From ae60dd8d8961d286c14fe6ffbb5b51ec499c1b7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefano Ottolenghi Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 16:35:44 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add mention of `neo4j-rust-ext` for python driver. --- python-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/install.adoc | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/python-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/install.adoc b/python-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/install.adoc index 691275ca..2524193b 100644 --- a/python-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/install.adoc +++ b/python-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/install.adoc @@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ Always use the latest version of the driver, as it will always work both with th The latest `5.x` driver supports connection to any Neo4j 5 and 4.4 instance, and will also be compatible with Neo4j 6. For a detailed list of changes across versions, see the link:https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j-python-driver/wiki/5.x-changelog[driver's changelog]. +[TIP] +The link:https://github.com/neo4j-drivers/neo4j-python-driver-rust-ext[Rust extension to the Python driver] is an alternative driver package that yields a 3x to 10x speedup compared to the regular driver. +You can install it with `pip install neo4j-rust-ext`, either alongside the `neo4j` package or as a replacement to it. +Usage-wise, the drivers are identical: everything in this guide applies to both packages. + [NOTE] To get the driver on an air-gapped machine, link:https://pypi.org/project/neo4j/#files[download the latest driver] tarball and install it with `pip install neo4j-.tar.gz`.