PyMySQL VS mysqlclient

Compare PyMySQL vs mysqlclient and see what are their differences.

mysqlclient

MySQL database connector for Python (with Python 3 support) (by PyMySQL)
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PyMySQL mysqlclient
4 4
7,539 2,390
0.6% 0.8%
7.4 7.7
3 days ago 3 days ago
Python Python
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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PyMySQL

Posts with mentions or reviews of PyMySQL. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-23.

mysqlclient

Posts with mentions or reviews of mysqlclient. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-06.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing PyMySQL and mysqlclient you can also consider the following projects:

mysql-python - MySQLdb is a Python DB API-2.0 compliant library to interact with MySQL 3.23-5.1 (unofficial mirror)

awesome-mysql - A curated list of awesome MySQL software, libraries, tools and resources

asyncpg - A fast PostgreSQL Database Client Library for Python/asyncio.

oursql - oursql is a set of MySQL bindings for python with a focus on wrapping the MYSQL_STMT API to provide real parameterization and real server-side cursors.

awesome-postgres - A curated list of awesome PostgreSQL software, libraries, tools and resources, inspired by awesome-mysql

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

python-mysql-replication - Pure Python Implementation of MySQL replication protocol build on top of PyMYSQL