> ## Documentation Index
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> Overview of network interfaces, drivers, and tools for connecting to ClickHouse

# Drivers and interfaces

ClickHouse provides two network interfaces (they can be optionally wrapped in TLS for additional security):

* [HTTP](/concepts/features/interfaces/http), which is documented and easy to use directly.
* [Native TCP](/concepts/features/interfaces/tcp), which has less overhead.

In most cases it is recommended to use an appropriate tool or library instead of interacting with those directly. The following are officially supported by ClickHouse:

* [Command-line client](/concepts/features/interfaces/cli)
* [JDBC driver](/concepts/features/interfaces/jdbc)
* [ODBC driver](/concepts/features/interfaces/odbc)
* [C++ client library](/integrations/language-clients/cpp)

ClickHouse also supports two RPC protocols:

* [gRPC protocol](/concepts/features/interfaces/grpc) specially designed for ClickHouse.
* [Apache Arrow Flight](/concepts/features/interfaces/arrowflight).

ClickHouse server provides embedded visual interfaces for power users:

* Play UI: open `/play` in the browser;
* Advanced Dashboard: open `/dashboard` in the browser;
* Binary symbols viewer for ClickHouse engineers: open `/binary` in the browser;
* ClickStack UI for observability: open `/clickstack` in the browser;

<Info>
  **ClickStack**

  This version of ClickStack is great for local debugging and quick investigation, but isn't meant for production environments. For production ready full-featured ClickStack, see [Open Source ClickStack](/clickstack/getting-started/oss).
</Info>

There are also a wide range of third-party libraries for working with ClickHouse:

* [Client libraries](/integrations/language-clients/third-party/client-libraries)
* [Integrations](/integrations/connectors/tools/third-party-libraries)
* [Visual interfaces](/integrations/connectors/tools/gui)