mysql
Virtual package for MySQL-python
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
No. Do not install this package. The maintainer explicitly warns against it in the package description itself. Install mysqlclient directly instead. This package is abandoned (last release 2021-05-25) and serves no purpose except to redirect to the real driver—a layer of indirection that adds no value and ties your project to unmaintained code.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- This package is deprecated and should not be used.
- Install mysqlclient directly instead.
- Installation is low-friction, but the package is abandoned (last release 2021-05-25).
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — Licensed under MIT (permissive), so there are no legal restrictions on use. However, the permissive license does not offset the package's abandoned status and explicit deprecation warning.
last release 2021-05-25 (1907 days) · last repo commit 2021-05-25 · 3 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 232,521 downloads/mo, #9,064 on PyPI
Alternatives
Verify before relying
# Do not install this package. Instead:
pip install mysqlclient
import mysqlclient- Whether any projects still depend on this package and would break if it were removed from PyPI.
- Current state of the GitHub repository and whether it accepts maintenance contributions.
- Specific usage patterns where this virtual package wrapper would still be necessary or beneficial.
What it is and what it does
This is a virtual package—a thin wrapper that exists only to redirect pip installations to mysqlclient (for Python 3) or MySQL-python (for Python 2). It contains no actual MySQL driver code. The package was created as a compatibility shim but has been abandoned since 2021 and is explicitly marked as deprecated by its maintainer.
The package's own documentation warns users not to install it and to depend directly on mysqlclient instead. While installation itself is frictionless and the package carries no known vulnerabilities, using it adds an unnecessary layer of indirection and ties your project to unmaintained code. For any new project, or any existing project still using this wrapper, the correct action is to remove this dependency and import mysqlclient directly.
Use it for
- Legacy projects that have not yet migrated away from this deprecated virtual package wrapper.
- Transitional builds where the package is being phased out in favor of a direct mysqlclient dependency.
- Historical reference or documentation of how Python MySQL driver packaging evolved.
Worth the install?
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No.
Do not install this package. The maintainer explicitly warns against it in the package description itself. Install mysqlclient directly instead. This package is abandoned (last release 2021-05-25) and serves no purpose except to redirect to the real driver—a layer of indirection that adds no value and ties your project to unmaintained code.
Install
mysql on PyPI
Before you install
Installation is low-friction, but the package is abandoned (last release 2021-05-25). The maintainer explicitly warns against using this package and recommends depending directly on mysqlclient instead. The single runtime dependency is mysqlclient.
This package is deprecated and should not be used. Install mysqlclient directly instead.
License in practice
Licensed under MIT (permissive), so there are no legal restrictions on use. However, the permissive license does not offset the package's abandoned status and explicit deprecation warning.
Quickstart
# Do not install this package. Instead:
pip install mysqlclient
import mysqlclientVerify before relying
- Whether any projects still depend on this package and would break if it were removed from PyPI.
- Current state of the GitHub repository and whether it accepts maintenance contributions.
- Specific usage patterns where this virtual package wrapper would still be necessary or beneficial.
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 1 packagemysqlclient |
| Maintenance | Abandoned 1,907 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 232,521 / month, #9,064 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
Evidence: mysql-0.0.3-py3-none-any.whl
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