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 This is the source code to the site operating at
 [https://lobste.rs](https://lobste.rs).  It is a Rails 3 codebase and uses a
-SQL (MySQL in production) backend for the database and Sphinx for the search
+SQL (MariaDB in production) backend for the database and Sphinx for the search
 engine.
 
 While you are free to fork this code and modify it (according to the [license](https://github.com/jcs/lobsters/blob/master/LICENSE))
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          lobsters$ bundle
 
-* Create a MySQL (other DBs supported by ActiveRecord may work, only MySQL has
-been tested) database, username, and password and put them in a
+* Create a MySQL (other DBs supported by ActiveRecord may work, only MySQL and
+MariaDB have been tested) database, username, and password and put them in a
 `config/database.yml` file:
 
           development: