# DataTalksClub/data-engineering-zoomcamp

Data Engineering Zoomcamp is a free 9-week course on building production-ready data pipelines. Join the course here 👇🏼

Repository: https://github.com/DataTalksClub/data-engineering-zoomcamp
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/data-engineering-zoomcamp
Homepage: https://courses.datatalks.club/register/de-zoomcamp/
Language: Jupyter Notebook
License Family: other
Topics: data-engineering, kafka, spark, dbt, docker, kestra, course, free
Last push: 2026-08-25T08:24:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1777, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 45005, forks 8800 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:09.503571+00:00)

## What it is
A free 9-week open-source course teaching data engineering fundamentals by building an end-to-end production-ready data pipeline. It includes structured modules, hands-on workshops, video lectures, and a final project using tools like Docker, Kafka, Spark, dbt, and Kestra.

## Use cases
- learn data engineering from scratch
- free data engineering course with certificate
- build production-ready data pipelines
- learn dbt kafka and spark hands-on
- transition from data analyst to data engineer
- course materials for teaching data pipelines
- practice modern data stack tools

## When to choose
- you want a structured, cohort-based free course with community support
- you have basic coding and SQL skills and want hands-on pipeline experience
- you prefer learning by building an end-to-end project

## When to avoid
- you need production software, not educational materials
- you want a quick reference or tool documentation rather than a multi-week course
- you need a formally licensed codebase - the repo has no license file

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: etl, streaming, workflow-automation, developer-tools
- domain: tutorials, big-data, education
- platform: python, cloud
- tags: data-engineering, course, free-course, kafka, spark, dbt, kestra, data-pipelines, zoomcamp, jupyter-notebooks, docker

## Member repositories
- DataTalksClub/data-engineering-zoomcamp (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:09.503571+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:21:57.245260+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/DataTalksClub/data-engineering-zoomcamp (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:09.503571+00:00, sha f9a7ba027909)
  - homepage: https://courses.datatalks.club/register/de-zoomcamp/ (fetched 2026-08-29T07:45:17.902220+00:00, sha da9838ba6d68)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.