Apache Cassandra documentation

DataStax provides documentation for the DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra 3.11 and other Apache Cassandra versions.

DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra™ 3.11

Cassandra 3.0 and CQL 3.3 documentation is maintained for use with DataStax Enterprise 5.0:

Note: DSE 5.0 has reached end-of-life (EOL).

Documentation for previous Cassandra versions

The following table lists documentation developed for Apache Cassandra by DataStax. It is no longer supported or maintained.


Cassandra 3.x and 3.0	Cassandra 2.x	Cassandra 1.x	Cassandra Windows
Cassandra 3.x (Linux) \| Zip	Cassandra 2.2 (Linux) \| Zip	Cassandra 1.2 \| Zip	Cassandra 3.x (Windows) \| Zip
Cassandra 3.0 (Linux) \| PDF \| Zip	Cassandra 2.1 \| PDF \| Zip	Cassandra 1.1 \| PDF	Cassandra 3.0 (Windows) \| Zip
	Cassandra 2.0 \| Zip	Cassandra 1.0 \| PDF	Cassandra 2.2 (Windows) \| Zip

Very early Cassandra documentation

Table 1. Available drivers and compatibility with DSE and Apache Cassandra
Apache Cassandra OSS drivers	Compatibility
C++	OSS C++
C#	OSS C#
Java	OSS Java
Node.js	OSS Node.js
Python	OSS Python

Table 2. Maintenance only - Supported by DataStax, but only critical bug fixes will be included in new versions.
Apache Cassandra OSS drivers	Compatibility
PHP	OSS PHP
Ruby	OSS PHP

Cassandra 3.x and 3.0	Cassandra 2.x	Cassandra 1.x	Cassandra Windows
Cassandra 3.x (Linux) \| Zip	Cassandra 2.2 (Linux) \| Zip	Cassandra 1.2 \| Zip	Cassandra 3.x (Windows) \| Zip
Cassandra 3.0 (Linux) \| PDF \| Zip	Cassandra 2.1 \| PDF \| Zip	Cassandra 1.1 \| PDF	Cassandra 3.0 (Windows) \| Zip
	Cassandra 2.0 \| Zip	Cassandra 1.0 \| PDF	Cassandra 2.2 (Windows) \| Zip