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MariaDB Server vs Dolt: catalog facts
MariaDB Server	Dolt
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free Dolt is free and open source under Apache 2.0; DoltHub is a separate hosted service.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Drop-in replacement for MySQL Default database in most Linux distributions	Git-style versioning applied to database tables Familiar SQL in a MySQL-style database
A database server only, with no graphical client included Has diverged from MySQL in places, so some newer MySQL features may differ	Command-line focused Different workflow from a conventional database server
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0-only	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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