Python Connector for MySQL is a connectivity solution for accessing MySQL databases from Python applications. It fully implements the Python DB API 2.0 specification. The connector is distributed as a wheel package for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Secure communication
The connector supports encrypted communications using SSL/TLS, SSH tunneling, and HTTP/HTTPS tunneling.

Compatibility
- Python versions from 3.7 to 3.12
- MySQL versions:
- MySQL server: 8.0, 6.0, 5.7, 5.6, 5.5, 5.1, 5.0, 4.1, 4.0, 3.23
- MariaDB server: 5.x-10.x.
- Microsoft Azure Database for MySQL
- Amazon RDS for MySQL
- Amazon Aurora
- Google Cloud for MySQL
- SQLAlchemy
- pandas
- petl

Supported platforms
- Windows 32-bit and 64-bit
- Windows Server 32-bit and 64-bit
- macOS 64-bit and ARM (Apple M1 and M2)
- Linux 64-bit
Note: For details on supported OS versions, check the compatibility page of your Python version.