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DataStax drivers for open-source Cassandra (OSS) and DSE

Note: Starting January 2020, you can use the same DataStax driver for Apache Cassandra® (OSS), DataStax Enterprise, and DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra. DataStax has unified the DSE and OSS drivers to avoid user confusion and enhance the OSS drivers with some of the features in the DSE drivers. For more information, see the Better Drivers for Cassandra blog.

DSE drivers are supported until January 1st, 2022. However, all new features and functionality will take place only in the unified DataStax drivers.

Table 1. DataStax drivers for open-source Cassandra (OSS) and DSE
Guides	Source (GitHub)	Version Compatibility	Upgrade	Quickstart
C++ (2.15.0) *	C++	C++	C++	C++
C# (3.13.0) * Graph extension	C#	C#	C#	C#
Java (4.4.0) * (includes Graph extension)	Java	Java	Java	Java
Node.js (4.4.0) * Graph extension	Node.js	Node.js	Node.js	Node.js
Python (3.21.0) * Graph extension (optional)	Python	Python	Python	Python
* The starting versions for the unified drivers are indicated in parenthesis.

CQL to DSE version mapping

DSE 6.8 uses CQL 6.8
DSE 6.7 uses CQL 6.7
DSE 6.0 uses CQL 6.0
DSE 5.1 uses CQL 5.1

Spark Cassandra Connector


DSE Developer Guides	Github
Getting started with the Spark Cassandra Connector 6.8 \| 6.7 \| 6.0 \| 5.1	DataStax Spark Cassandra Connector

Studio notebooks

Studio 6.8 only supports DataStax Enterprise 6.8.
Studio 6.7 only supports DataStax Enterprise 6.7.
Studio 6.0 only supports DataStax Enterprise 6.0.
Studio 2.0 only supports DataStax Enterprise 5.1 and 5.0 (EOSL).
Notebooks created in earlier versions are automatically upgraded when starting later versions.

JDBC/ODBC drivers

Table 2. Driver download links plus installation and configuration documentation
Drivers (DSE 4.8 and later)	DataStax instructions	Simba install and configuration
DataStax ODBC Driver for Apache Cassandra and DataStax Enterprise with CQL connector. Download	DataStax ODBC install documentation
Simba JDBC Driver for Apache Cassandra®. Download.		Simba JDBC Driver for Apache Cassandra guide
Simba JDBC Driver for Apache Spark®. Download	JDBC install documentation (in DSE Developer Guide)	Simba JDBC Driver for Apache Spark guide
Simba ODBC Driver for Spark®. Download.	ODBC install documentation (in DSE Developer Guide)	Simba ODBC Driver for Spark guide

DSE maintenance only drivers

Note: DSE drivers are supported until January 1st, 2022. However, all new features and functionality will take place only in the unified DataStax drivers.

DSE only drivers require DSE 5.1 and later for full functionality.

Table 3. DSE drivers (only bug fixes will be included in new versions)
Driver Guides	Graph Extensions	Version compatibility
DSE C++ Guide		DSE C++
DSE C# Guide	DSE C# Graph Extension	DSE C#
DSE Java Guide	Included	DSE Java
DSE Node.js Guide	DSE Node.js Graph Extension	DSE Node.js
DSE Python Guide	DSE Python Graph Extension	DSE Python

DataStax & open-source docs


DataStax Astra DB Astra DB is a serverless, multi-cloud DBaaS built on Apache Cassandra®. Start today with a $300/year free credit.	DataStax Astra Streaming Quickly create Apache Pulsar™ instances, scale across cloud regions, and manage Pulsar resources.
DataStax Enterprise (DSE) Provides open-source Cassandra capabilities plus advanced functionality.	Apache Cassandra A distributed, highly available, eventually consistent NoSQL open-source database.
K8ssandra Operator project Integrated components providing a cohesive Cassandra experience on Kubernetes.	Stargate project Brings together an API platform and data request coordination code into a single open-source project.
Enhanced Pulsar products Distribution of Apache Pulsar plus production-ready tools and features. DataStax Luna Streaming DataStax Apache Pulsar Connector DataStax Starlight for JMS DataStax Starlight for RabbitMQ	Change Data Capture (CDC) products Capture and stream Cassandra table updates. DataStax CDC for Apache Cassandra DataStax CDC for Astra DB

New & noteworthy - recent updates


Astra DB Astra DB Plugin for HashiCorp Vault provides new token lifecycle management. The Astra DB Documentation is now organized by major user goals, including Getting Started, Planning, Securing, Managing, Connecting, and Developing. The Astra DB Metrics feature lets you export your database health metrics to 3rd-party observability systems such as Prometheus and Grafana Cloud. gRPC API lets you easily create language-specific queries using CQL with any Cassandra deployment. Bring Your Own Key for AWS and Google Cloud based Astra DB databases. DataStax CDC for Astra DB Configuring Single Sign-On Private endpoints Data Loader, including DynamoDB data	Astra Streaming Integration with DataStax CDC for Astra DB, which captures changes in real time, removes duplicates, and streams the cleaned data into Astra Streaming. Data can be processed by client apps or sent to downstream systems like Elasticsearch® or Snowflake®. K8ssandra Operator Open-source project supporting single- or multi-cluster/ multi-region Kubernetes deployments of Cassandra databases. K8ssandra Operator architecture K8ssandra Operator installs

Docs for DSE developers Start developing applications.

