macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install mariadb@11.4local Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install mariadb-11.4MacPorts ports tree · databases/mariadb-11.4/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install mariadb@11.4 with Homebrew, MacPorts, apk, chocolatey, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper, apt, scoop, winget
Drop-in replacement for MySQL. Version 11.4.12 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-05. Also installable with macports: sudo port install mariadb-11.4.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add mariadbAlpine Linux edge package indexes · mariadb · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install mariadbFedora Rawhide package metadata · mariadb · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#mariadbnixpkgs package indexes · mariadb · source: raw.githubusercontent.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S mariadbArch Linux sync databases · mariadb · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install mariadbopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · mariadb · source: download.opensuse.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libmariadb-devDebian stable package indexes · libmariadb-dev · source: deb.debian.org
Windows
Chocolateyverified · 92%
choco install mariadbChocolatey community package catalog · mariadb · source: community.chocolatey.org
Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/mariadbScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/mariadb.json · source: api.github.com
Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id MariaDB.Server -eWindows Package Manager source index · MariaDB.Server · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
overview
Package summary
Drop-in replacement for MySQL
Project links
Commands and aliases
- aria_s3_copy
history
Project history and usage
MariaDB 11.4 is a long-term-support MariaDB Server line and the first broadly stabilizing LTS in the 11.x generation. The Homebrew mariadb@11.4 formula is useful when users want newer 11.x behavior but need a locked feature set and a support window rather than a moving default.
Project history
MariaDB began in 2009 as a MySQL-compatible community fork and later developed its own release policy and source tree. By the 11.x generation, MariaDB had separated feature-development cadence from long-term-support expectations.
MariaDB Foundation announced in April 2024 that MariaDB Server 11.4 would be an LTS release to support users expecting five years of bug fixes in a release with a locked feature set. The 11.4.2 release notes identify 29 May 2024 as the Stable GA date and say 11.4 is maintained until May 2029.
Adoption history
MariaDB 11.4 became a natural landing point for users who wanted to leave older 10.x branches while avoiding short-lived 11.x releases. The Foundation explicitly framed 11.4 LTS as a way to encourage broader MariaDB 11 adoption.
For package users, adoption is often controlled by production parity: a versioned formula lets local development, CI, and migration testing stay on 11.4 even if the unversioned Homebrew formula moves to a newer LTS.
How it is used
Use mariadb@11.4 when an application is certified for MariaDB 11.4, when production is on the 2024 LTS line, or when users want 11.x features with an LTS maintenance horizon.
MariaDB 11.4 release notes call out dump/client compatibility behavior around a new sandbox command in mariadb-dump output. That is exactly the kind of packaging detail that makes version pinning useful for database users and tooling authors.
Why package nerds care
The package significance of mariadb@11.4 is controlled modernization. It gives users a stable 11.x target without forcing them to jump to each later branch, which matters for SQL compatibility, dumps, replication testing, plugins, and client tooling.
As an LTS branch maintained until May 2029, 11.4 is a strong default pin for users who need a supported MariaDB line but are not ready to follow yearly LTS upgrades immediately.
Timeline
- 2009: MariaDB began as a community fork of MySQL.
- 2024: MariaDB Foundation announced that MariaDB Server 11.4 would be LTS.
- 2024: MariaDB 11.4.2 became Stable GA on 29 May 2024.
- 2025: MariaDB 11.8 succeeded 11.4 as the next yearly LTS.
- 2029: MariaDB 11.4 maintenance is scheduled through May 2029.
Related projects
- MariaDB 10.11 is the older 10.x LTS line for conservative compatibility.
- MariaDB 11.8 is the next yearly LTS after 11.4.
- MariaDB Connector/C provides the client library used by C/C++ applications connecting to 11.4.
Sources
- https://mariadb.com/docs/release-notes/community-server/11.4/11.4.2
- https://mariadb.com/docs/server/clients-and-utilities/server-client-software/download/getting-the-mariadb-source-code
- https://mariadb.com/docs/server/server-management/install-and-upgrade-mariadb/configuring-mariadb/configuring-mariadb-with-option-files
- https://mariadb.org/11-4-lts/
- https://mariadb.org/about/
- https://mariadb.org/download/
- https://mariadb.org/mariadb-server-turns-fifteen/
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for mariadb@11.4. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Formula metadata declares a service or daemon block.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 7 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 5 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
/etc/my.cnf/etc/mysql/my.cnf$MARIADB_HOME/my.cnf$MYSQL_HOME/my.cnf~/.my.cnf- Windows
System Windows Directory\my.iniSystem Windows Directory\my.cnfWindows Directory\my.iniWindows Directory\my.cnfC:\my.iniC:\my.cnfinstalldir\my.iniinstalldir\my.cnfinstalldir\data\my.iniinstalldir\data\my.cnf%MARIADB_HOME%\my.ini%MARIADB_HOME%\my.cnf%MYSQL_HOME%\my.ini%MYSQL_HOME%\my.cnf
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Unix
/etc/my.cnf/etc/mysql/my.cnf$MARIADB_HOME/my.cnf$MYSQL_HOME/my.cnf~/.my.cnf- Windows
System Windows Directory\my.iniSystem Windows Directory\my.cnfWindows Directory\my.iniWindows Directory\my.cnfC:\my.iniC:\my.cnfinstalldir\my.iniinstalldir\my.cnfinstalldir\data\my.iniinstalldir\data\my.cnf%MARIADB_HOME%\my.ini%MARIADB_HOME%\my.cnf%MYSQL_HOME%\my.ini%MYSQL_HOME%\my.cnf
