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pentaho/pentaho-kettle

Pentaho Data Integration ( ETL ) a.k.a Kettle observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/pentaho/pentaho-kettle · Java · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

67/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4712
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

8382 stars · 3575 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Pentaho Data Integration (Kettle) is an open-source ETL application for designing and running data extraction, transformation, and loading pipelines. It provides a graphical designer (Spoon), a Java execution engine, and a plugin architecture for connecting to many data sources.

Use cases

  • extract transform and load data between databases
  • migrate data from one database to another
  • build scheduled data pipelines
  • cleanse and transform csv files into a data warehouse
  • integrate data from multiple sources
  • run batch data jobs on a schedule
  • visual etl designer for data integration

When to choose

  • you need a mature GUI-based ETL tool with hundreds of built-in connectors
  • you want to build data pipelines without writing code
  • you need a self-hosted, open-source data integration platform

When to avoid

  • you prefer code-first pipeline frameworks like Airflow or dbt
  • you need a lightweight CLI-only tool
  • your license requirements demand a standard permissive open-source license

Facets

application · maturity active

etl database gui workflow-automation data-science big-data databases developer-tools jvm cross-platform data-integration kettle etl-tool data-warehouse transformation spoon pentaho data-engineering desktop

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
pentaho/pentaho-kettlemain67

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