What is Embulk?
It is an open-source bulk data loader that helps data transfer between various databases, storages, file formats, and cloud services.
Embulk is a tool in the API Tools category of a tech stack.
Embulk is an open source tool with 1.7K GitHub stars and 200 GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Embulk's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Embulk?
Companies
8 companies reportedly use Embulk in their tech stacks, including Repro, Radiotalk, and SPACEMARKET.
Developers
17 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Embulk.
Embulk's Features
- Automatic guessing of input file formats
- Parallel & distributed execution to deal with big data sets
- Transaction control to guarantee All-or-Nothing
- Resuming
- Plugins released on RubyGems.org
Embulk Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Embulk?
Fluentd
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Sqoop
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Logstash
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JavaScript
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Git
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
