#36891: What is the recommended database driver for python 3.14 and MariaDB &
MySQL, is mysqlclient and of life?
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Reporter: stephanm | Owner: (none)
Type: Uncategorized | Status: new
Component: Uncategorized | Version: 6.0
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
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Description changed by stephanm:
Old description:
> In https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/ref/databases/#mysql-db-api-
> drivers
> mysqlclient is the recommended choice for MariaDB and MySQL.
>
> On https://www.djangoproject.com/download/ you recommend to use the
> latest version of Python.
>
> Python 3.14.2 has landed and 3.14.3 will land in the next days on
> 2026-02-03, so it has already got some bugfixes and real life feedback.
>
> Now if I look in https://pypi.org/project/mysqlclient/#files the last
> release is dated 2025-01-10, so it's over one year old.
> Actually I use python 3.13.11 on windows 64bit with mysqlclient:
> `mysqlclient-2.2.7-cp313-cp313-win_amd64.whl`
>
> Actually there are no binary wheels for python 3.14 .
>
> I looked also on https://github.com/PyMySQL/mysqlclient/commits/main/
> seeing that the last commit was on 2025-02-23.
>
> So it looks like that this project has stopped development, even if did
> not find any statement about this.
>
> My questions are:
> 1. Are you aware of this situation (or did you perhaps talk to the
> mysqlclient developer)?
> 2. What is your official recommended database driver choice for MariaDB /
> MySQL for python 3.14?
> 3. If you can answer to 2.), can you please update the documentation?
>
> Thanks :-)
New description:
In https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/ref/databases/#mysql-db-api-
drivers
mysqlclient is the recommended choice for MariaDB and MySQL.
On https://www.djangoproject.com/download/ you recommend to use the latest
version of Python.
Python 3.14.2 has landed and 3.14.3 will land in the next days on
2026-02-03, so it has already got some bugfixes and real life feedback.
Now if I look in https://pypi.org/project/mysqlclient/#files the last
release is dated 2025-01-10, so it's over one year old.
Actually I use python 3.13.11 on windows 64bit with mysqlclient:
`mysqlclient-2.2.7-cp313-cp313-win_amd64.whl`
Actually there are no binary wheels for python 3.14 .
I looked also on https://github.com/PyMySQL/mysqlclient/commits/main/
seeing that the last commit was on 2025-02-23.
So it looks like that this project has stopped development, even if I did
not find any statement about this.
My questions are:
1. Are you aware of this situation (or did you perhaps talk to the
mysqlclient developer)?
2. What is your official recommended database driver choice for MariaDB /
MySQL for python 3.14?
3. If you can answer to 2.), can you please update the documentation?
Thanks :-)
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