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OpenMetadata

All-in-one metadata platform — discovery, quality, and governance with a standard API.

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Overview

OpenMetadata is an open-source, all-in-one metadata platform for data discovery, quality, observability, and governance, with a standardized open metadata API and 80+ native connectors for the modern data stack.

Key Features

  • 80+ native connectors for databases, dashboards, pipelines, and ML platforms
  • Data lineage across tables, transformations, and dashboard widgets
  • Built-in data quality framework with test suites and profiling
  • Collaboration features: announcements, tasks, and @mentions
  • Custom metadata types and properties for domain-specific governance
  • Role-based access control with data domain and team ownership

Real-World Workflows

Single pane of glass for the data stack

  1. 1Deploy OpenMetadata via Docker and connect Snowflake, dbt, Airflow
  2. 2Auto-ingest schemas, descriptions, and owner metadata
  3. 3Set up data quality tests on critical tables from the UI
  4. 4Data teams browse assets and collaborate via inline comments

Automate data documentation

  1. 1Enable the AI description auto-generation feature for tables
  2. 2Run metadata ingestion on a schedule to keep docs up to date
  3. 3Owners review and approve AI-generated descriptions
  4. 4Publish the catalog as an internal data portal for the organization

Getting Started

# Start with Docker Compose
git clone https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata
cd OpenMetadata/docker/development
docker compose up -d

# Open UI at http://localhost:8585
# Default: admin / admin

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