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
aria_s3_copy | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-26
manager version11.4.12
manager updated2026-07-05
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://mariadb.org/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:mariadb@11.4 |
|---|---|
| Version | 11.4.12 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mariadb@11.4 |
| Homepage | https://mariadb.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/MariaDB/server |
| Upstream docs | https://mariadb.com/docs/server |
| License | GPL-2.0-only |
| Source archive | https://archive.mariadb.org/mariadb-11.4.12/source/mariadb-11.4.12.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-07-05T20:42:00+01:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | groonga, lz4, lzo, openssl@3, pcre2, xz, zstd |
| Build dependencies | bison, cmake, fmt, openjdk, pkgconf |
| Uses from macOS | bzip2, krb5, libedit, libxcrypt, libxml2, ncurses |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | declared |
| Caveats | A "/etc/my.cnf" from another install may interfere with a Homebrew-built server starting up correctly. MySQL is configured to only allow connections from localhost by default |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | mariadb@11.4 |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | yes |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
MacPorts95%
mariadb-11.4
sudo port install mariadb-11.4- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mariadb 11 4
Debian apt88%
libmariadb-dev 1:11.8.6-0+deb13u1
MariaDB database development files
sudo apt install libmariadb-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mariadb
- 4 dependencies
- versioned package alias match
- Matched by: Mariadb
Debian apt88%
libmariadb-dev-compat 1:11.8.6-0+deb13u1
MariaDB Connector/C, compatibility symlinks
sudo apt install libmariadb-dev-compat- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mariadb
- 1 dependencies
- 2 provides
- versioned package alias match
- Matched by: Mariadb
Debian apt88%
libmariadb3 1:11.8.6-0+deb13u1
MariaDB database client library
sudo apt install libmariadb3- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mariadb
- 4 dependencies
- versioned package alias match
- Matched by: Mariadb
Debian apt88%
libmariadbd-dev 1:11.8.6-0+deb13u1
MariaDB embedded database, development files
sudo apt install libmariadbd-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mariadb
- 2 dependencies
- 1 provides
- versioned package alias match
- Matched by: Mariadb
Debian apt88%
libmariadbd19t64 1:11.8.6-0+deb13u1
MariaDB embedded database, shared library
sudo apt install libmariadbd19t64- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mariadb
- 10 dependencies
- 1 provides
- versioned package alias match
- Matched by: Mariadb
Debian apt88%
mariadb-backup 1:11.8.6-0+deb13u1
Backup tool for MariaDB server
sudo apt install mariadb-backup- Section: database
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mariadb
- 12 dependencies
- versioned package alias match
- Matched by: Mariadb
Debian apt88%
mariadb-client 1:11.8.6-0+deb13u1
MariaDB database client binaries
sudo apt install mariadb-client- Section: database
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mariadb
- 10 dependencies
- 1 provides
- 4 optional deps
- versioned package alias match
- Matched by: Mariadb
Debian apt88%
mariadb-client-compat 1:11.8.6-0+deb13u1
MySQL compatibility links to mariadb-client binaries/scripts
sudo apt install mariadb-client-compat- Section: database
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: mariadb
- 1 dependencies
- versioned package alias match
- Matched by: Mariadb
Debian apt88%
mariadb-client-core 1:11.8.6-0+deb13u1
MariaDB database core client binaries
sudo apt install mariadb-client-core- Section: database
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mariadb
- 10 dependencies
- 1 provides
- versioned package alias match
- Matched by: Mariadb
Debian apt88%
mariadb-common 1:11.8.6-0+deb13u1
MariaDB database common config files (/etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/)
sudo apt install mariadb-common- Section: database
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: mariadb
- 1 dependencies
- versioned package alias match
- Matched by: Mariadb
Debian apt88%
mariadb-plugin-connect 1:11.8.6-0+deb13u1
Connect storage engine for MariaDB server
sudo apt install mariadb-plugin-connect- Section: database
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mariadb
- 8 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- versioned package alias match
- Matched by: Mariadb
Debian apt88%
mariadb-plugin-connect-jdbc 1:11.8.6-0+deb13u1
Connect storage engine JDBC interface for MariaDB server
sudo apt install mariadb-plugin-connect-jdbc- Section: database
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: mariadb
- 1 dependencies
- 5 optional deps
- versioned package alias match
- Matched by: Mariadb
Debian apt88%
mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check 1:11.8.6-0+deb13u1
CrackLib Password Validation Plugin for MariaDB server
sudo apt install mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check- Section: database
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mariadb
- 3 dependencies
- versioned package alias match
- Matched by: Mariadb
Debian apt88%
mariadb-plugin-gssapi-client 1:11.8.6-0+deb13u1
GSSAPI authentication plugin for MariaDB client
sudo apt install mariadb-plugin-gssapi-client- Section: database
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mariadb
- 3 dependencies
- versioned package alias match
- Matched by: Mariadb
Debian apt88%
mariadb-plugin-gssapi-server 1:11.8.6-0+deb13u1
GSSAPI authentication plugin for MariaDB server
sudo apt install mariadb-plugin-gssapi-server- Section: database
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: mariadb
- 4 dependencies
- versioned package alias match
- Matched by: Mariadb
source trail
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Used sources
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment