What can you do with datanika mcp?

Datanika

Open-source data pipeline platform — Extract, Load, Transform, and Orchestrate from a single UI.

Datanika combines dlt (extract + load) with dbt-core (transform) and adds visual pipeline management, scheduling, and monitoring — all in one Python-native platform.

Think Airbyte + dbt Cloud + Airflow — in one tool, self-hostable with Docker Compose.

Features

🔌 36 Connectors — PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB, BigQuery, Snowflake, Stripe, HubSpot, Salesforce, Kafka, S3, and more 🔄 dbt Transformations — SQL models, tests, snapshots, packages, and source freshness built in 📊 Visual Pipeline Builder — DAG editor with dependency management ⏰ Scheduling — Cron-based with APScheduler, persistent across restarts 📈 Monitoring — Run history, streaming logs, and dashboard stats 🔐 Enterprise Security — RBAC, SSO (SAML/OIDC), audit logging, encrypted credentials 🌍 9 Languages — English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Greek, Chinese, Arabic, Serbian 🔌 REST API — Full CRUD with OpenAPI/Swagger docs, rate limiting, and scoped API keys 🤖 AI-Agent Ready — hosted + local MCP server (25 tools), /llms.txt, agent-guide.md, 5-tier capability API, compile+preview validation, typed error codes, ?wait=true, Idempotency-Key, run cancellation 🚀 Pipeline Templates — One-click starter templates (Stripe→Postgres, Postgres→BigQuery, CSV→DuckDB) with prefilled connection configs 🔔 Notifications — Slack, Telegram, email, and webhook alerts on run completion, plus an in-app notification center 📦 Self-Hostable — Single docker compose up — no Kubernetes required

Quick Start

Docker (recommended)

git clone https://github.com/datanika-io/datanika-core.git
cd datanika-core
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your settings
docker compose up -d

App available at http://localhost:3000

Development

uv venv && source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install -e ".[dev]"
docker compose up -d postgres redis  # infrastructure only
uv run reflex run                     # starts on :3000 + :8000

Releases & versioning

Datanika uses 0.x SemVer with tagged releases (v0.1.0, …). While pre-1.0, breaking changes bump the minor. There is no 1.0 yet — that will mean a committed, stable public API contract.

Self-hosting? Pin a release instead of tracking master. master is continuously deployed to our hosted app and moves several times a day.

git checkout v0.1.0                                    # source
docker pull ghcr.io/datanika-io/datanika-core:v0.1.0   # image (:latest follows master)

Every version's notes are on the Releases page. Security advisories cite the first patched release (e.g. Patched: v0.1.0), so a pinned tag tells you immediately whether you're affected.

The datanika-mcp sub-package is versioned and released independently (mcp-v* tags, published to PyPI).

Why Datanika?

	Datanika	Airbyte	Fivetran	dbt Cloud
Extract + Load	✅ 36 connectors	✅ 600+ ¹	✅ 700+ ¹	❌
Transformations	✅ dbt built-in	❌	❌ (add-on)	✅
Scheduling	✅ Cron + DAG	✅ Basic	✅ Basic	✅
Pipeline DAG	✅ Visual	❌	❌	❌
Self-host	✅ Docker	⚠️ Needs K8s	❌ SaaS only	❌ SaaS only
Open source	✅ AGPL-3.0	⚠️ ELv2	❌	❌
Notifications	✅ Slack/Telegram/Email/Webhook	✅	✅	✅
Pricing	Free forever	Free tier limited	~$250+/mo	~$100+/mo

Tech Stack

Component	Technology
Frontend	Reflex (Python → React)
Backend	Starlette (via Reflex)
Extract + Load	dlt
Transform	dbt-core
Database	PostgreSQL 16
Task Queue	Celery + Redis
Scheduling	APScheduler

Roadmap

AI Agent Integration

Datanika speaks MCP, so AI agents (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, …) can browse connections, preview data, compile transformations, and monitor runs natively. 25 tools — 17 read-only, 8 write. There are two ways in.

