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

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

Head to head

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