Top Python Data engineering repositories on GitHub
Pipelines, orchestrators, and ELT/ETL tooling. Filtered to projects whose primary language is Python.
Ranked by stars across 240 Python repositories tagged data-engineering. Refreshed daily.
- 1apache/airflow★ 45,330 · ⑂ 17,011
Apache Airflow - A platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows
- airflow
- apache
- apache-airflow
- python
- scheduler
- workflow
- 2PrefectHQ/prefect★ 22,337 · ⑂ 2,296
Prefect is a workflow orchestration framework for building resilient data pipelines in Python.
- python
- workflow
- data-engineering
- data-science
- workflow-engine
- prefect
- 3airbytehq/airbyte★ 21,229 · ⑂ 5,169
Open-source data movement for ELT pipelines and AI agents — from APIs, databases & files to warehouses, lakes, and AI applications. Both self-hosted and Cloud.
- data
- pipeline
- data-analysis
- data-engineering
- java
- python
- 4Avaiga/taipy★ 19,175 · ⑂ 1,972
Turns Data and AI algorithms into production-ready web applications in no time.
- automation
- data-engineering
- data-ops
- data-visualization
- datascience
- developer-tools
- 5dagster-io/dagster★ 15,465 · ⑂ 2,115
An orchestration platform for the development, production, and observation of data assets.
- data-pipelines
- dagster
- workflow
- data-science
- workflow-automation
- python
- 6andkret/Cookbook★ 15,076 · ⑂ 2,706
The Data Engineering Cookbook
- data-engineer
- data-engineering
- big-data
- best-practices
- cookbook
- 7great-expectations/great_expectations★ 11,467 · ⑂ 1,743
Always know what to expect from your data.
- pipeline-tests
- dataquality
- datacleaning
- datacleaner
- data-science
- data-profiling
- 8xonsh/xonsh★ 9,328 · ⑂ 722
🐚 Python-powered shell. Full-featured, cross-platform and AI-friendly.
- xonsh
- devops
- iterm2
- data-engineering
- security-automation
- raspberry-pi
- 9cocoindex-io/cocoindex★ 9,221 · ⑂ 690
Incremental engine for long horizon agents 🌟 Star if you like it!
- ai
- change-data-capture
- data-indexing
- etl
- indexing
- python
- 10mage-ai/mage-ai★ 8,720 · ⑂ 966
🧙 Build, run, and manage data pipelines for integrating and transforming data.
- machine-learning
- artificial-intelligence
- data
- data-engineering
- data-science
- python
- 11feast-dev/feast★ 7,012 · ⑂ 1,316
The Open Source Feature Store for AI/ML
- machine-learning
- features
- ml
- big-data
- feature-store
- python
- 12dlt-hub/dlt★ 5,304 · ⑂ 502
data load tool (dlt) is an open source Python library that makes data loading easy 🛠️
- data
- python
- data-engineering
- data-lake
- data-loading
- data-warehouse
- 13ruc-datalab/DeepAnalyze★ 4,130 · ⑂ 673
DeepAnalyze is the first agentic LLM for autonomous data science. 🎈你的AI数据分析师,自动分析大量数据,一键生成专业分析报告!
- agent
- agentic
- agentic-ai
- chatbot
- data
- data-analysis
- 14aws/aws-sdk-pandas★ 4,109 · ⑂ 727
pandas on AWS - Easy integration with Athena, Glue, Redshift, Timestream, Neptune, OpenSearch, QuickSight, Chime, CloudWatchLogs, DynamoDB, EMR, SecretManager, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLServer and S3 (Parquet, CSV, JSON and EXCEL).
- python
- aws
- pandas
- apache-arrow
- apache-parquet
- data-engineering
- 15ploomber/ploomber★ 3,626 · ⑂ 241
The fastest ⚡️ way to build data pipelines. Develop iteratively, deploy anywhere. ☁️
- workflow
- machine-learning
- data-science
- data-engineering
- mlops
- papermill
- 16datafold/data-diff★ 2,986 · ⑂ 306
Compare tables within or across databases
- database
- mysql
- postgresql
- snowflake
- rdbms
- trino
- 17meltano/meltano★ 2,477 · ⑂ 235
Meltano: the declarative code-first data integration engine that powers your wildest data and ML-powered product ideas. Say goodbye to writing, maintaining, and scaling your own API integrations.
- dataops
- dataops-platform
- elt
- open-source
- opensource
- data
- 18sodadata/soda-core★ 2,344 · ⑂ 267
Data Contracts engine for the modern data stack. https://www.soda.io
- python
- data-engineering
- data-governance
- data-monitoring
- data-observability
- data-profiling
- 19AlexIoannides/pyspark-example-project★ 2,100 · ⑂ 802
Implementing best practices for PySpark ETL jobs and applications.
- pyspark
- etl-job
- python
- data-engineering
- spark
- data-science
- 20bytewax/bytewax★ 1,992 · ⑂ 109
Python Stream Processing
- python
- stream-processing
- rust
- data-engineering
- data-processing
- data-science
- 21san089/Udacity-Data-Engineering-Projects★ 1,907 · ⑂ 580
Few projects related to Data Engineering including Data Modeling, Infrastructure setup on cloud, Data Warehousing and Data Lake development.
- data
- data-engineering
- data-engineering-pipeline
- etl-pipeline
- cassandra-database
- postgresql-database
- 22mlrun/mlrun★ 1,666 · ⑂ 304
MLRun is an open source MLOps platform for quickly building and managing continuous ML applications across their lifecycle. MLRun integrates into your development and CI/CD environment and automates the delivery of production data, ML pipelines, and online applications.
- mlops
- python
- data-science
- machine-learning
- data-engineering
- experiment-tracking
- 23OBenner/data-engineering-interview-questions★ 1,591 · ⑂ 535
More than 2000+ Data engineer interview questions.
- data-engineering
- interview-questions
- interview
- hadoop
- hadoop-hdfs
- spark
- 24quixio/quix-streams★ 1,548 · ⑂ 105
Python Streaming DataFrames for Kafka
- kafka
- python
- stream-processing
- data-engineering
- data-science
- machine-learning
- 25pyper-dev/pyper★ 1,525 · ⑂ 32
Concurrent Python made simple
- asyncio
- concurrency
- python
- threading
- data-pipelines
- data-processing
Find Python engineers shipping Data engineering
The list above ranks the most-starred public Python repositories tagged with the Data engineering topic, drawn from the public GitHub graph. Across 240 matching repositories, the contributors are a tight cluster of engineers with both Python chops and real Data engineering experience.
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