MySQL is a relational database management system. Provides a fast, multithread, multi-user, and reliable SQL (Structured Query Language) database server.
MySQL is the most popular open-source database and a database component in the LAMP software architecture. LAMP includes Apache webserver, MySQL, and PHP. MySQL users include giants such as Google, Facebook, BBC, Intel, Sun, SAP, Dell, AMD, and Novell.
As MySQL becomes increasingly popular, developers have developed many useful tools for it to help users monitor, query, manage, troubleshoot, and optimize MySQL databases.
This article of linuxlinks introduces five excellent MySQL tools, including phpMyAdmin, MySQL Web management tools, MySQL Workbench, visual database design tools, and Adminer, rich MySQL database content management tools, Maatkit, MySQL command line tools, and mytop tools for monitoring query and performance.