Tech riderRev. 20 Sept 2026
kingshard
- 1Runs onself-hosted
- 2CostsNot stated by the maker
- 3Deployment modelself-hosted
- 4Connection poolingYes
- 5Query routingYes
- 6Load balancingYes
- 7Automatic failoverYes
- 8Supported databasesMySQL
7 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: github.com

Overview
kingshard is ranked #72 of 74 in Minecraft launchers on Specifiction. It runs on Self-hosted.
Compared on Minecraft launchers
- Deployment model
- self-hostedgithub.com
- Connection pooling
- Yesgithub.com
- Query routing
- Yesgithub.com
- Load balancing
- Yesgithub.com
- Automatic failover
- Yesgithub.com
- Supported databases
- MySQLgithub.com
Facts
- Product
- kingshard is a Go-powered, high-performance proxy for MySQL.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Read/write routing
- It splits read and write SQL statements and can balance reads across multiple slave databases.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Sharding
- It supports hash and range sharding across multiple nodes; its README also lists date sharding.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- SQL support
- The README lists select, insert, update, replace, and delete as supported basic SQL statements.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Operations
- It supports MySQL backend high availability, connection limits, dynamic backend online/offline changes, and runtime configuration changes.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Access controls
- The README lists client IP ACL controls and an SQL blacklist.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Query capabilities
- It lists support for prepared statements, single-node transactions, last_insert_id(), and common aggregate functions including max, min, count, and sum.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The documented installation uses Go, Git clone, make, a YAML configuration file, and a locally run kingshard binary.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Use case
- The usage guide describes using kingshard to build a MySQL cluster for read/write splitting, table sharding, and connection pooling.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Manual setup limit
- The guide says sharded subtables must be created manually in the appropriate database.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Cross-node transaction limit
- The guide says transactions are supported only within one database and return errors if they span multiple databases.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Cross-node update limit
- The guide says an update routed across multiple databases returns an error.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- License
- The project states that kingshard is under the Apache 2.0 license.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Performance claim
- The README says kingshard performance is about 80% compared with connecting directly to MySQL.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
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Where it ranks on Specifiction
- Best Minecraft Launchers in 2026#72 of 74
- Best Database Proxy Software in 2026#19 of 30
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Sources
- github.com/flike/kingshard· checked 4 Oct 2026
- github.com/flike/kingshard/blob/master/doc/KingDoc· checked 4 Oct 2026





