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airbyte
ELT platform with 700+ connectors for moving data into warehouses, lakes and AI agents
- Stars
- 22.4k
- License
- custom license
- Last commit
- Nov 2026
- Last release
- Oct 2025
- Language
- Python
20,965 on 21 Apr 202622,358 on 10 Nov 2026
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Overview
Airbyte syncs data from APIs, databases and files into warehouses, lakes and AI applications using a catalog of 700+ connectors. Connectors can be built with a no-code Connector Builder or a low-code CDK, and syncs can be orchestrated from Airflow, Dagster, Kestra or the Airbyte API. An Airbyte MCP server lets agents such as Claude and Cursor build pipelines, read logs and run syncs.
Who it is for: Data engineers running ELT pipelines who also want agent access via MCP
Strengths
- 700+ connectors across APIs, databases, warehouses, lakes and AI applications
- No-code Connector Builder and low-code CDK for custom connectors
- Orchestration integrations for Airflow, Dagster and Kestra, plus a public API
- MCP server for agents to manage pipelines, syncs and logs
Weaknesses
- Direct API reads and search (context layer) are Airbyte Cloud only
- Licensing is mixed (MIT and ELv2 badges); license detection reports NOASSERTION
- Additional security features sit in the paid Enterprise edition
- Last tagged release is 2025-10-15, older than recent commits
What it needs
- no GPU
Quick answers
Is airbyte open source?
Its code is public on GitHub under its own license terms; read them before you use it at work.
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