MySQLdb has other issues besides Python 3 support. It&#x27;s no longer maintained and hasn&#x27;t been updated in quite some time. The Django documentation (and I) now recommends mysqlclient-python, which is compatible with systems that rely on MySQLdb<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;PyMySQL&#x2F;mysqlclient-python" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;PyMySQL&#x2F;mysqlclient-python</a>