dlt
An open-source Python library that automates data loading, including extracting from MySQL through its SQL database source.
dlt (data load tool) is a library rather than a platform, so it can be dropped into a notebook, a serverless function, an Airflow DAG, or a laptop. Its sql_database source reads from MySQL with a standard connection string such as mysql+pymysql://.
The library is released under the Apache 2.0 license. dltHub, launched in March 2026, is a separate managed commercial platform built around it.
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