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Open-source change data capture platform streaming row-level database changes into Kafka and beyond.

Open-source ELT platform with hundreds of connectors and a low-code connector builder.

Python library for declarative, schema-evolving loading from any API or database; popular with AI-assisted pipelines.

Open-source, code-first ELT built on the Singer connector ecosystem.

Head to head

Metric	Debezium	Airbyte	dlt	Meltano
Stars	13.3k	22.4k	6.1k	2.7k
Weekly downloads	n/a	n/a	1.6M	15.8k
Download growth	n/a	n/a	+29%	-65%
Popularity score	75/100	79/100	73/100	56/100
Forks	3.1k	5.5k	651	275
Open issues	149	2.9k	478	151
Last commit	4d ago	today	1w ago	1w ago
Latest version	n/a	n/a	1.32.0Oct 29, 2026	4.4.1Oct 7, 2026
License	Apache-2.0	n/a	Apache-2.0	MIT
First released	2016	2020	2022	2021
Signals	Popular	Popular	Trending	None
Listed in	Data Engineering & Analytics › Data Ingestion, ELT & CDC	Data Engineering & Analytics › Data Ingestion, ELT & CDC	Data Engineering & Analytics › Data Ingestion, ELT & CDC	Data Engineering & Analytics › Data Ingestion, ELT & CDC

Weekly downloads over time

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