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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.

  1. 1
    apache/airflow45,330 · ⑂ 17,011

    Apache Airflow - A platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows

    • airflow
    • apache
    • apache-airflow
    • python
    • scheduler
    • workflow
  2. 2
    PrefectHQ/prefect22,337 · ⑂ 2,296

    Prefect is a workflow orchestration framework for building resilient data pipelines in Python.

    • python
    • workflow
    • data-engineering
    • data-science
    • workflow-engine
    • prefect
  3. 3
    airbytehq/airbyte21,229 · ⑂ 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
  4. 4
    Avaiga/taipy19,175 · ⑂ 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
  5. 5
    dagster-io/dagster15,465 · ⑂ 2,115

    An orchestration platform for the development, production, and observation of data assets.

    • data-pipelines
    • dagster
    • workflow
    • data-science
    • workflow-automation
    • python
  6. 6
    andkret/Cookbook15,076 · ⑂ 2,706

    The Data Engineering Cookbook

    • data-engineer
    • data-engineering
    • big-data
    • best-practices
    • cookbook
  7. 7

    Always know what to expect from your data.

    • pipeline-tests
    • dataquality
    • datacleaning
    • datacleaner
    • data-science
    • data-profiling
  8. 8
    xonsh/xonsh9,328 · ⑂ 722

    🐚 Python-powered shell. Full-featured, cross-platform and AI-friendly.

    • xonsh
    • devops
    • iterm2
    • data-engineering
    • security-automation
    • raspberry-pi
  9. 9
    cocoindex-io/cocoindex9,221 · ⑂ 690

    Incremental engine for long horizon agents 🌟 Star if you like it!

    • ai
    • change-data-capture
    • data-indexing
    • etl
    • indexing
    • python
  10. 10
    mage-ai/mage-ai8,720 · ⑂ 966

    🧙 Build, run, and manage data pipelines for integrating and transforming data.

    • machine-learning
    • artificial-intelligence
    • data
    • data-engineering
    • data-science
    • python
  11. 11
    feast-dev/feast7,012 · ⑂ 1,316

    The Open Source Feature Store for AI/ML

    • machine-learning
    • features
    • ml
    • big-data
    • feature-store
    • python
  12. 12
    dlt-hub/dlt5,304 · ⑂ 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
  13. 13
    ruc-datalab/DeepAnalyze4,130 · ⑂ 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
  14. 14
    aws/aws-sdk-pandas4,109 · ⑂ 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
  15. 15
    ploomber/ploomber3,626 · ⑂ 241

    The fastest ⚡️ way to build data pipelines. Develop iteratively, deploy anywhere. ☁️

    • workflow
    • machine-learning
    • data-science
    • data-engineering
    • mlops
    • papermill
  16. 16
    datafold/data-diff2,986 · ⑂ 306

    Compare tables within or across databases

    • database
    • mysql
    • postgresql
    • snowflake
    • rdbms
    • trino
  17. 17
    meltano/meltano2,477 · ⑂ 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
  18. 18
    sodadata/soda-core2,344 · ⑂ 267

    Data Contracts engine for the modern data stack. https://www.soda.io

    • python
    • data-engineering
    • data-governance
    • data-monitoring
    • data-observability
    • data-profiling
  19. 19

    Implementing best practices for PySpark ETL jobs and applications.

    • pyspark
    • etl-job
    • python
    • data-engineering
    • spark
    • data-science
  20. 20
    bytewax/bytewax1,992 · ⑂ 109

    Python Stream Processing

    • python
    • stream-processing
    • rust
    • data-engineering
    • data-processing
    • data-science
  21. 21

    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
  22. 22
    mlrun/mlrun1,666 · ⑂ 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
  23. 23

    More than 2000+ Data engineer interview questions.

    • data-engineering
    • interview-questions
    • interview
    • hadoop
    • hadoop-hdfs
    • spark
  24. 24
    quixio/quix-streams1,548 · ⑂ 105

    Python Streaming DataFrames for Kafka

    • kafka
    • python
    • stream-processing
    • data-engineering
    • data-science
    • machine-learning
  25. 25
    pyper-dev/pyper1,525 · ⑂ 32

    Concurrent Python made simple

    • asyncio
    • concurrency
    • python
    • threading
    • data-pipelines
    • data-processing

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