[ANNOUNCE] Apache Arrow ADBC 18 Released

[David Li <li...@apache.org>]

The Apache Arrow community is pleased to announce the a new release of
the Apache Arrow ADBC libraries. It includes 28 resolved GitHub issues
([1]). Individual components are versioned separately: some packages
are on version 1.6.0 and others are now version 0.18.0, with the
release as a whole on version '18'.

The release is available now from [2] and [3].

Release notes are available at:
https://github.com/apache/arrow-adbc/blob/apache-arrow-adbc-18/CHANGELOG.md#adbc-libraries-18-2025-05-02 <https://github.com/apache/arrow-adbc/blob/apache-arrow-adbc-18/CHANGELOG.md>

What is Apache Arrow?
---------------------
Apache Arrow is a columnar in-memory analytics layer designed to
accelerate big data. It houses a set of canonical in-memory
representations of flat and hierarchical data along with multiple
language-bindings for structure manipulation. It also provides
low-overhead streaming and batch messaging, zero-copy interprocess
communication (IPC), and vectorized in-memory analytics
libraries. Languages currently supported include C, C++, C#, Go, Java,
JavaScript, Julia, MATLAB, Python, R, Ruby, and Rust.

What is Apache Arrow ADBC?
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ADBC is a database access abstraction for Arrow-based applications. It
provides a cross-language API for working with databases while using
Arrow data, providing an alternative to APIs like JDBC and ODBC for
analytical applications. For more, see [4].

Please report any feedback to the mailing lists ([5], [6]).

Regards,
The Apache Arrow Community

[1]: https://github.com/apache/arrow-adbc/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22ADBC+Libraries+18%22+is%3Aclosed
[2]: https://arrow.apache.org/adbc/current/driver/installation.html
[3]: https://packages.apache.org/ui/native/arrow
[4]: https://arrow.apache.org/blog/2023/01/05/introducing-arrow-adbc/
[5]: https://lists.apache.org/list.html?user@arrow.apache.org
[6]: https://lists.apache.org/list.html?dev@arrow.apache.org