mysqlclient vs PyMySQL

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mysqlclient		PyMySQL
	Project
4	Mentions	4
2,410	Stars	7,555
1.2%	Growth	0.7%
7.7	Activity	7.4
26 days ago	Latest Commit	about 1 month ago
Python	Language	Python
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	MIT License

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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

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.

Can't install mysqclient in python 3.12
2 projects | /r/django | 6 Dec 2023

for your reference: https://github.com/PyMySQL/mysqlclient/issues/672
mysqlclient in docker
2 projects | /r/docker | 22 Jun 2023
What is the defacto python driver for Mysql?
2 projects | /r/mysql | 23 Mar 2022

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.

What is the defacto python driver for Mysql?
2 projects | /r/mysql | 23 Mar 2022

Pymysql is the one i have seen being used most commonly. https://github.com/PyMySQL/PyMySQL
There are many options for connecting MySQL from Python, but let's use PyMySQL or mysql-connector-python for now.
2 projects | dev.to | 5 Mar 2022

PyMySQL
Python 3.10.1
1 project | /r/mysql | 13 Dec 2021

However, please note you don't need to use MySQLdb as your connector- I was very happy with pure-Python MySQL client library pyMySQL: https://pypi.org/project/PyMySQL/#installation https://github.com/PyMySQL/PyMySQL/ So far, I have been happy with its maintenance and compatibility of newer MySQL and MariaDB features (e.g. newer authentication methods). It is MIT-licensed.
Python3 Mysql Connector Issue. Help!!!
1 project | /r/mysql | 2 Sep 2021

My preferred connector is pymysql, which I know supports it https://github.com/PyMySQL/PyMySQL/issues/651 but either use anyone that works for you or disable this feature on MySQL server, as suggested on that ticket.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing mysqlclient and PyMySQL 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)

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

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

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

PySQL - Python wrapper for making MySQL queries easier

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