Database Drivers

Libraries that connect Python to a specific database.

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The built-in driver for SQLite, a full SQL database in a single file.

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PostgreSQL drivers: psycopg 3 (sync + async, the standard) and asyncpg (very fast async).

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MySQL/MariaDB drivers — pure Python (PyMySQL) or C-based and faster (mysqlclient).

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Oracle Database driver (python-oracledb, successor of cx_Oracle) and ODBC access to SQL Server and others (pyodbc).

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MongoDB drivers: PyMongo (sync) and Motor (async).

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Client for Redis — in-memory key-value store used for caching, queues, rate limits and pub/sub.

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Drivers for wide-column (cassandra-driver), graph (neo4j), and search engines (elasticsearch-py, opensearch-py).

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An in-process analytical SQL database — query CSV, Parquet and pandas DataFrames at high speed.

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Clients for time-series and analytical databases.

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Python clients for hosted backends: Supabase (Postgres + auth + storage) and Firebase (Firestore, auth, messaging).

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