# thbar/kiba

Data processing & ETL framework for Ruby

Repository: https://github.com/thbar/kiba
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kiba
Homepage: https://www.kiba-etl.org
Language: Ruby
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: etl, etl-ruby, ruby, data, rubydatascience
Last push: 2026-01-10T19:13:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 50/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 61, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4794, "days_push": 235, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1775, forks 90 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:34.445392+00:00)

## What it is
Kiba is a Ruby ETL framework for defining and running data-processing pipelines with sources, transforms, and destinations via a Ruby DSL. It is considered feature-complete and receives maintenance updates to stay compatible with supported Ruby versions.

## Use cases
- build ETL pipelines in Ruby
- migrate data between databases like MySQL and Postgres
- load CSV files into a SQL database
- run scheduled data jobs from cron or rake
- stream large SQL result sets through transforms
- build an internal datawarehouse feed

## When to choose
- you are a Ruby team needing maintainable, testable ETL jobs
- you want a lightweight code-first alternative to heavyweight ETL tools
- you need database-to-database migration or warehousing pipelines in Ruby

## When to avoid
- you need a actively evolving framework with new features (Kiba is 'done')
- your stack is Python, JVM, or another non-Ruby ecosystem
- you need a GUI-based visual pipeline builder

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: etl, workflow-automation, cli
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: ruby, cli, cross-platform
- tags: etl-framework, data-pipelines, ruby-dsl, etl-jobs, data-processing, data-engineering, automation

## Member repositories
- thbar/kiba (main) score 50

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:34.445392+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 2026-08-30T03:25:21.883816+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/thbar/kiba (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:34.445392+00:00, sha c2d765e3ece0)
  - homepage: https://www.kiba-etl.org (fetched 2026-08-29T11:03:51.931597+00:00, sha 352e6bcf7053)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.