intake/intake
Intake is a lightweight package for finding, investigating, loading and disseminating data. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
72/100
- Activity 88
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3306
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 76
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1085 stars · 149 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Intake is a lightweight Python package for describing data declaratively, gathering datasets into searchable catalogs, and loading data from many formats and remote storage backends. It uses a plugin/driver system so third-party packages can add support for additional data sources.
Use cases
- build a searchable catalog of datasets
- load data from remote storage in python
- describe data sources declaratively
- find the right dataset across multiple catalogs
- standardize data access across a data science team
- load csv parquet and other formats through one interface
When to choose
- you need a unified, declarative interface to many heterogeneous data sources
- you want to share curated dataset catalogs across a team or organization
- you work in the PyData ecosystem (pandas, dask, xarray) and want lazy data loading
When to avoid
- you only read a single local file format and don't need cataloging
- you need a full data versioning or lineage system rather than access layer
- your stack is not Python-based
Facets
library · maturity active
data-science etl plugin-system search-engine data-science databases analytics python cross-platform data-catalog data-access data-loading catalogs data-engineering
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/intake/intake · fetched 2026-08-28 · dd51d2b884f2
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| intake/intake | main | 72 |
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