{"categories":[{"label":"Python Modules","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-libraries-python-modules/3"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"A Python client library for Apache Cassandra and DataStax Enterprise that provides synchronous and asynchronous APIs for executing CQL queries, managing connections, and mapping objects to database tables.","skillfed_tags":["cassandra","distributed-database","async-io"],"use_cases":["Building Python applications that query and write to Apache Cassandra or DataStax Enterprise clusters using CQL.","Implementing object-relational mapping for Cassandra tables via cqlengine without a separate ORM library.","Executing asynchronous batch operations and concurrent queries to maximize throughput in data pipelines.","Connecting to DataStax Astra cloud databases from Python applications.","Handling automatic failover and reconnection in distributed Cassandra deployments."],"what_it_does":"cassandra-driver is the official Apache Cassandra Python client, maintained by DataStax. It provides both synchronous and asynchronous APIs for executing CQL queries against Cassandra clusters, with built-in connection pooling, automatic node discovery, and configurable load balancing and retry policies. The driver handles the binary protocol communication directly and supports prepared statements, batch operations, and concurrent execution utilities.\n\nThe package includes an integrated object mapper (cqlengine) for mapping Python classes to Cassandra tables, making it suitable for both low-level query control and higher-level ORM workflows. It supports DataStax Astra (cloud), DSE Graph execution, geometric type serialization, and multiple authentication schemes. Runtime dependencies are minimal (geomet and Deprecated), keeping the footprint lean.","worth_installing":"Yes. cassandra-driver is the official, actively maintained client for Cassandra in Python, with no known vulnerabilities, permissive licensing, and broad platform support. Install friction is moderate but manageable via prebuilt wheels. Choose it if you need to query Cassandra or DSE; it is the standard choice for this use case."},"id":"cassandra-driver","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/cassandra-driver","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/cassandra-driver.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/cassandra-driver/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-07-06","license_spdx":"Apache-2.0","license_treatment":"permissive","name":"cassandra-driver","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Apache Cassandra Python Driver"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":8784794,"position":1595,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"3.30.1"}