# ProxySQL

Protocol-aware proxy for MySQL and PostgreSQL databases.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/proxysql/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-30
Listed since: 2026-10-30

## Record

### Links

- home: https://proxysql.com/
- repository: https://github.com/sysown/proxysql
- docs: https://proxysql.com/documentation
- x: https://twitter.com/proxysql
- forum: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/proxysql/
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/proxysql

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: ProxySQL
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2013
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: deb and rpm packages from GitHub releases or package repositories

### License

- licenseModel: open-core
- license: GPL-3.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-20

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 6936
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 125
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://proxysql.com/ (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/sysown/proxysql (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://proxysql.com/documentation (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainer: https://proxysql.com/ (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainerType: https://proxysql.com/company (read 2026-10-30)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sysown/proxysql/v3.0/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/sysown/proxysql (read 2026-10-30)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sysown/proxysql/v3.0/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- runsAs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sysown/proxysql/v3.0/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- databases: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sysown/proxysql/v3.0/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sysown/proxysql/v3.0/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sysown/proxysql/v3.0/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sysown/proxysql/v3.0/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://proxysql.com/documentation/installing-proxysql (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sysown/proxysql/v3.0/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/sysown/proxysql (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sysown/proxysql/v3.0/LICENSE (read 2026-10-30)
- firstRelease: https://proxysql.com/company (read 2026-10-30)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/sysown/proxysql/releases (read 2026-10-30)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/sysown/proxysql/releases (read 2026-10-30)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/sysown/proxysql (read 2026-10-30)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/sysown/proxysql/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-30)

## Notes

ProxySQL sits between applications and MySQL, MariaDB or PostgreSQL servers. It runs as a service that the operating system's service manager controls. Packages come from GitHub releases and package repositories; the README also names a generic Linux tarball, a FreeBSD package and a git clone that builds from source, and the [installation guide](https://proxysql.com/documentation/installing-proxysql) names a Docker image on Docker Hub.

The project was started with René Cannaò's initial release in 2013, and the company behind it now also sells support.

## Worth knowing

The Web UI Administration feature appears on the paid Professional and Enterprise plans, while the Community plan lists the core features only.

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