MySQL and its MySQLdb Python bindings Trac supports the MySQL database backend, although there are a couple of #KnownIssues. MySQL is fully integrated in Trac's test suite. Requirements MySQL The recommended versions of MySQL are those from 5.x series and above. The following MySQL drop-in replacements are also known to work: The MariaDB variant: tested MariaDB 5.3.3, MySQLdb 1.2.3 and Trac 0.12