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dbt — manage SQL models with software-engineering practices

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13,810
Primary language
Rust
License
Apache-2.0
Repository last updated
Sep 13, 2026

Overview

dbt helps data analysts and engineers build transformations with software-development practices. Select statements become models that create warehouse tables or views, with dependency visualization, tests, documentation, and version-controlled collaboration.

Features and best fit

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Manage SQL-model dependencies, quality, and artifacts in one project

Models form a dependency DAG that can be versioned alongside tests and documentation. dbt v2.0 on the main branch is a ground-up Rust rewrite distributed as a self-contained binary, producing queryable Parquet artifacts in addition to the existing JSON artifacts retained for compatibility.

Sources: [1]

For standardizing warehouse transformation as analytics engineering

It fits data teams that want SQL models, dependencies, tests, and documentation in a collaborative review and version-control workflow. Its focus is transformation after data reaches a warehouse rather than extracting and loading the data itself.

Sources: [1]

Distinguish the renamed repository, v2 beta, v1 branch, and distribution license

The dbt-labs/dbt-core repository named in the analysis has since become dbt-labs/dbt. Version 2.0 on main is beta, so behavior, APIs, and on-disk formats may change before stability. The Python v1 implementation lives on 1.latest. Repository source is Apache-2.0, while the dbt distribution with dbt-specific customizations has a separate product license.

Sources: [1]

Official sources

  1. [1]dbt README(2026-09-13)
Supplemental curator note

Selected for building the analytics-engineering category, preserving identity through multiple renames, and making a major Apache-2.0 transition to Rust v2.

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  • dbt-viewpoint
  • slack
  • pypa
  • data-modeling
  • business-intelligence
  • analytics
  • elt
Stars
13,810
Forks
2,563
Watchers
162
Open issues
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Primary language
Rust
License
Apache-2.0
Repository last updated
Sep 13, 2026
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