End-of-life drivers for Apache Cassandra®

This page provides historical version compatibility information for EOL drivers that were previously supported by DataStax.

If you are using an EOL driver, DataStax recommends that you upgrade to a supported version of a DataStax-compatible driver if possible.

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Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Partially compatible

Partially compatible

Not compatible

DSE-only drivers

In 2020, DataStax unified the DataStax Enterprise (DSE) and Cassandra drivers. DSE-only drivers were supported until January 2022, and they are now end-of-life (EOL).

All new features and functionality are added to the unified DataStax-compatible drivers. For more information about the decision to develop unified drivers, see Better Drivers for Cassandra.

DSE C/C++ driver

The DSE C/C++ driver reached EOL in January 2022. For supported C/C++ drivers, see DataStax C/C++ driver for Apache Cassandra®.

Driver version

DataStax Enterprise (DSE) version

6.9

6.8

5.1

1.5 to 1.10

Partially compatible g

Partially compatible g

Fully compatible

1.2 to 1.4

Partially compatible x

Partially compatible x

Fully compatible

1.0 to 1.1

Partially compatible y

Partially compatible y

Partially compatible y

g Doesn’t support DataStax Graph, which was introduced in DSE 6.8. Compatible with legacy Graph only.

x Limited to DSE 5.1 API.

y Limited to DSE 5.0 API.

DSE C# driver

The DSE C# driver reached EOL in January 2022. For supported C# drivers, see DataStax C# driver for Apache Cassandra®.

Driver version

DataStax Enterprise (DSE) version

6.9

6.8

5.1

2.2 to 2.9

Partially compatible g

Partially compatible g

Fully compatible

2.0 to 2.1

Partially compatible x

Partially compatible x

Fully compatible

1.0 to 1.1

Partially compatible y

Partially compatible y

Partially compatible y

g Doesn’t support DataStax Graph, which was introduced in DSE 6.8. Compatible with legacy Graph only.

x Limited to DSE 5.1 API.

y Limited to DSE 5.0 API.

DSE Java driver

The DSE Java driver reached EOL in January 2022. For supported Java drivers, see Java driver for Apache Cassandra®.

Driver version

DataStax Enterprise (DSE) version

6.9

6.8

5.1

2.0 to 2.3

Fully compatible

1.9

Fully compatible

1.6 to 1.8

Partially compatible g

Partially compatible g

Fully compatible

1.2 to 1.5

Partially compatible x

Partially compatible x

Fully compatible

1.1

Partially compatible y

Partially compatible y

Partially compatible y

g Doesn’t support DataStax Graph, which was introduced in DSE 6.8. Compatible with legacy Graph only.

x Limited to DSE 5.1 API.

y Limited to DSE 5.0 API.

DSE Node.js driver

The DSE Node.js driver reached EOL in January 2022. For supported Node.js drivers, see DataStax Node.js driver for Apache Cassandra®.

Driver version

DataStax Enterprise (DSE) version

6.9

6.8

5.1

2.3

Partially compatible g

Partially compatible g

Fully compatible

2.0 to 2.2

Partially compatible x

Partially compatible x

Fully compatible

1.3 to 1.7

Partially compatible x

Partially compatible x

Fully compatible

1.0 to 1.2

Partially compatible y

Partially compatible y

Partially compatible y

g Doesn’t support DataStax Graph, which was introduced in DSE 6.8. Compatible with legacy Graph only.

x Limited to DSE 5.1 API.

y Limited to DSE 5.0 API.

DSE PHP driver

The DSE PHP driver reached EOL in January 2022.

For information about the DataStax PHP driver, see DataStax PHP driver for Apache Cassandra®.

Driver version

DataStax Enterprise (DSE) version

6.9

6.8

5.1

1.1

Fully compatible

1.0

Partially compatible y

y Limited to DSE 5.0 API.

DSE Python driver

The DataStax Enterprise (DSE) Python driver reached EOL in January 2022. For supported Python drivers, see DataStax Python driver for Apache Cassandra®.

Driver version

DataStax Enterprise (DSE) version

6.9

6.8

5.1

2.0 to 2.11

Partially compatible

Partially compatible

Fully compatible

1.0 to 1.1

Partially compatible y

Partially compatible y

Partially compatible y

y Limited to DSE 5.0 API.

DSE Ruby driver

The DSE Ruby driver reached EOL in January 2022.

For information about the DataStax Ruby driver, see DataStax Ruby driver for Apache Cassandra®.

Driver version

DataStax Enterprise (DSE) version

6.9

6.8

5.1

All versions

Partially compatible y

Partially compatible y

Partially compatible y

y Limited to DSE 5.0 API.

DataStax Java driver 2.x series

The 2.x series of the Java driver was superseded by the 3.x series in 2016.

DataStax doesn’t support the 2.x series of the Java driver, and it isn’t compatible with Astra DB, HCD, or any LTS or latest version of DSE or Cassandra.

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