.. _connector_support:

Connectors
==========

PipelineWise separates connector availability from packaging and route
capability. Check all three before creating a pipeline.


Support levels
--------------

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   * - Term
     - Meaning
   * - Available
     - Supported for production use in the documented direction.
   * - Experimental
     - Packaged and documented, but compatibility, testing, or operational
       coverage may be incomplete.
   * - Packaged
     - Installed by ``make all_connectors`` and included in the standard Docker
       image. Packaging alone does not imply production support.
   * - Legacy template
     - Generated by ``pipelinewise init`` for compatibility, but not packaged in
       current builds.

Availability is directional: a platform can have different source and target
status. MariaDB and MySQL share ``tap-mysql``, but MariaDB is available while
MySQL remains experimental.


Routes using available connectors
---------------------------------

These standard Singer routes contain only available endpoints. A route that
contains an experimental endpoint inherits experimental status.

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   * - Source
     - PostgreSQL target
     - Snowflake target
   * - MariaDB
     - Available
     - Available
   * - PostgreSQL
     - Available
     - Available

FastSync is a separate native-transfer capability and supports fewer routes.
See :ref:`fast_sync_main` for the FullSync and PartialSync matrix.


Connector inventories
---------------------

- :ref:`taps_list` lists every available and experimental source connector.
- :ref:`targets_list` lists every available and experimental target connector.