring and management platform for databases, with deep support for MySQL and related systems. It combines metrics, dashboards, query analytics, alerts, and database-management visibility in a centralized web UI.
Percona Replication Manager
Percona
A replication manager agent that integrates MySQL asynchronous replication with Pacemaker. It supports GTID and file-position replication and geographically distributed cluster scenarios.