Bonobo

About Bonobo

Lightweight Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) framework for Python 3.6+. Allows writing ETL scripts in pure Python, particularly suited for simple and straightforward ETL tasks.

Key Features

• 1Graph-based ETL pipeline definition using plain Python functions
• 2Built-in parallel execution with configurable worker pool
• 3Simple component model: any callable can be a pipeline node
• 4Native support for CSV, JSON, and database I/O components
• 5Minimal dependencies — pure Python 3 with no heavy frameworks

How Python Data Engineers Use Bonobo

Bonobo is used for straightforward ETL scripts where simplicity matters. Engineers define a pipeline graph by connecting Python functions — one reads rows from a CSV, another cleans them, a third writes to a database — and Bonobo handles the plumbing, parallelism, and error propagation between nodes.