A list of 5 best popular Open Source, free database software, Mysql, PostgreSQl, Firebird, Berkley DB and SQlite, along with comparison.

Open-source textbooks, long considered a promising way to cut costs but still not widely used, could become more readily available and easily vetted as a University of Minnesota project expands.

An open source database is just a regular database that’s distributed with its source code. Users can read, revise, and extend the software freely, although few use these opportunities.

Closed source databases like Oracle, Microsoft SQL, and IBM DB2 are still enormously popular, according to DB-Engines, but the fastest growing databases are all open source.

Rummage around the open-source Web sites and you will discover deployment guides and basic security tips -- but these center around access controls and secure communication (i.e., SSL).

APITable, a free open source visual AI database platform, emerges as a game-changer, offering an array of features that cater to both personal and enterprise needs.

Timescale is looking to further advance its namesake open-source database platform with new AI capabilities announced today.. Timescale was founded in 2017 as a time series database (TSDB ...

The developer behind the popular open-source PostgreSQL database software, the PostgreSQL Global Development Group, today announced the release of PostgreSQL 16 that includes enhancements to security, ...

In 2023, it purchased open source large language model (LLM) training platform MosaicML for $1.3 billion, and last year it scooped up data storage company Tabular for more than $1 billion.