Choosing a data-pipeline tool can be difficult when project capabilities and maintenance signals vary widely. This August 2026 snapshot uses the supplied ToolVitals records, including ToolVitals score, health score, shipping score, status, openness label, license label, and GitHub star count.
The ranking covers open/source-visible tools and orders them by ToolVitals score descending, then health and shipping for equal composite scores. GitHub stars are context only and do not determine the ordering.
Rankings
| Rank | Tool | Openness | License | Health | Shipping | GitHub Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apache Airflow | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 99 | 98 | 46606 | 99 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 2 | dbt | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 98 | 98 | 13689 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 3 | texera | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 98 | 98 | 275 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 4 | Debezium | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 98 | 97 | 13051 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 5 | AtroCore | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 97 | 97 | 229 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 6 | Bruin | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 97 | 97 | 1677 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 7 | Feldera | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 97 | 2067 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 8 | HPCC Systems | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 97 | 97 | 614 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 9 | Dagster | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 97 | 96 | 16061 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 10 | Sail | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 97 | 96 | 3332 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 11 | MLRun | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 97 | 96 | 1692 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 12 | Open Wearables | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 95 | 2411 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 13 | CloudQuery | OSI-approved OSS | MPL-2.0 | 96 | 96 | 6498 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 14 | Jitsu | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 96 | 5043 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 15 | CocoIndex | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 96 | 95 | 11401 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 16 | Meltano | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 96 | 95 | 2608 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 17 | PRQL | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 96 | 95 | 10899 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 18 | Pixeltable | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 96 | 95 | 1613 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 19 | Unstract | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 95 | 94 | 7167 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 20 | Apache DevLake | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 95 | 93 | 3109 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 21 | Altimate Code | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 92 | 801 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 22 | Arroyo | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 84 | 79 | 5014 | 82 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 23 | Multiwoven | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 74 | 69 | 1671 | 72 | 🟢 Good |
| 24 | Mage | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 74 | 60 | 8814 | 69 | 🟢 Good |
| 25 | DocETL | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 67 | 56 | 3995 | 63 | 🟢 Good |
| 26 | aisheets | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 22 | 10 | 1642 | 17 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 27 | HRFlow | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 15 | 4 | 41 | 11 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 28 | Automate DV | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 8 | 0 | 595 | 5 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 29 | cptn.io | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 8 | 0 | 492 | 5 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 30 | Documind | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 1 | 0 | 1521 | 1 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 31 | Neosync | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 0 | 0 | 4142 | 0 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 32 | Orchest | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 0 | 0 | 4132 | 0 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 33 | Ploomber | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 0 | 0 | 3622 | 0 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
Top 3 Highlights
Apache Airflow ranks first with a ToolVitals score of 99, a health score of 99, and a shipping score of 98. It stands out for the breadth of workflow responsibilities named in its supplied description: programmatically authoring, scheduling, and monitoring workflows. The record gives it the openness label “OSI-approved OSS” and license label “Apache-2.0”; its 46,606 GitHub stars are context only.
dbt ranks second with a ToolVitals score of 98 and health and shipping scores of 98. Its supplied description centers on transforming data for analysts and engineers while applying the same practices software engineers use to build applications. The record gives it the openness label “OSI-approved OSS” and license label “Apache-2.0”; its 13,689 GitHub stars are context only.
texera ranks third with a ToolVitals score of 98 and health and shipping scores of 98. It stands out for its stated combination of collaborative, machine-learning-centric data analytics and workflows. The record gives it the openness label “OSI-approved OSS” and license label “Apache-2.0”; its 275 GitHub stars are context only.
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