mysql-python (Legacy MySQLdb)

mysql-python, also widely known as MySQLdb, is a Python 2.x interface to the popular MySQL database server. The last official release, 1.2.5, dates back to 2014 and primarily supports Python versions 2.4 through 2.7. It adheres to the Python Database API Specification v2.0 (PEP 249). For modern Python 3.x development, this library is considered deprecated, with `mysqlclient` (a actively maintained fork providing a compatible API) and `mysql-connector-python` (Oracle's official pure Python driver) being the recommended alternatives.