VillageSQL – A Fork of MySQL with Extensions
We built VillageSQL because we love MySQL, but we’ve watched the ecosystem stagnate while PostgreSQL flourished with extensions like pgvector and pg_textsearch. We wanted to give MySQL that same extensibility so teams don’t have to migrate databases just to keep building nowadays. VillageSQL is an open-source, tracking fork of MySQL that is a drop-in replacement and adds a true extension framework. How it works: +It’s a drop-in replacement +We added an interface to load external shared libraries (.so files) as extensions. +You define custom data types and functions (with indexes coming soon)…
VillageSQL – A Fork of MySQL with Extensions launched on February 5, 2026 with 12 votes, #935 of 16,627 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.
In plain words
VillageSQL is an open-source MySQL fork designed as a drop-in replacement that adds an extension framework. It allows developers to load external libraries and create custom data types and functions that run natively within the database engine, addressing MySQL's limited extensibility compared to PostgreSQL. The project launches with proof-of-concept extensions for AI, UUID, cryptography, and network addresses. VillageSQL targets teams who want to extend their database capabilities without migrating away from MySQL.
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From the sources
Introducing VillageSQL, an open-source tracking fork of MySQL It introduces an extension framework that unlocks permissionless innovation.
MySQL is the world's most popular open-source database by many measures but a persistent innovation gap has emerged. This gap causes developers to select other databases over MySQL for new application development, particularly when AI is involved. Today, we are launching VillageSQL to close that gap and empower the MySQL community by enabling permissionless innovation via extensions. VillageSQL is the innovation platform for MySQL and is focused on giving MySQL a new path for the agentic AI era. VillageSQL Server for MySQL is an open-source tracking fork that is a drop-in replacement for MySQL. It introduces an extension framework that includes custom data types and custom functions (with…from villagesql.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
We built VillageSQL because we love MySQL, but we’ve watched the ecosystem stagnate while PostgreSQL flourished with extensions like pgvector and pg_textsearch. We wanted to give MySQL that same extensibility so teams don’t have to migrate databases just to keep building nowadays. VillageSQL is an open-source…
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