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PostgreSQLMariaDB Server
Free

Free and open source under the PostgreSQL Licence, a permissive licence similar to BSD and…

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
  • Over 35 years of development with a strong reputation for reliability and correctness
  • Extensible with custom types, index methods and procedural languages; PostGIS and pgvector are built on that
  • Drop-in replacement for MySQL
  • Default database in most Linux distributions
  • Default configuration is conservative and needs tuning for real workloads
  • Built-in replication and failover require third-party tooling to become a full HA setup
  • A database server only, with no graphical client included
  • Has diverged from MySQL in places, so some newer MySQL features may differ
Downloadable app, Self-hosted Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: PostgreSQL License: GPL-2.0-only
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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