dlt-hub

    dlt-hub/dlt

    data load tool (dlt) is an open source Python library that makes data loading easy 🛠️

    data-engineering
    data
    data-lake
    data-loading
    data-warehouse
    elt
    Python
    Apache-2.0
    6.0K stars
    649 forks
    6.0K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 1, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    3 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 3 days ago, with 217 contributors on GitHub.

    Gained 13% fewer stars in the last 90 days than in the 90 days before.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides an open-source Python library to simplify data extraction, transformation, and loading into various destinations.
    • Enables automatic schema creation and data normalization for consistent, scalable, and maintainable data pipelines.
    • Use for building data pipelines that integrate APIs and load data into local or cloud data warehouses effortlessly.
    • Use for rapid data exploration and incremental loading in environments like Google Colab, AWS Lambda, or Airflow.
    • Use for developing production-grade ELT workflows with seamless integration and easy pipeline management via CLI.

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    License

    Apache 2.0

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.

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    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

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    From the README

    Be it a Google Colab notebook, AWS Lambda function, an Airflow DAG, your local laptop, or a GPT-4 assisted development playground—dlt can be dropped in anywhere.

    🚀 Join our thriving community of likeminded developers and build the future together!

    dlt supports Python 3.9 through Python 3.14 (beta 4). Note that some optional extras are not yet available for Python 3.14, so support for this version is considered experimental.

    Load chess game data from chess.com API and save it in DuckDB:

    Try it out in our Colab Demo or directly on our wasm-based playground in our docs.

    Excerpt from the dlt-hub/dlt README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

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    Forks

    649+75

    Open issues

    476+43

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