dbForge Schema Compare for MySQL Requirements

MySQL and MariaDB Connectivity:

  • Support for MySQL server versions 5.5-8.0
  • Support for MariaDB server versions 5.5-10.5
  • Secure connections via SSL/SSH
  • HTTP connections via PHP tunnel
  • Support for UTF-8 databases
  • Work with MySQL embedded server
  • Direct access to MySQL server without client libraries
  • MySQL pluggable authentication and Windows authentication on connecting to MySQL server (PAM)
  • Support for Windows authentication when creating connection to MySQL server
  • Working with MySQL on Amazon RDS and on Amazon Aurora
  • Percona PAM Authentication for MySQL
  • Sphinx Search Engine

Microsoft Windows 7/8/8.1/10, and

Windows Server 2008/2012


.NET Framework 4.5.2 or higher installed

You can download .NET Framework here.
Note: .NET Framework is pre-installed in Microsoft Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and Windows 10.