End-of-life drivers

Starting in January 2020, DataStax unified the DSE and Cassandra drivers. DSE-only drivers were supported until January 1st, 2022, and they are now end-of-life (EOL).

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

If you are using EOL drivers, DataStax recommends that you upgrade to the unified DataStax drivers for Apache Cassandra®, if possible.

This page provides information about EOL drivers, including version compatibility with DSE and documentation links.

DSE C/C++ driver

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

Driver DataStax Enterprise (DSE)

Version

6.9

6.8

6.7

6.0

5.1

5.0

1.10+

Partially compatible 3

Partially compatible 3

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

1.5+

Partially compatible 3

Partially compatible 3

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

1.2+

Partially compatible 2

Partially compatible 2

Partially compatible 2

Partially compatible 2

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

1.0+

Partially compatible 1

Partially compatible 1

Partially compatible 1

Partially compatible 1

Partially compatible 1

Fully compatible

1 Limited to DSE 5.0 API.

2 Limited to DSE 5.1 API.

3 No DataStax Graph support (legacy Graph only).

DSE C# driver

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

Driver DataStax Enterprise (DSE)

Version

6.9

6.8

6.7

6.0

5.1

5.0

2.9+

Partially compatible 3

Partially compatible 3

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

2.2+

Partially compatible 3

Partially compatible 3

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

2.0+

Partially compatible 2

Partially compatible 2

Partially compatible 2

Partially compatible 2

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

1.0+

Partially compatible 1

Partially compatible 1

Partially compatible 1

Partially compatible 1

Partially compatible 1

Fully compatible

1 Limited to DSE 5.0 API.

2 Limited to DSE 5.1 API.

3 No DataStax Graph support (legacy Graph only).

DSE Java driver

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

Driver DataStax Enterprise (DSE)

Version

6.9

6.8

6.7

6.0

5.1

5.0

2.3+

4

4

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

2.0+

4

4

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

1.9

4

4

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

1.6+

Partially compatible 4

Partially compatible 4

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

1.2+

Partially compatible 2

Partially compatible 2

Partially compatible 2

Partially compatible 2

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

1.1

Partially compatible 1

Partially compatible 1

Partially compatible 1

Partially compatible 1

Partially compatible 1

Fully compatible

1 Limited to DSE 5.0 API.

2 Limited to DSE 5.1 API.

4 The latest DSE 2.3 and 1.9 Java drivers partially work with DSE 6.8, but newer Graph features in 6.8, such as the Core Graph model and Graph protocol, are not usable with this driver version.

DSE Node.js driver

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

Driver DataStax Enterprise (DSE)

Version

6.9

6.8

6.7

6.0

5.1

5.0

2.3+

Partially compatible 3

Partially compatible 3

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

1.6+

Partially compatible 2

Partially compatible 2

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

1.3+

Partially compatible 2

Partially compatible 2

Partially compatible 2

Partially compatible 2

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

1.0+

Partially compatible 1

Partially compatible 1

Partially compatible 1

Partially compatible 1

Partially compatible 1

Fully compatible

1 Limited to DSE 5.0 API.

2 Limited to DSE 5.1 API.

3 Limited to DSE 6.7 API.

DSE PHP driver

The DSE-only PHP driver reached EOL in January 2022.

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

Driver DataStax Enterprise (DSE)

Version

5.1

5.0

4.8

1.1+

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

1.0

Partially compatible 1

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

1 Limited to DSE 5.0 API.

DSE Python driver

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

Driver DataStax Enterprise (DSE)

Version

6.9

6.8

6.7

6.0

5.1

5.0

2.11+

Partially compatible

Partially compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

2.5+

Partially compatible

Partially compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

2.0+

Partially compatible

Partially compatible

Partially compatible 2

Partially compatible 2

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

1.0+

Partially compatible

Partially compatible

Partially compatible 1

Partially compatible 1

Partially compatible 1

Fully compatible

1 Limited to DSE 5.0 API.

2 Limited to DSE 5.1 API.

DSE Ruby driver

The DataStax Enterprise (DSE) Ruby driver reached EOL in January 2022.

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

Driver DataStax Enterprise (DSE)

Version

6.9

6.8

6.7

6.0

5.1

5.0

4.8

All versions

Partially compatible 1

Partially compatible 1

Partially compatible 1

Partially compatible 1

Partially compatible 1

Fully compatible

Fully compatible

1 Limited to the DSE 5.0 API.

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