# Officially Maintained Connector
+ MySQL vendor's connectors:
  + Connector/J supports Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API standard 
  + Connector/ODBC supports the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) API standard 
  + Connector/NET enables developers to create.NET applications that connect to TiDB
  + Connector/Python provides driver support, supports Python applications to connect to TiDB, and conforms to Python DB API Specification v2.0 
  + Connector/C++ enables C++ applications to connect to TiDB servers
  + Connector/C is a stand-alone version of the C Client Library (libmysqlclient)

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Connector/J 
  Connector/J is written in Java and implements MySQL's client/server communication protocol directly. 

Connector/ODBC
  Connector/ODBC provides a MySQL-specific driver for ODBC that allows ODBC-based clients to access.
  Connector/ODBC is available for UNIX, Windows, and OS X. 
  Connector/ODBC uses the C Client Library (libmysqlclient) to implement the client/server communication protocol. It converts ODBC calls made by the client program into C API operations that communicate with the server. Connections can be established using TCP/IP, UNIX socket files, or named pipes.

Connector/NET
  Connector/NET is written entirely in C# and ADO.NET and implements the client/server communication protocol directly. Connections are established using TCP/IP, UNIX socket files, named pipes, or shared memory. 
  Connector/NET is available for Windows with the .NET platform.

Connector/Python
  Connector/Python is written in pure Python with minimal dependencies.
  You can use the Connector/Python C Extension for better performance than the pure Python implementation.

Connector/C++
  Connector/C++ is available for UNIX and UNIX like systems and Windows. The application MySQL Workbench uses Connector/C++.

Connector/C
  Connector/C is a stand-alone version of the C client library. This API can be used for writing MySQL-based C programs. Many Connectors are based on Connector/C (the Java and .NET interfaces are notable exceptions).