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DataStax docs for Apache Cassandra

This page provides links to DataStax documentation for Apache Cassandra® open-source (OSS) documentation and Cassandra documentation included with DataStax Enterprise versions. For a complete description of the different versions, see below.

For guidance on choosing hardware planning and production settings, see Planning and testing Apache Cassandra deployments.

Apache Cassandra® 4.0 is now GA! Also refer to the open-source Apache Cassandra 4.0 documentation on cassandra.apache.org. The Apache Cassandra CQL docs start here.

DataStax offers subscription-based support (Luna) for open-source Cassandra. Learn more.

DataStax documentation for Apache Cassandra (OSS)

OSS 2.1 and 2.2 and corresponding CQL

2.x versions

Corresponding CQL

2.1

CQL 3.1

2.2

CQL 3.x

DataStax drivers for OSS

Drivers

Compatibility

Quickstarts

C++

C++

C/C++

C#

C#

C#

Java

Java

Java

Node.js

Node.js

Node.js

Python

Python

Python

OSS 3.0 and 3.x and corresponding CQL

3.x versions

Corresponding CQL

3.0

CQL 3.3

3.x (3.1 - 3.9)

CQL 3.x

Maintenance-only OSS drivers

Supported by DataStax, but only critical bug fixes are included in new versions.

Drivers

Compatibility

PHP

PHP

Ruby

Ruby

Cassandra documentation included with DataStax Enterprise

Cassandra documentation included with DataStax Enterprise versions 1.0 through 5.0 (no longer supported or maintained).

Cassandra 1.0 to 3.x

Linux 3.x

Linux 2.x

Linux 1.x

Windows

3.0

2.2

1.2

3.0

3.x

2.1

1.1

3.x

2.0

1.0

2.2

Cassandra Query Language (CQL)

CQL version

Cassandra version

CQL 3.3

3.0

CQL 3.x

3.x and 2.2

CQL 3.1

2.0 and 2.1

CQL 3.0

1.2

About the different doc versions of Apache Cassandra

DataStax has different versions of documentation for Apache Cassandra:

  • DataStax documentation for open-source Apache Cassandra (OSS).

  • Pointers to Cassandra documentation that was included with DSE releases. These docs are available for users of DSE versions that have reached EOSL.

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