Community drivers

Database drivers built and maintained by the Metabase community

In addition to officially supported databases, community members build and maintain drivers for additional databases. These drivers extend Metabase’s capabilities to work with a wide variety of data sources.

Community drivers are not supported on Metabase Cloud. They are only available for self-hosted installations.

How to use a community driver

To use a community driver with your self-hosted Metabase:

1. Download the driver JAR

   Visit the driver’s GitHub repository and download the latest JAR file from the Releases section.

2. Copy to plugins directory

   Copy the JAR file to your Metabase’s plugins directory (in the same location as your metabase.jar):

   # Example directory structure
   /path/to/metabase/
   ├── metabase.jar
   └── plugins/
       └── my-driver.jar
   
3. Restart Metabase

   Restart your Metabase instance to load the new driver.

4. Connect to your database

   The new database type should now appear in the database connection options.

You can change the plugins directory location by setting the MB_PLUGINS_DIR environment variable.

Security and trust

Install drivers at your own risk. Community drivers run as part of your Metabase instance and have access to anything your Metabase has access to. We cannot vet or guarantee the security of third-party drivers.

Before installing a community driver:

• Review the source code on GitHub
• Check the driver’s maintenance status and activity
• Verify it’s from a trusted source
• Test in a non-production environment first

Available community drivers

These are currently known third-party database drivers for Metabase:

Database	Repository	GitHub Stars	Latest Release
CSV	Markenson/csv-metabase-driver
Databend	databendcloud/metabase-databend-driver
DB2 for LUW	alisonrafael/metabase-db2-driver
IBM i	damienchambe/metabase-ibmi-driver
Dremio	Baoqi/metabase-dremio-driver
DuckDB	MotherDuck-Open-Source/metabase_duckdb_driver
Firebolt	firebolt-db/metabase-firebolt-driver
Firebird	evosec/metabase-firebird-driver
GreptimeDB	greptimeteam/greptimedb-metabase-driver
Hydra	Uses official Postgres driver	N/A	N/A
Impala	brenoae/metabase-impala-driver
InterSystems IRIS	Siddardar/metabase-iris-driver
Materialize	MaterializeInc/metabase-materialize-driver
Neo4j	StronkMan/metabase-neo4j-driver
NetSuite	ericcj/metabase-netsuite-driver
Peaka	peakacom/metabase-driver
SPARQL	jhisse/metabase-sparql-driver
StarRocks	Carbon-Arc/metabase-starrocks-driver
Teradata	swisscom-bigdata/metabase-teradata-driver

Finding more drivers

If you don’t see a driver for your database:

1. Search GitHub for “Metabase driver” + your database name
2. Check GitHub issues in the Metabase repository for discussions
3. Ask in the community on Discourse

Getting support

For issues with community drivers:

• Contact the driver author - Check the driver’s GitHub repository for issues and discussions
• Review the documentation - Most drivers have installation and usage instructions in their README
• Ask in the community - Other users may have encountered similar issues

The Metabase team cannot provide support for community drivers. Please contact the driver maintainer for help.

Building your own driver

Interested in creating a driver for a database that isn’t supported yet?

1. Read the driver guide

   Check out our comprehensive guide to building drivers.

2. Study the driver interface

   Learn about the driver interface and what methods you need to implement.

3. Review example drivers

   Look at existing community drivers for inspiration and patterns.

4. Share your driver

   Once built, share your driver with the community by:

   • Publishing it on GitHub
   • Creating releases with JAR files
   • Submitting a PR to add it to this list

Driver compatibility

Community drivers may not be compatible with all Metabase versions. Check the driver’s documentation for compatibility information.

When choosing a driver:

• Check the last update date
• Review compatibility notes in the README
• Look for version tags matching your Metabase version
• Test thoroughly before production use

Contributing to community drivers

You can help improve existing community drivers by:

• Reporting bugs - Open issues on the driver’s GitHub repository
• Submitting fixes - Contribute pull requests for bugs or features
• Improving documentation - Help make installation and usage clearer
• Testing - Verify the driver works with different Metabase versions

Next steps

• Learn how to build your own driver
• Understand the driver interface
• Join the Metabase community to discuss drivers