MongoDB JDBC Driver Download

Download the MongoDb JDBC driver, copy the JDBC URL into DbSchema, and start designing schemas with ER diagrams — free Community Edition.

About the MongoDb JDBC driver

A JDBC driver is a Java .jar library that lets applications connect to MongoDb. DbSchema uses JDBC to reverse engineer schemas, run SQL, and generate documentation. Driver files are usually published by the database vendor or an open-source project.

JDBC URL format

Host, port, database name, and SSL options are passed in a URL starting with jdbc:. Each MongoDb driver uses its own syntax — see the connection details below.

The MongoDb JDBC driver

MongoDB is the most popular document-oriented database, storing data as flexible JSON-like BSON documents instead of rows in tables. It is widely used for content management, real-time analytics, IoT, and applications that need schema flexibility.

We open source our JDBC driver for MongoDb. DbSchema features for MongoDb are described here. The driver source code is accessible on GitHub.

The driver binaries can be downloaded as zip file, which you should uncompress.

Download MongoDB JDBC Driver

Download the zip, unpack and include the jar files in your classpath. The driver is compatible with Java 11.

For accessing the driver source code please visit the GitHub repository:

Driver Source Code

The driver is written on top of the native MongoDb Java driver.

The driver URL is the same as in the MongoDb documentation.
Example:

mongodb://[username:password@]host1[:port1][,host2[:port2],...[,hostN[:portN]]][/[database][?options]]

The URL allows connecting to multiple databases. In DbSchema you can set this by choosing 'Custom URL' in the connection editor and entering the URL as string. For URL details check the MongoDb documentation.

MongoDB Atlas

Create an account by MongoDb Atlas and login. There you have an option to connect which will provide the URI. In the DbSchema Connection Dialog use manual URL configuration. On the same connection page you have also a link to change a user password in the database.

DbSchema and MongoDB

DbSchema displays MongoDB collections and their inferred schemas as interactive diagrams, even without a fixed schema. Use the Relational Data Explorer to browse documents and navigate embedded sub-documents, and the Query Builder to compose MongoDB-compatible SELECT queries via the JDBC interface.