Airbyte
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. observed · 2026-10-17
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 33
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 49
- age_days: 2276
- days_rel: 370
- days_push: 4
- n_releases_24m: 8
Adoption not part of the score
22234 stars · 5408 forks observed · 2026-10-17
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-10-12, confidence 0.97
Airbyte is an open-source data integration platform that enables ELT pipelines and real-time data access for AI agents. It provides a catalog of 600+ connectors to move data between APIs, databases, files, warehouses, and lakes.
Use cases
- replicate data from SaaS APIs into a data warehouse
- synchronize databases for analytics pipelines
- provide AI agents with real-time access to business data
- migrate files from on-prem storage to cloud data lakes
- build custom connectors for niche data sources
When to choose
- You need a self‑hosted, open‑source solution with a large connector ecosystem.
- You want to integrate data sources that are not covered by commercial ETL tools.
- You require real‑time data access for AI agents or LLM applications.
- You prefer a platform that can be deployed via Docker/Kubernetes on any cloud or on‑prem.
When to avoid
- You need a fully managed, zero‑maintenance service without any operational overhead.
- Your workloads require ultra‑low latency streaming beyond batch ELT capabilities.
- You are looking for a lightweight CLI‑only tool without a UI or API layer.
Facets
application · maturity active
api-framework http-server cli data-science analytics cloud self-hosted cli elt data-replication connectors airbyte-agents open-source context-layer data-engineering data-integration etl ai-agents linux docker kubernetes web-server
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte · fetched 2026-10-17 · cc70d9f49e9a
- homepage: https://airbyte.com · fetched 2026-09-28 · 4e5d33713915
- site_page: https://docs.airbyte.com/ · fetched 2026-09-28 · 966ad5c76722
- site_page: https://airbyte.com/company/about-us · fetched 2026-09-28 · 9c0928e13674
- site_page: https://docs.airbyte.com/platform/using-airbyte/getting-started/oss-quickstart · fetched 2026-09-28 · 89d60cfc2697
- site_page: https://airbyte.com/pricing · fetched 2026-09-28 · 97788e8073a2
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| airbytehq/airbyte | main | 77 |
| airbytehq/airbyte-platform | backend | 75 |
| airbytehq/airbyte-agent-sdk | sdk | 78 |
| airbytehq/abctl | infra | 76 |
For agents
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