MariaDB support?

Hi all, i wanted to confirm if the latest versions of nopcommerce support MariaDB as opposed to MySQL? the documentation specifies MySQL, however in a test environment i've managed to get nopcommerce working on MariaDB, and it seems fine so far.

I would like to use MariaDB for the live environment too, as there does seem to be better HA and general performance than MySQL at this point in time, but i am concerned about long term issues with the codebase relying on specific MySQL functions that may cause issues with upgrades or general use. The official documentation specifies MySQL 5.7 +, but no mention of MariaDB.

appreciate your responses

We only use generic SQL features, so MariaDB is compatible with MySQL according to the documentation. And we don't plan any global changes in the next versions that may effect the version of MySQL.

Hi, thank you so much for your reply and for your confirmation.

appreciate your help, thank you.

I am curranty working  on a project that is hosted in ubuntu and mariaDB. Sems tonally fine in both my local environment and the server.