MariaDB java connector is a JDBC 4.2 compatible driver, used to connect applications developed in Java to MariaDB and MySQL databases. MariaDB Connector/J is distributed under the LGPL license version 2.1 or later (LGPL-2.1-or-later)
Tracker link https://jira.mariadb.org/projects/CONJ/issues/
For java 8+ :
The driver (jar) can be downloaded from mariadb connector download or maven :
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
<artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
<version>3.5.0</version>
</dependency>
Development snapshot are available on sonatype nexus repository
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
<name>Sonatype Nexus Snapshots</name>
<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
<artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
<version>3.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
For a Getting started guide, API docs, recipes, etc. see the
A big thanks to all contributors