# VillageSQL

5 Hacker News commenters recommended VillageSQL and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free MySQL fork that adds built-in vector and embedding generation, welcomed by people who see it as a path forward for the MySQL community.

## Why people recommend it

- Built-in vector and embedding generation (2 comments): "I think the embed generation saves folks some steps." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46963987)) "built-in vector generation looks nice" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46959043))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [PostgreSQL](https://hackerapproved.com/p/postgresql.md): 816 recommend
- [MySQL](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mysql.md): 124 recommend
- [Microsoft SQL Server](https://hackerapproved.com/p/microsoft-sql-server.md): 73 recommend
- [Microsoft Access](https://hackerapproved.com/p/microsoft-access.md): 62 recommend
- [Turso](https://hackerapproved.com/p/turso.md): 53 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "VillageSQL", https://hackerapproved.com/p/villagesql/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).