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mysql-connector-python

MySQL Connector/Python is implementing the MySQL Client/Server protocol completely in Python. No MySQL libraries are needed, and no compilation is necessary to run this Python DB API v2.0 compliant driver. Documentation & Download: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-python/en
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Shared Repository

This package shares its GitHub repository (mysql/mysql-connector-python) with 1 other package. Stars, forks, and other GitHub metrics reflect the entire repository.
Downloads
Day
1.7M
Week
11.2M
Month
48.2M
Stars
952
Forks
300
Issues
0
Version
9.7.0

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0-100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
80
Popularity
66
Adoption
70
Community
70
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
71 days ago
Monthly downloads
48,213,052
Active
Activity within 30 days
• Stable
Activity within 31-180 days
Minimal
Activity within 181-365 days, or no activity data
At Risk
No activity for > 365 days, but > 10,000 monthly downloads
Archived
Repository flagged as archived on GitHub
How the popularity category was determined
Monthly downloads
48,213,052
Stars
952
Stars per 1k downloads
0.02
• Industry Standard
> 10,000,000 monthly downloads
Hidden Gem
< 0.5 stars per 1k downloads and > 100,000 monthly downloads
Community Favorite
> 5 stars per 1k downloads
Rising Star
Balanced ratio of stars to downloads
Unknown
Fewer than 1,000 monthly downloads, or no star data
How download momentum is calculated
Week daily avg
1,602,097
Month daily avg
1,607,102
Momentum
-0.3%
((week_daily_avg - month_daily_avg) / month_daily_avg) * 100
Python version support tiers
requires_python
>=3.10
Cutting Edge
Minimum supported version is 3.12 or newer
• Modern
Minimum supported version is 3.9, 3.10, or 3.11
Legacy
Supports 3.8 or older (or Python 2)
Unknown
No requires_python specified or unparseable
License categories
License
GNU GPLv2 (with FOSS License Exception)
Permissive
MIT, Apache, BSD, ISC, Unlicense, CC0, etc.
• Copyleft
GPL, LGPL, AGPL, MPL, EPL, etc.
Proprietary
Commercial, all rights reserved, custom EULAs
Unknown
No license specified, or none of the above match
How the release cadence was determined
Last release
22 days ago
Total releases
37
Releases/year
4.3
Rapid
Last release within 365 days and > 12 releases/year
• Regular
Last release within 365 days
Slow
Last release 366-730 days ago
Stalled
Last release > 730 days ago, or no releases
Unknown
No usable release date available
How contributor risk was determined
Contributors
25
Monthly downloads
48,213,052
High Load
≤ 2 contributors and ≥ 50,000 monthly downloads
Moderate Load
< 10 contributors and ≥ 500,000 monthly downloads
Low Load
< 25 contributors and ≥ 5,000,000 monthly downloads, or sole maintainer with ≥ 10,000 monthly downloads
• Balanced
Enough contributors for the package's popularity
Unknown
No contributor data available
Engagement
55
 
Issue Burden
0.0
per 1k stars
Discussions
0.0
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
8.3%
contrib / forks
Stale Release
No
 
PR Velocity
Quiet
 

Weekly Downloads

GitHub Stars

Not all downloads include detailed metadata. Breakdowns reflect the subset that does.

Downloads by OS

Linux 1.3M
Windows 10.9K
macOS 8.2K

Python Versions

3.11
44.7% 562.9K
3.12
22.4% 282.0K
3.10
22.0% 277.6K
3.9
6.8% 86.1K
3.13
4.1% 51.1K

Top Countries

1. US US
752.9K
2. IN IN
123.2K
3. DE DE
74.8K
4. IE IE
63.4K
5. JP JP
34.7K
6. GB GB
34.2K
7. CA CA
28.2K
8. SG SG
27.9K
9. AU AU
21.8K
10. KR KR
19.8K

Package Information

License
GNU GPLv2 (with FOSS License Exception)
First Release
November 20, 2017
Last Release
3 weeks ago
Last Commit
2 months ago
Latest Version
9.7.0
Total Releases
37
Contributors
25
Open PRs
1
Archived
No
Author
Oracle and/or its affiliates
Python Versions
3 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14
Wheels
cp27 cp310 cp311 cp312 cp313 cp314 cp34 cp35 cp36 cp37 cp38 cp39 py2 py3
Keywords
mysql database db connector driver
Tracking Since
January 6, 2026
Data Updated
May 17, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh

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