Hosted — nothing to install. Paste this wherever your client accepts a remote MCP server and authorize in the browser:

https://app.datanika.io/mcp

OAuth 2.1, no API key to handle. Read-only unless you grant write at consent — a client that asks for nothing gets read-only, and a pasted API key stays read-only here even if its own scopes allow writes.

Local — stdio. Published on PyPI as datanika-mcp and listed on the official MCP registry as io.datanika/datanika-mcp:

# read-only by default; add --allow-write to enable the 8 write tools
uvx datanika-mcp --url https://app.datanika.io --api-key YOUR_KEY

See datanika-mcp/README.md for per-client config snippets and the full tool list, or datanika.io/docs/mcp-server for the hosted walkthrough.

Additional agent resources:

/llms.txt — discovery document
/api/v1/openapi.json — OpenAPI spec with typed inline schemas
/api/v1/meta/agent-tiers — 5-tier capability stack (JSON)
docs/api_versioning.md — stability tiers and deprecation policy

Open-Core Strategy

Core platform is open-source (AGPL-3.0). Cloud version adds billing, quotas, and usage metering via the datanika-cloud plugin.

Links

🌐 Website: datanika.io
🚀 Cloud Platform: app.datanika.io
📖 Documentation: datanika.io/docs
🔌 Connectors: datanika.io/connectors
📡 API Reference: datanika.io/docs/api

Security

Found a vulnerability? See SECURITY.md for our disclosure policy, supported versions, and reporting instructions.

Contributing

We welcome contributors and design partners. Open an issue or contact info@datanika.io.

License

AGPL-3.0

Footnotes

Competitor connector counts as published by each vendor's own connector directory, checked 2026-08-30. Ours is derived from ConnectionType in code, not written by hand. We do not track other vendors' catalogues continuously — if this footnote's date looks old, check the source rather than trusting the number. ↩ ↩²

Install

Add datanika mcp to your client. Pick the one you use.

claude mcp add datanika-mcp -- uvx datanika-mcp

codex mcp add datanika-mcp -- uvx datanika-mcp

amp mcp add datanika-mcp -- uvx datanika-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datanika-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "datanika-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to `claude_desktop_config.json`, then restart Claude Desktop.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datanika-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "datanika-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to `~/.cursor/mcp.json`, or `.cursor/mcp.json` for a single project.

code --add-mcp '{"name":"datanika-mcp","command":"uvx","args":["datanika-mcp"]}'

Or add the block manually to `.vscode/mcp.json` under `servers`.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datanika-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "datanika-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to `~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json`.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datanika-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "datanika-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to `cline_mcp_settings.json` via the MCP Servers panel.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datanika-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "datanika-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to `~/.gemini/settings.json`.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datanika-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "datanika-mcp"
      ],
      "tools": [
        "*"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to `~/.copilot/mcp-config.json`, or run `/mcp add` inside the CLI.

{
  "context_servers": {
    "datanika-mcp": {
      "command": {
        "path": "uvx",
        "args": [
          "datanika-mcp"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to your Zed `settings.json`.

uvx datanika-mcp

Run `goose configure`, choose **Add Extension → Command-line Extension**, and paste this command.

Score

39 / 100

Incomplete

Documentation25/25
Maintenance19/25
Trust16/20
Capability0/15
Install experience12/15

Documents what it does and how to connect
Has a resolvable package or endpoint
Exposes at least one tool, prompt or resource
README has substantive content
Includes a code example
Documents its configuration
Mentions credentials or security posture
Last commit 0 days ago
Has a release history
Repository is not archived
Licensed AGPL-3.0
Namespace verified in the official MCP registry
Claimed by its owner
Published under an organisation
0 tool(s) documented
Provides prompt templates
Provides resources
12 documented install method(s)
Published to a package registry
Offers a hosted endpoint — no local install

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Version history

Versions	Published
0.2.0Latest	Jul 21, 2026