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MariaDB Galera Cluster | Galera Cluster | MariaDB Documentation
(mariadb.com)
reference
synchronous multi-master replication for MariaDB: implementation, config and production operation
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How To Install LAMP Stack (Apache, MySQL, PHP) on Ubuntu
(digitalocean.com)
tutorial
Installing Apache, MySQL and PHP on Ubuntu as a working LAMP stack
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How To Install PostgreSQL on Ubuntu
(digitalocean.com)
tutorial
Installing PostgreSQL on Ubuntu and creating roles and databases
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PostgreSQL: Documentation
(postgresql.org)
reference
version-indexed PostgreSQL manuals, current and unsupported releases, browsable or PDF
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GitHub - mysql/mysql-server: MySQL Server, the world's most popular open source database, and MySQL Cluster, a real-time, open source transactional database.
(GitHub)
repo
Oracle's MySQL server and NDB Cluster sources, GPLv2 community edition
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MariaDB Foundation - MariaDB.org
(MariaDB.org)
organisation
MariaDB Foundation news on server internals: pluggable aggregates, JSON_TABLE, sponsorship; MariaDB is GPLv2
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SQLite Home Page
(sqlite.org)
tool
Self-contained C library SQL engine with no server process, public-domain source
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Firebird: The true open source database for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and more
(Home)
tool
InterBase-lineage SQL engine for Linux, Windows and macOS; open source, commercial support ecosystem
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MySQL Software
(Percona)
tool
Percona's MySQL stack: drop-in server, XtraDB Cluster, XtraBackup, operator; no licensing fees
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MonetDB
(MonetDB)
tool
column-store SQL engine for analytics and hybrid HTAP, full ACID, window functions, UDF hooks; open source
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Apache Derby
(db.apache.org)
tool
embedded Java relational database with JDBC drivers, ~3.5 MB footprint; retired read-only since Oct 2025
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H2 Database Engine (redirect)
(h2database.com)
tool
Embedded Java SQL engine, open source, runs in-process or as a standalone server
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CUBRID | Enterprise Open Source DBMS
(cubrid.org)
tool
OLTP-tuned open source DBMS with heartbeat-based HA failover, broker middleware and GUI admin
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SQL Server Downloads | Microsoft
(microsoft.com)
tool
installer downloads per SQL Server edition; Express and Developer free, trials for the rest
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What is SQL Server on Linux? - SQL Server
(learn.microsoft.com)
reference
running Microsoft's proprietary engine on RHEL, Ubuntu, SLES, in containers or WSL2
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Oracle AI Database Free | Oracle
(oracle.com)
tool
no-cost Oracle 26ai edition capped at 2 CPUs, 2 GB RAM and 12 GB data; formerly Express Edition
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Db2 | IBM
(ibm.com)
tool
IBM enterprise database for mixed transactional and analytic workloads; free Community Edition
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CockroachDB Docs - CockroachDB
(CockroachDB)
reference
distributed SQL built to survive region failures; docs plus free Cockroach University, core source-available
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YB Documentation
(YugabyteDB Docs)
reference
Distributed PostgreSQL-compatible SQL: geo-distribution, sharding, Kubernetes deploys, Apache-2.0
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TiDB Self-Managed
(docs.pingcap.com)
reference
MySQL-compatible HTAP cluster: TiUP and Kubernetes deployment, TiFlash, migration, tuning; Apache-2.0
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Vitess
(vitess.io)
tool
Sharding, connection pooling and automatic failover layer fronting MySQL; live resharding
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Citus Data | Distributed Postgres. At any scale.
(Citus Data)
tool
Postgres extension adding row- and schema-based sharding for scale-out; open source, free to self-manage
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Tiger Data Documentation
(Tiger Data Docs)
reference
TimescaleDB, the PostgreSQL time-series extension: hypertables, continuous aggregates, self-run or cloud
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pgAdmin - PostgreSQL Tools
(pgadmin.org)
tool
PostgreSQL object browser and query tool with graphical EXPLAIN; desktop or web, open source
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DBeaver Community | Free Open-Source Database Management Tool
(dbeaver.io)
tool
cross-engine desktop SQL client; Community Edition no-cost under Apache-2.0, paid PRO alongside
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phpMyAdmin
(phpMyAdmin)
tool
web front end for MySQL/MariaDB: tables, users, privileges, SQL, import/export, 97 languages
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PgBouncer - lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL
(pgbouncer.org)
tool
PostgreSQL connection pooler; release notes cover CVE-2025-12819 auth-time SQL injection via search_path
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Patroni: A Template for PostgreSQL HA with ZooKeeper, etcd or Consul — Patroni 4.1.5 documentation
(patroni.readthedocs.io)
reference
PostgreSQL automatic failover and leader election via etcd, ZooKeeper or Consul, open source
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SQL Indexing and Tuning e-Book for developers: Use The Index, Luke covers Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, ...
(use-the-index-luke.com)
tutorial
vendor-agnostic SQL indexing and query tuning; free web edition of SQL Performance Explained
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Part I. Tutorial
(PostgreSQL Documentation)
tutorial
Introductory walkthrough of relational concepts and SQL against PostgreSQL, official Part I
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SQLite In 5 Minutes Or Less
(sqlite.org)
tutorial
first steps with the sqlite3 command-line shell and the TCL binding; prebuilt binaries or build yourself
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Modern SQL: A lot has changed since SQL-92
(modern-sql.com)
reference
what the SQL standard added after SQL-92 -- CTEs, arrays, temporal -- with per-engine support tables
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PowerDNS Authoritative Nameserver - PowerDNS Authoritative Server documentation
(doc.powerdns.com)
reference
authoritative nameserver serving zones from MySQL/PostgreSQL, BIND files or JSON APIs via backends