DataStax drivers

Information on DataStax drivers, Apache Cassandra OSS drivers, and JDBC and ODBC drivers.

DSE and Cassandra Drivers

Developing applications with DataStax drivers provides information about best practices, connecting to DSE clusters, submitting queries with drivers, and handling client and server errors.

Table 1. Available drivers and compatibility with DSE, DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra (DDAC), and open-source Cassandra
DSE drivers	Apache Cassandra drivers	Compatibility
C++	C++	DSE C++ \| OSS C++
C# \| DSE Graph Extension	C#	DSE C# \| OSS C#
Java (DSE Graph Extension included)	Java	DSE Java \| OSS Java
Node.js \| DSE Graph Extension	Node.js	DSE Node.js \| OSS Node.js
Python \| DSE Graph Extension	Python	DSE Python \| OSS Python
Other Driver docs
Developing applications with DataStax drivers	All DSE and Cassandra drivers
Maintenance only drivers - Supported by DataStax, but only critical bug fixes will be included in new versions.
PHP	PHP	DSE PHP \| OSS PHP
Ruby	Ruby	DSE Ruby \| OSS Ruby

JDBC and ODBC drivers

Table 2. Driver download links plus installation and configuration documentation
Drivers (DSE 4.8 and later)	Installation	Configuration
Simba JDBC Driver for Apache Spark™ Download	Install documentation (in DSE Developer Guide)	Simba documentation
Simba ODBC Driver for Spark™ Download: Linux \| Windows	Install documentation (in DSE Developer Guide)	Simba documentation
DataStax ODBC Driver for Apache Cassandra and DataStax Enterprise with CQL connector Download: Linux 64-bit, 32-bit \| Windows 64-bit, 32-bit	DataStax install documentation