install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install mydumper

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#mydumper

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/my/mydumper/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Ubuntu aptverified · 92%

sudo apt install mydumper

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · mydumper · source: archive.ubuntu.com

overview

Package summary

MySQL logical backup tool

Project links

Commands and aliases

mydumper
myloader

history

Project history and usage

MyDumper is a community-maintained logical backup and restore toolset for MySQL-family databases. Its own documentation frames the project as a response to the limits of mysqldump: mysqldump is widely used for logical backups, but its single-threaded design makes large backups and restores slow. MyDumper split that workflow into two programs, `mydumper` for exporting consistent backups and `myloader` for importing them, with both tools built around multithreading.

Project history

The project has long occupied the DBA niche between the official mysqldump client and heavier physical-backup systems. Package descriptions and project documentation emphasize separate output files for tables and metadata, consistent snapshots across worker threads, binary log position capture, compression, regex-based selection, and parallel restore. A 2015 Percona post about version 0.9.1 highlighted full schema support in MyDumper/MyLoader, reducing the need to combine MyDumper data dumps with mysqldump schema dumps.

How it is used

In practice, MyDumper is used for fast logical backups, restores, and migrations where SQL-level portability matters but database size makes serial dumps painful. Cloud migration guides from Microsoft describe mydumper/myloader as community tools for large Azure Database for MySQL migrations, including examples that run MyDumper near the source database, tune thread counts, split table data into chunks, compress traffic, and restore with MyLoader on the target. Homebrew, Nix, and Ubuntu package it as `mydumper`, usually exposing the two command-line programs `mydumper` and `myloader`.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for mydumper. 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.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 4 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 3 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.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`mydumper`	cli	global executable
`myloader`	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 generated2026-07-08

manager version1.0.3-1

manager updated2026-06-22

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv1.0.3-1

https://github.com/mydumper/mydumper

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:mydumper
Version	1.0.3-1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mydumper
Homepage	https://github.com/mydumper/mydumper
Repository	https://github.com/mydumper/mydumper
Upstream docs	https://github.com/mydumper/mydumper#readme
License	GPL-3.0-or-later
Source archive	https://github.com/mydumper/mydumper/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.3-1.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-22T14:05:34-07:00
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	glib, mariadb-connector-c, openssl@3, pcre2
Build dependencies	cmake, pkgconf, sphinx-doc
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	mydumper
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

mydumper

nix profile install nixpkgs#mydumper

normalized package name match
Matched by: Mydumper

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/my/mydumper/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Ubuntu apt95%

mydumper 0.10.1-1ubuntu3

High-performance MySQL backup tool

https://github.com/maxbube/mydumper

sudo apt install mydumper

Section: universe/database
Architecture: amd64
5 dependencies
1 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Mydumper

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mydumper from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

mydumper-doc 0.10.1-1ubuntu3

High-performance MySQL backup tool - documentation

https://github.com/maxbube/mydumper

sudo apt install mydumper-doc

Section: universe/doc
Architecture: all
Source Package: mydumper
1 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Mydumper

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mydumper-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/mydumper.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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