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Introduction
Welcome to the documentation site for the official MongoDB C driver.
You can add the driver to your application to work with MongoDB in C.
Download the required libraries, libmongoc
and libbson
, by following
the Obtaining the MongoDB C Driver Libraries instructions or set up a runnable project by
following our tutorial.
Compatibility
MongoDB Compatibility
The compatibility table in this section specifies the recommended version or versions of the MongoDB C driver for use with a specific version of MongoDB.
The first column lists the driver version.
Important
MongoDB ensures compatibility between the MongoDB Server and the drivers for three years after the server version's end of life (EOL) date. To learn more about the MongoDB release and EOL dates, see MongoDB Software Lifecycle Schedules.
Compatibility Table Legend
Icon | Explanation |
---|---|
✓ | All features are supported. |
⊛ | The Driver version will work with the MongoDB version, but not all
new MongoDB features are supported. |
No mark | The Driver version is not tested with the MongoDB version. |
C Driver Version | MongoDB 7.0 | MongoDB 6.0 | MongoDB 5.0 | MongoDB 4.4 | MongoDB 4.2 | MongoDB 4.0 | MongoDB 3.6 | MongoDB 3.4 | MongoDB 3.2 | MongoDB 3.0 | MongoDB 2.6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.26 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
1.25 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
1.24 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
1.23 | ⊛ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
1.22 | ⊛ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
1.21 | ⊛ | ⊛ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
1.20 | ⊛ | ⊛ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
1.19 | ⊛ | ⊛ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
1.18 | ⊛ | ⊛ | ✓ [1] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
1.17 | ⊛ | ⊛ | ⊛ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
1.16 | ⊛ | ⊛ | ⊛ | ⊛ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
1.15 | ⊛ | ⊛ | ⊛ | ⊛ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
1.14 | ⊛ | ⊛ | ⊛ | ⊛ | ⊛ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
1.13 | ⊛ | ⊛ | ⊛ | ⊛ | ⊛ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
1.12 | ⊛ | ⊛ | ⊛ | ⊛ | ⊛ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
1.11 | ⊛ | ⊛ | ⊛ | ⊛ | ⊛ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
1.10 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
1.9 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
1.8 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
1.7 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
1.6 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
1.5 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
1.4 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
1.3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
1.2 | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
1.1 | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
1.0 | ✓ | ✓ |
[1] | The 1.18 driver does not support snapshot reads on secondaries. For more information, see the MongoDB Server version 5.0 release notes. |
The driver does not support older versions of MongoDB.
Language Compatibility
The following compatibility table specifies the recommended version(s) of the MongoDB C driver for use with a specific version of C.
The first column lists the driver version(s).
C Driver Version | C17/C18 | C11 | C99 | C89 |
---|---|---|---|---|
1.26 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
1.25 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
1.24 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
<= 1.23 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
For more information on how to read the compatibility tables, see our guide on MongoDB Compatibility Tables.
How To Get Help
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File a bug or feature request on JIRA.