generated: '2026-07-21'
method: searched
source: https://docs.yugabyte.com/stable/develop/drivers-orms/smart-drivers/
description: >-
  First-party YugabyteDB smart drivers (PostgreSQL/Cassandra client drivers with
  cluster-aware load balancing and topology awareness) plus the ybm CLI. Verified
  on the public registries.
packages:
- language: java
  registry: maven
  name: com.yugabyte:jdbc-yugabytedb
  url: https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/yugabyte/jdbc-yugabytedb/
  install: "implementation 'com.yugabyte:jdbc-yugabytedb:LATEST'"
  official: true
  description: YugabyteDB JDBC Smart Driver for YSQL (built on the PostgreSQL JDBC driver).
- language: java
  registry: maven
  name: com.yugabyte:java-driver-core
  url: https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/yugabyte/java-driver-core/
  install: "implementation 'com.yugabyte:java-driver-core:LATEST'"
  official: true
  description: YugabyteDB Java Driver for YCQL (fork of the DataStax Cassandra driver).
- language: python
  registry: pypi
  name: psycopg2-yugabytedb
  url: https://pypi.org/project/psycopg2-yugabytedb/
  install: pip install psycopg2-yugabytedb
  official: true
  description: YugabyteDB Psycopg2 Smart Driver for YSQL.
- language: javascript
  registry: npm
  name: "@yugabytedb/pg"
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@yugabytedb/pg
  install: npm install @yugabytedb/pg
  official: true
  description: YugabyteDB node-postgres Smart Driver for YSQL.
- language: go
  registry: pkg.go.dev
  name: github.com/yugabyte/pgx/v5
  url: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/yugabyte/pgx/v5
  install: go get github.com/yugabyte/pgx/v5
  official: true
  description: YugabyteDB PGX Smart Driver for YSQL (fork of jackc/pgx).
- language: go
  registry: pkg.go.dev
  name: github.com/yugabyte/gocql
  url: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/yugabyte/gocql
  install: go get github.com/yugabyte/gocql
  official: true
  description: YugabyteDB Go Driver for YCQL (fork of gocql).
- language: go
  registry: github
  name: ybm-cli
  url: https://github.com/yugabyte/ybm-cli
  install: brew install yugabyte/tap/ybm
  official: true
  description: ybm - the open source YugabyteDB Aeon command line interface.