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OpenMetadata

Data catalog with lineage, quality checks, and governance metadata

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What it is

OpenMetadata is a self-hostable metadata platform that gathers schemas, lineage down to the column level, data quality tests, ownership, glossaries, and data contracts from more than 130 sources into one searchable graph. It includes profiling, observability alerts, review workflows, and an MCP server plus APIs and SDKs so AI assistants can query the same context. Data engineering and governance teams run it to help analysts find trustworthy datasets and see what breaks when a table or column changes.

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Stars
15,523 GitHub stars.
15,523

Forks
2,468
Commits
19,971
Contributors
500+
Language
TypeScript
License
Apache-2.0
Last commit
Oct 20, 2026
On GitHub since
August 2021
First release
August 2021
Platforms
web, self-hosted, library
Self-hostable
Yes
Alternative to
Collibra, Alation, Atlan
Tags
  • mcp-server
  • semantic-search
  • data-pipeline
  • knowledge-graph
  • collaboration

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What people are saying

Updated Oct 21, 2026
  • Hacker NewsShow HN: OpenMetadata – OSS platform for data discovery observability governanceJul 17, 2024 · 19 points · 11 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsOpenMetadata: Open Standard for MetadataMay 24, 2022 · 4 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“The Open Metadata project is both a large vocabulary for describing metadata, but also APIs, Docker images etc:”Sep 4, 2021 · 0 likes · 1 reply (opens Bluesky in a new tab)