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Python ETL framework for stream processing, real-time analytics, LLM pipelines, and RAG.
63K starsJul 2, 2026 pushdata-analysisPythonETL
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Apache Airflow - A platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows
47K starsAug 25, 2026 pushdata-analysisPythonETL
$ npx skills add apache/airflow#3
Change data capture for a variety of databases. Please log issues at https://github.com/debezium/dbz/issues.
13K starsJun 12, 2026 pushdata-analysisJavaData Pipeline
$ npx skills add debezium/debezium#4
Flink CDC is a streaming data integration tool
6.5K starsAug 25, 2026 pushdata-analysisJavaData Pipeline
$ npx skills add apache/flink-cdc#5
Fancy stream processing made operationally mundane
8.7K starsJun 19, 2026 pushdata-analysisGoETL
$ npx skills add redpanda-data/connect#6
Free universal database tool and SQL client
51K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisJavaSQL
$ npx skills add dbeaver/dbeaver#7
Empowering Data Intelligence with Distributed SQL for Sharding, Scalability, and Security Across All Databases.
21K starsSep 9, 2026 pushdata-analysisJavaData Pipeline
$ npx skills add apache/shardingsphere#8
The world's fastest open query engine for sub-second analytics both on and off the data lakehouse. With the flexibility to support nearly any scenario, StarRocks provides best-in-class performance for multi-dimensional analytics, real-time analytics, and ad-hoc queries. A Linux Foundation project.
12K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisJavaSQL
$ npx skills add StarRocks/starrocks#9
Official repository of Trino, the distributed SQL query engine for big data, formerly known as PrestoSQL (https://trino.io)
13K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisJavaSQL
$ npx skills add trinodb/trino#10
Flyway by Redgate • Database Migrations Made Easy.
9.9K starsJun 18, 2026 pushdata-analysisJavaSQL
$ npx skills add flyway/flyway#11
$ npx skills add apache/hive#12
Apache Ignite
5.1K starsAug 26, 2026 pushdata-analysisJavaSQL
$ npx skills add apache/ignite#13
Database Subsetting and Relational Data Browsing Tool.
3.2K starsJul 28, 2026 pushdata-analysisJavaSQL
$ npx skills add Wisser/Jailer#14
TiDB is built for agentic workloads that grow unpredictably, with ACID guarantees and native support for transactions, analytics, and vector search. No data silos. No noisy neighbors. No infrastructure ceiling.
40K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisGoSQL
$ npx skills add pingcap/tidb#15
ClickHouse® is a real-time analytics database management system
48K starsJun 21, 2026 pushdata-analysisC++SQL
$ npx skills add ClickHouse/ClickHouse#16
DuckDB is an analytical in-process SQL database management system
39K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisC++SQL
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