Install and upgrade DSE & related productsInstalling DataStax products & related projects.Upgrading DataStax products.

DataStax field team recommendations Recommendations and best practices from the DataStax field team.

Docs for DSE administrators Information on managing, upgrading, and securing your DataStax Enterprise database.

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

DSE & related database tools Tools for developing and managing your database.

Doc quick links

Links to commonly used docs for supported products:


APIs Stargate APIs (Document, REST, GraphQL) DataStax drivers API DataStax Spark Cassandra Connector DSE Graph API 6.8 \| 6.7 \| 6.0 \| 5.1 OpsCenter API 6.8 \| 6.7 \| 6.5 \| 6.1 Astra products Astra DB docs Astra Streaming docs Astra DB API reference (Stargate) Astra DB DevOps API reference Astra Streaming DevOps API reference CQL for Astra DB Cassandra Open-Source Software (OSS) Cassandra 4.0 docs on cassandra.apache.org. OSS 3.x (3.1 - 3.9) \| CQL 3.x OSS 3.0 \| CQL 3.3 OSS 2.2 \| CQL 3.x OSS 2.1 \| CQL 3.1 CQL^{Version correspondence} CQL for Astra \| Quick reference \| cqlsh reference CQL 6.8 \| Quick reference \| cqlsh reference CQL 6.7 \| Quick reference \| cqlsh reference CQL 6.0 \| Quick reference \| cqlsh reference CQL 5.1 \| Quick reference \| cqlsh reference CQLSH standalone tool 6.8 \| 6.7 \| 6.0 \| 5.1 Bulk Loader DataStax Bulk Loader Installation \| Guide DataStax Desktop DataStax Desktop About DataStax Desktop DataStax Enterprise (DSE) DSE Administrator Guides 6.8 \| 6.7 \| 6.0 \| 5.1 DSE Developer Guides 6.8 \| 6.7 \| 6.0 \| 5.1 DSE Architecture Guides 6.8 \| 6.7 \| 6.0 \| 5.1 DSE Installation Guides DSE 6.8 \| 6.7 \| 6.0 \| 5.1 DSE Release Notes 6.8 \| 6.7 \| 6.0 \| 5.1 Drivers Developing applications with DataStax drivers guide DataStax drivers Spark Cassandra Connector JDBC/ODBC Drivers DSE maintenance only drivers Graph Loader DSE Graph Loader Installation \| Guide	Install guides Stargate installation K8ssandra installation on local Kubernetes or a cloud provider platform: AKS, DOKS, EKS, GKE Apache Cassandra (OSS) installation 3.x \| 3.0 \| 2.2 \| 2.1 DSE installation 6.8 \| 6.7 \| 6.0 \| 5.1 DSE OpsCenter 6.8 \| 6.7 \| 6.5 \| 6.1 DataStax Bulk Loader Installation Guide DataStax Apache Pulsar Connector Installation Guide DataStax Apache Kafka® Connector Installation Guide DSE Graph Loader Installation Guide Open JDK 8 Debian \| RHEL Oracle JDK 8 Debian \| RHEL Python 2.7 for older RHEL platforms Kafka DataStax Apache Kafka™ Connector Installation \| DataStax Guide Kubernetes K8ssandra open-source project DataStax Kubernetes Operator for Apache Cassandra (Cass Operator) DataStax Luna Streaming production-ready distribution of Apache Pulsar + admin & operational features Monitoring Monitoring Guide OpsCenter OpsCenter Guides 6.8 \| 6.7 \| 6.5 \| 6.1 OpsCenter Release Notes 6.8 \| 6.7 \| 6.5 \| 6.1 Planning and troubleshooting Planning Guide and testing Troubleshooting Guide Pulsar (enhanced) DataStax CDC for Apache Cassandra DataStax Luna Streaming DataStax Apache Pulsar Connector DataStax Starlight for JMS DataStax Starlight for RabbitMQ Security DSE Security Guides 6.8 \| 6.7 \| 6.0 \| 5.1 \| Storage-Attached Indexing Storage-Attached Indexing (SAI) Studio^{Notebook compatibility} Studio 6.8 Studio 6.7 Studio 6.0 Studio 2.0 Upgrading Upgrading DataStax Enterprise (DSE) Upgrading DSE OpsCenter Upgrading Apache Cassandra to DSE