PostgreSQL vs MySQL: which should you choose?
PostgreSQL and MySQL are the two most widely deployed open-source relational databases. Postgres has pulled ahead in developer mindshare for new projects — but MySQL still powers massive scale deployments. Real evaluation signals show where developer momentum sits today.
A higher intent score means more developers are actively testing, forking, and contributing to that project right now. It’s the closest proxy we have to “which is gaining traction” without access to private usage data.
How the comparison works
This tool surfaces real developer evaluation activity from the last 30 days — PRs opened, issues filed, forks, and code pushes from non-team contributors. We run the same GitHub Archive query for both repos simultaneously (results cached 24h per repo), weight PRs (50%), issues (30%), and forks (20%) over stars, filter bots, and produce a 0–100 intent score. See the winner, score gap, and which developers are evaluating.