# MariaDB MaxScale

Database proxy that routes statements from applications to MariaDB and MySQL backend servers, with load balancing and high availability.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/maxscale/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-29
Listed since: 2026-10-29

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/MaxScale
- docs: https://mariadb.com/docs/maxscale
- forum: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/maxscale

### Identity

- status: discontinued
- maintainer: MariaDB plc
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2016
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: database
- hosting: binary
- language: cpp
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: mariadb, mysql
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: apt and dnf packages

### License

- licenseModel: source-available
- license: BUSL-1.1

### Releases

- currentMajor: unknown
- latestReleaseDate: 2024-08-27

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1497
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 39
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- status: https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/MaxScale/blob/24.02/README.md (read 2026-10-29)
- name: https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/MaxScale/blob/24.02/README.md (read 2026-10-29)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/mariadb-corporation/MaxScale (read 2026-10-29)
- urls: https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/MaxScale/blob/24.02/README.md (read 2026-10-29)
- maintainer: https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/MaxScale/blob/24.02/README.md (read 2026-10-29)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/MaxScale/blob/24.02/README.md (read 2026-10-29)
- category: https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/MaxScale/blob/24.02/README.md (read 2026-10-29)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/mariadb-corporation/MaxScale (read 2026-10-29)
- runtime: https://mariadb.com/docs/maxscale/maxscale-management/deployment/installation-and-configuration (read 2026-10-29)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/mariadb-corporation/MaxScale/git/refs/tags/maxscale-24.08.0 (read 2026-10-29)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/mariadb-corporation/MaxScale/git/refs/tags/maxscale-0.4.2 (read 2026-10-29)
- databases: https://mariadb.com/docs/maxscale/maxscale-quickstart-guides/maxscale-getting-started-guide (read 2026-10-29)
- runsAs: https://mariadb.com/docs/maxscale/maxscale-quickstart-guides/maxscale-getting-started-guide (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://mariadb.com/docs/maxscale/maxscale-quickstart-guides/maxscale-getting-started-guide (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://mariadb.com/docs/maxscale/maxscale-management/deployment/installation-and-configuration (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://mariadb.com/docs/maxscale/maxscale-management/deployment/installation-and-configuration (read 2026-10-29)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/mariadb-corporation/MaxScale (read 2026-10-29)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/mariadb-corporation/MaxScale/contributors?per_page=1&anon=false (read 2026-10-29)
- license: https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/MaxScale/blob/maxscale-24.08.0/licenses/LICENSE2408.TXT (read 2026-10-29)

## Notes

MariaDB MaxScale is a database proxy that forwards statements from applications to MariaDB and MySQL backend servers. It is written in C++, installed from packages or built from source, and started as a service on the host that runs the proxy. Its README describes load balancing and high availability that work transparently to the applications, with plugin components for protocols and routing decisions.

## Worth knowing

The README states that the open source version of MaxScale is no longer supported or maintained, and that a fully supported version is available from MariaDB plc. The newest tag is under the Business Source License, which allows production use on fewer than three server instances.

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