Open source elt projects

Every project in the registry tagged elt, ranked by real GitHub adoption.

projects 10 combined stars ★ 78K refresh nightly
01 Airbyte ★ 22K

Open-source data integration for modern teams

last push5 hours ago languagePython license
02 dbt ★ 14K

dbt enables data analysts and engineers to transform their data using the same practices that software engineers use to build applications.

last push7 hours ago languageRust licenseApache-2.0
03 seatunnel ★ 9.7K

SeaTunnel is a multimodal, high-performance, distributed, massive data integration tool.

last push13 hours ago languageJava licenseApache-2.0
04 Mage ★ 8.8K

Magical data pipeline tool for seamless transformations

last push6 days ago languagePython licenseApache-2.0
05 CloudQuery ★ 6.5K

Sync and transform data from any source to any destination

last push18 hours ago languageGo licenseMPL-2.0
06 flink-cdc ★ 6.5K

Flink CDC is a streaming data integration tool

last push17 hours ago languageJava licenseApache-2.0
07 docetl ★ 4.1K

A system for agentic LLM-powered data processing and ETL

last push12 days ago languagePython licenseMIT
08 sqlmesh ★ 3.3K

Scalable and efficient data transformation framework - backwards compatible with dbt.

last pushyesterday languagePython licenseApache-2.0
09 olake ★ 1.5K

OLake - Fastest Databases, Kafka & S3 Replication to Apache Iceberg with Table optimization (Called OLake Fusion). ⚡ Efficient, quick and scalable data ingestio

last push11 hours ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0
10 duckle ★ 1.3K

Open-source ETL/ELT you deploy on your own servers or cloud. Built on DuckDB: no-code/low-code visual pipelines or SQL, 385 components, dbt, CDC, data quality,

last push12 hours ago languageRust licenseApache-2.0

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Frequently asked questions

How many open source elt projects are there?

This registry tracks 10 projects tagged elt, with 77,554 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is Airbyte at 22,082 stars.

Are these elt projects free to use?

Yes — 9 of the 10 carry an explicit open-source licence across 3 distinct licences, so there is no licence fee. Where a project also sells a hosted or enterprise version, the self-hosted path remains free.

Which elt project should I choose?

The list above is ranked by GitHub stars, but stars measure attention rather than fit. Check three things on each card: the licence (permissive versus copyleft), the language it is written in, and the last-push date — a high-star project that has not been pushed in a year is a liability.

Are these elt projects still maintained?

10 of the 10 were pushed in the last 90 days, and every card shows its exact last-push date so you can see the rest. Sort your shortlist by that date before committing to a migration.