Drivers

Which driver do I need?

Pick the driver that matches your database. Each one installs its own ADBC manifest, so your client code only ever needs the load name.

Microsoft SQL Server

Wire-Protocol MS-TDS 7.4
No SQL Server client library needed.

Azure SQL
Microsoft Fabric Warehouse
SQL Server 2012–2025

driver="arpemssql"

PostgreSQL

Wire-Protocol Frontend/Backend v3
No libpq required.

PostgreSQL 12–17
PostgreSQL-compatible services
PostGIS

driver="arpepgsql"

Oracle

Wire-Protocol TNS + TTC
No OCI, no Instant Client.

Oracle 12c
Oracle 18c
Oracle 19c
Oracle 21c
Oracle 23ai
Oracle 26ai
Oracle Cloud Autonomous Database

driver="arpeoracle"

IBM Netezza

Wire-Protocol HSV2 + DBOS
No ODBC, no nzpy.

IBM Cloud Netezza Performance Server (NPS 11)
NPS 7.2

driver="arpenz"

Teradata

Wire-Protocol TD2 over TLS
No ODBC, no TTU on the TLS path.

Teradata Vantage 20.00
Legacy port 1025 through TTU CLIv2

driver="arpeteradata"

Coming soon

IBM Db2

Wire-Protocol DRDA for IBM Db2
No Db2 Connect or CLI driver needed.

LUW
iSeries without Db2 Connect
zSeries without Db2 Connect

driver="arpedb2"

Driver matrix
Your database	Load name	Also covers	Status
Microsoft SQL Server	arpemssql	Azure SQL, Microsoft Fabric Warehouse, SQL Server 2012–2025	Published v0.7.6
PostgreSQL	arpepgsql	PostgreSQL 12–17, PostgreSQL-compatible services, PostGIS	Published v0.4.7
Oracle	arpeoracle	Oracle 12c, Oracle 18c, Oracle 19c, Oracle 21c, Oracle 23ai, Oracle 26ai, Oracle Cloud Autonomous Database	Published v0.4.2
IBM Netezza	arpenz	IBM Cloud Netezza Performance Server (NPS 11), NPS 7.2	Published v0.3.7
Teradata	arpeteradata	Teradata Vantage 20.00, Legacy port 1025 through TTU CLIv2	Published v0.3.5
IBM Db2	arpedb2	LUW, iSeries without Db2 Connect, zSeries without Db2 Connect	Coming soon

The driver binaries are published as public GitHub Releases and are free to download. They are licence-gated: a driver needs a valid Arpeio licence at runtime — there is no trial build.