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dlt Resources

Official Documentation

Core Documentation

API Reference

Learning Resources

Official Tutorials

dlt Quick Start: https://dlthub.com/docs/tutorial/

  • 5-minute introduction
  • Load your first data
  • Understand core concepts
  • Deploy to production

dlt Walkthrough: https://dlthub.com/docs/walkthroughs/

  • Build REST API source
  • Database replication
  • File processing
  • Custom transformations

Video Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/@dlthub

  • Getting started with dlt
  • Building custom sources
  • Production deployment
  • Integration tutorials

Community Tutorials

Blog Posts:

  • "From API to Analytics with dlt" - Complete walkthrough
  • "Building Production Data Pipelines with dlt" - Best practices
  • "dlt + dbt: The Perfect Combo" - Integration patterns

Example Projects: https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt-examples

  • GitHub to BigQuery
  • Stripe to Snowflake
  • REST API integration
  • Database replication

Community Resources

Community Channels

dlt Slack: https://dlthub.com/community

  • Active community (1,000+ members)
  • Channels:
    • #general - General questions
    • #help - Get help with issues
    • #show-and-tell - Share your pipelines
    • #verified-sources - Source-specific help
  • dltHub team active daily
  • Fast response times

Discord: https://discord.gg/nMM2kNNWvX

  • Alternative to Slack
  • Real-time chat
  • Community support

GitHub Discussions: https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt/discussions

  • Long-form discussions
  • Feature requests
  • Q&A forum
  • Searchable archive

Social Media

Twitter: @dltHub

  • Product updates
  • Tips and tricks
  • Community highlights
  • Weekly features

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dlthub

  • Company updates
  • Case studies
  • Blog posts
  • Job opportunities

Stack Overflow

Tag: dlt or data-load-tool

  • Growing Q&A collection
  • Community answers
  • Searchable knowledge base

Verified Sources

Available Sources

SaaS & APIs:

  • Marketing: Google Analytics, Facebook Ads, Google Ads, LinkedIn Ads
  • CRM: Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive
  • Support: Zendesk, Intercom, Freshdesk
  • Collaboration: Slack, Notion, Asana, Jira
  • Development: GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
  • Finance: Stripe, Chargebee, Recurly
  • Ecommerce: Shopify, WooCommerce

Databases:

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • SQL Server

Generic:

  • REST API (configurable)
  • SQL Database (universal adapter)
  • Filesystem (CSV, Parquet, JSON)

Installation:

Source Documentation: https://dlthub.com/docs/dlt-ecosystem/verified-sources/

  • Configuration guides
  • Authentication setup
  • Available resources
  • Customization options

Destinations

Supported Destinations

Cloud Warehouses:

Databases:

Data Lakes:

Others:

  • ClickHouse: OLAP database
  • Weaviate: Vector database for ML

Coming Soon:

  • Elasticsearch
  • MongoDB (as destination)
  • TimescaleDB

Integration Guides

dbt Integration

Resources:

Pattern:

Workflow:

dbt Sources (reference dlt tables):

Airflow Integration

Installation:

DAG Example:

Dagster Integration

Installation:

Asset Example:

Prefect Integration

Tools & Extensions

dlt CLI

dlt-init-openapi

Generate dlt source from OpenAPI spec:

dlt Helpers

Python Package: Helper utilities for dlt development

Testing Tools

pytest-dlt

Installation:

Usage:

Monitoring & Observability

dlt Cloud (Coming Soon)

Features (planned):

  • Pipeline monitoring
  • Alerting and notifications
  • Data quality checks
  • Usage analytics
  • Team collaboration

Sign up for beta: https://dlthub.com/cloud

Custom Monitoring

OpenTelemetry Integration:

Prometheus Metrics:

Case Studies & Blog Posts

Official Blog: https://dlthub.com/blog

  • Use case walkthroughs
  • Product updates
  • Best practices
  • Community spotlights

Notable Posts:

  • "Building a Modern Data Stack with dlt and dbt"
  • "From 500 Lines to 50: Simplifying Data Pipelines"
  • "Incremental Loading Patterns in dlt"
  • "Schema Evolution Best Practices"

Customer Stories:

  • How companies use dlt in production
  • Migration stories (from Fivetran, Airbyte, custom scripts)
  • Scale and performance metrics

Contributing

How to Contribute

Code Contributions: https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt/blob/devel/CONTRIBUTING.md

  • Bug fixes
  • New features
  • Performance improvements
  • Documentation

Verified Sources:

  • Build new sources
  • Improve existing sources
  • Add tests and documentation
  • Submit PR to dlt-hub/verified-sources

Documentation:

  • Fix typos
  • Add examples
  • Improve clarity
  • Translate to other languages

Community:

  • Answer questions in Slack
  • Write blog posts
  • Create tutorials
  • Share your pipelines

Conference Talks & Presentations

Conferences:

  • Data Council
  • Coalesce (dbt conference)
  • PyData
  • EuroPython

Talks:

  • "Declarative Data Loading with dlt"
  • "Building Data Pipelines in Python"
  • "The Future of ELT Tools"

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/@dlthub

Comparison Resources

dlt vs Alternatives

vs Fivetran/Airbyte: https://dlthub.com/blog/dlt-vs-fivetran

  • Code-first vs UI-first
  • Flexibility vs managed connectors
  • Cost comparison

vs Custom Scripts: https://dlthub.com/blog/why-not-build-yourself

  • Development time
  • Maintenance burden
  • Feature comparison

vs Other Python Libraries: https://dlthub.com/blog/python-etl-tools

  • Singer
  • Meltano
  • PipelineWise

Quick Reference

Common Commands

Configuration Patterns

Python Patterns

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