Drivers and ORMs

Connect applications to YugabyteDB databases using Yugabyte-supported drivers, ORMs, and application development frameworks.

YugabyteDB smart language drivers enable client applications to connect to YugabyteDB clusters without the need for external load balancers. YugabyteDB smart drivers have the following features:

• Cluster-aware. Drivers know about all the data nodes in a YugabyteDB cluster, which eliminates the need for an external load balancer.
• Topology-aware. For geographically-distributed applications, the driver can seamlessly connect to the geographically nearest regions and availability zones for lower latency.

All YugabyteDB smart driver libraries are actively maintained, and receive bug fixes, performance enhancements, and security patches.

Along with the smart drivers, YugabyteDB also supports upstream PostgreSQL drivers for the respective programming languages.

Supported libraries

The following libraries are officially supported by YugabyteDB.

Java

Name (* Recommended)	Type	Support	Example
YugabyteDB JDBC Smart Driver*	Smart Driver	Full	CRUD
PostgreSQL JDBC Driver	Driver	Full	CRUD
Hibernate	ORM	Full	CRUD
Spring Data YugabyteDB	Framework	Full	CRUD
Spring Data JPA	Framework	Full	CRUD

Go

Name (* Recommended)	Type	Support	Example
PGX*	Driver	Full	CRUD
PQ	Driver	Full	CRUD
GORM	ORM	Full	CRUD
PG	ORM	Full	CRUD

Node.js

Name	Type	Support	Example
node-postgres	Driver	Full	CRUD
Sequelize	ORM	Full	CRUD

C#

Name	Type	Support	Example
Npgsql	Driver	Full	CRUD
EntityFramework	ORM	Full	CRUD

Python

Name (* Recommended)	Type	Support	Example
Yugabyte Psycopg2*	Smart Driver	Full	CRUD
PostgreSQL Psycopg2	Driver	Full	CRUD
aiopg	Driver	Full	Quick Start
Django	ORM	Full	CRUD
SQLAlchemy	ORM	Full	CRUD