Airbyte
Open-source data integration with hundreds of connectors
Airbyte is profiled here as a Data Ingestion tool for engineering teams. Read about features, pricing, and how it compares to related options in the tools directory.
Description
Airbyte is an open-source data integration engine founded in 2020 by Michel Tricot and John Lafleur. It moves data from APIs, databases, and files into warehouses, lakes, and vector stores through a catalog of hundreds of connectors, and a no-code builder turns any REST API into a new connector in an afternoon. Teams run it self-managed or through Airbyte Cloud. The platform self-manages on Docker or Kubernetes, and Airbyte Cloud handles hosting for teams that want managed pipelines without infrastructure work.
Key Capabilities:
Connector catalog covering 600+ sources and destinations
No-code Connector Builder plus a low-code CDK
Incremental syncs and change data capture replication
Vector database destinations for RAG data pipelines
PyAirbyte for running pipelines from Python code
Orchestration integrations with Airflow, Dagster, and Prefect
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