Oracle has announced a new strategy for the further development of MySQL. Under new leadership, numerous features from the Enterprise Edition are to be incorporated into the free Community Edition.

In May of 2025, MySQL celebrated its 30th anniversary. Not many technology projects go strong for three decades, let alone at the level of use that MySQL enjoys. MySQL is listed at #2 on the ...

But Oracle has promised to make development of the Community Edition of the database more transparent and inclusive, and to roll in features previously limited to commercial versions of the database.