What is Kedro?

Kedro is a toolbox for production-ready data science. It uses software engineering best practices to help you create data engineering and data science pipelines that are reproducible, maintainable, and modular.

Kedro is an open-source Python framework hosted by the LF AI & Data Foundation.

How do I install Kedro?

To install Kedro from the Python Package Index (PyPI) run:

pip install kedro

It is also possible to install Kedro using conda:

conda install -c conda-forge kedro

Our Get Started guide contains full installation instructions, and includes how to set up Python virtual environments.

What are the main features of Kedro?

A pipeline visualisation generated using Kedro-Viz

| Feature | What is this? | | -------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Project Template | A standard, modifiable and easy-to-use project template based on Cookiecutter Data Science. | | Data Catalog | A series of lightweight data connectors used to save and load data across many different file formats and file systems, including local and network file systems, cloud object stores, and HDFS. The Data Catalog also includes data and model versioning for file-based systems. | | Pipeline Abstraction | Automatic resolution of dependencies between pure Python functions and data pipeline visualisation using Kedro-Viz. | | Coding Standards | Test-driven development using pytest, produce well-documented code using Sphinx, create linted code with support for flake8, isort and black and make use of the standard Python logging library. | | Flexible Deployment | Deployment strategies that include single or distributed-machine deployment as well as additional support for deploying on Argo, Prefect, Kubeflow, AWS Batch and Databricks. |

How do I use Kedro?

The Kedro documentation first explains how to install Kedro and then introduces key Kedro concepts.

• The first example illustrates the basics of a Kedro project using the Iris dataset
• You can then review the spaceflights tutorial to build a Kedro project for hands-on experience

For new and intermediate Kedro users, there's a comprehensive section on how to visualise Kedro projects using Kedro-Viz and how to work with Kedro and Jupyter notebooks.

Further documentation is available for more advanced Kedro usage and deployment. We also recommend the glossary and the API reference documentation for additional information.

Why does Kedro exist?

Kedro is built upon our collective best-practice (and mistakes) trying to deliver real-world ML applications that have vast amounts of raw unvetted data. We developed Kedro to achieve the following:

• To address the main shortcomings of Jupyter notebooks, one-off scripts, and glue-code because there is a focus on creating maintainable data science code
• To enhance team collaboration when different team members have varied exposure to software engineering concepts
• To increase efficiency, because applied concepts like modularity and separation of concerns inspire the creation of reusable analytics code

The humans behind Kedro

The Kedro product team and a number of open source contributors from across the world maintain Kedro.

Can I contribute?

Yes! Want to help build Kedro? Check out our guide to contributing to Kedro.

Where can I learn more?

There is a growing community around Kedro. Have a look at the Kedro FAQs to find projects using Kedro and links to articles, podcasts and talks.

Who likes Kedro?

There are Kedro users across the world, who work at start-ups, major enterprises and academic institutions like Absa, Acensi, Advanced Programming Solutions SL, AI Singapore, AMAI GmbH, Augment Partners, AXA UK, Belfius, Beamery, Caterpillar, CRIM, Dendra Systems, Element AI, GetInData, GMO, Indicium, Imperial College London, ING, Jungle Scout, Helvetas, Leapfrog, McKinsey & Company, Mercado Libre Argentina, Modec, Mosaic Data Science, NaranjaX, NASA, NHS AI Lab, Open Data Science LatAm, Prediqt, QuantumBlack, ReSpo.Vision, Retrieva, Roche, Sber, Socit Gnrale, Telkomsel, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, UrbanLogiq, Wildlife Studios, WovenLight and XP.

Kedro won Best Technical Tool or Framework for AI in the 2019 Awards AI competition and a merit award for the 2020 UK Technical Communication Awards. It is listed on the 2020 ThoughtWorks Technology Radar and the 2020 Data & AI Landscape. Kedro has received an honorable mention in the User Experience category in Fast Companys 2022 Innovation by Design Awards.

How can I cite Kedro?

If you're an academic, Kedro can also help you, for example, as a tool to solve the problem of reproducible research. Use the "Cite this repository" button on our repository to generate a citation from the CITATION.cff file.