MySQL
How vibe coders and indie builders use MySQL: 80 projects built with it and 1 built for it since May 2026.
Projects built with it
80
Share of stated stacks, 4 wks
0.5%
Last 4 weeks vs 8 before
too few to tell
Add-ons built for it
1
Share of stated stacks, per week
Share rather than counts, so changes in how many posts a subreddit lets through don't show up as trends.
Often used with
- PostgreSQL 35
- React 19
- SQLite 17
- Redis 16
- MongoDB 15
- PHP 15
- Docker 15
- JavaScript 13
What's built with it
Latest projects built with MySQL
- StatusNest — Monitors website uptime with automatic checks and detects incidents, served as a self-hosted backend.“I built an uptime monitor from scratch”
- Snus Ranking — Ranks snus and nicotine pouches using a separate expert test score and community score, with community ratings and a side-by-side compare view.“I built an independent snus & nicotine pouch ranking in plain PHP – no framework, no build step”
- Leanks — Provides a self-hosted URL shortener dashboard with password links, expiration, UTM builder, QR codes and click analytics.“I built a free, open source modern dashboard for YOURLS: Leanks”
- dbm — Manages database backups for PostgreSQL, MySQL and MongoDB, storing them locally or in S3 and restoring them into another database of the same type.“Built an open source backup manager after one too many "did I just drop prod?" moments”
- Sqlaris Studio — Provides a desktop-style GUI for browsing, editing, querying and maintaining PostgreSQL and MySQL/MariaDB databases.“I built my own database GUI for PostgreSQL and MySQL”
- visit-stats — Tracks website visits via a one-line embedded script and shows dashboards with totals, popular pages, date-filtered logs, and AI-generated traffic suggestions.“I built a website analytics system with FastAPI + MySQL + DeepSeek AI as a sophomore”
- dig data — Lets teams ask natural-language questions of their self-hosted SQL and MongoDB databases using an AI model and builds dashboards from the answers.“I built a self-hosted AI analytics tool for asking questions about your databases”
- FocusCourse Studio — Turns YouTube videos and playlists into structured courses with a distraction-free viewer, focus timer, AI-generated assignments, and progress tracking.“I created a free version of Courses check it out..”
- DataMan — Generates REST API endpoints with CRUD, filtering, pagination, token auth and OpenAPI docs from Django models via a CLI.“I built DataMan: A headless backend engine that builds REST APIs from CLI in 4 commands”
- WebDataStudio — Provides a browser-based database UI that connects to databases via environment-variable connection strings and runs as a Docker container.“R.I.P Saas ?”
- BotBlox — Lets kids build visual block puzzles that compile and run real Python or JavaScript code.“I built a visual Python/Javascript coding engine for kids, but I'm burning out. I'm looking to sell the complete IP and codebase.”
- FanClash — Hosts live one-on-one video debates on sports takes, where viewers vote on who won.“I spent months building a live 1v1 sports debate app. It launched three weeks ago and not one debate has happened.”
- Click.FYI — Hosts one shareable page per short fact, where users rate the relevance of each cited source instead of voting on the fact itself.“Need a sanity check if my side project about short form facts will ever get traction”
- WikiGuess — Lets players guess a daily Wikipedia article from a redacted text, with streaks, activity heatmap and leaderboards.“Built a mobile version of Redactle because I wanted to play it on the bus (solo dev)”
- One Small Bug — Sells a developer-themed t-shirt through a custom-built online store with Stripe payments and Printful fulfillment.“I spent months building an ecommerce from scratch. Now I need to find out if anyone actually wants it”
Latest add-ons built for MySQL
- I built a tool that turns your… — Generates populated test databases with foreign-key-consistent, realistic-looking data from a SQL dump, Django models, or a Prisma schema.“I built a tool that turns your DB schema into realistic, foreign-key-consistent test data”