MySqlConnector: High Performance MySQL Library for .NET

Asynchronous: True asynchronous I/O for maximum throughput
Fast: Optimized for speed and low memory usage
Reliable: Fixes dozens of open bugs in Oracle’s Connector/NET; passes all ADO.NET Specification Tests
Leading Edge: First MySQL library to support .NET Core; uses the latest .NET features
Open: MIT license; development happens on GitHub with publicly visible roadmaps, issues, and PRs

About

MySqlConnector is an ADO.NET data provider for MySQL Server, MariaDB, Percona Server, Amazon Aurora, Azure Database for MySQL, Google Cloud SQL for MySQL and more. It provides implementations of DbConnection, DbCommand, DbDataReader, DbTransaction — the classes needed to query and update databases from managed code.

Getting Started

Install MySqlConnector from NuGet: dotnet add package MySqlConnector

Connecting to your database is simple. For example, in C#:

using (var connection = new MySqlConnection("Server=myserver;User ID=mylogin;Password=mypass;Database=mydatabase"))
{
    connection.Open();

    using (var command = new MySqlCommand("SELECT field FROM table;", connection))
    using (var reader = command.ExecuteReader())
        while (reader.Read())
            Console.WriteLine(reader.GetString(0));
}

For more information, see how to install and a basic example of using the API. Many ORMs are supported.

Performance

MySqlConnector outperforms Connector/NET (MySql.Data) on benchmarks:

(Client: MySqlConnector 0.44.0, Windows 10 x64; Server: MySQL Server 5.6.21, Unix)

Why use MySqlConnector over Oracle’s Connector/NET?

MySqlConnector is a clean-room reimplementation of the MySQL Protocol and is not based on Oracle’s Connector/NET.

	MySqlConnector	Oracle’s Connector/NET	MySqlConnector Advantage
Async	Fully asynchronous I/O	Async calls map to synchronous I/O	Uses fewer thread pool threads; higher throughput
Development	Open and Collaborative Development on GitHub	Closed Development Roadmap. Code is viewable on GitHub, some issues addressed in forums	Get involved! View our roadmap, discuss issues, contribute pull requests
License	The MIT License	GPLv2 with FOSS Exception; or commercial license	More Permissive