dbt-colibri 0.2.0b4

A column lineage parser and dashboarding tool

dbt-colibri

dbt-colibri is a lightweight, developer-friendly CLI tool and self-hostable dashboard that extracts and visualizes full column-level lineage from your dbt-core project — no cloud syncs, agents, or vendor lock-in required.

It’s built for data teams who want a transparent, flexible, and open approach to lineage tracking without relying on complex enterprise tooling.

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✨ Features

• ✅ Column-level lineage graph: Understand how every column is derived across models
• 🔍 Model + column metadata: Parse directly from dbt's manifest and catalog
• 🧠 Smart parsing: Uses the structure of your SQL to extract relationships
• 📦 Self-hostable: Generate static HTML or JSON reports (no server required)
• 💡 Built for dbt-core users working locally or in CI pipelines

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🚀 Quickstart

📦 Installation

For local development:

git clone https://github.com/b-ned/dbt-colibri.git
cd dbt-colibri
pip install -e .

⚙️ Usage

Generate a lineage report from your dbt project directory:

colibri generate

By default, this will:

Look for target/manifest.json and target/catalog.json

Output the results to the dist/ folder:

`colibri-manifest.json`: human-readable lineage data

`index.html`: interactive visualization

Compatibility:

• dbt-core == 1.10.6
• python = 3.13.6
• snowflake dialect

🧰 Built on Open Source

This project is based on a fork of dbt-column-lineage-extractor, originally created under the MIT license.

Some core logic is adapted and modified for enhanced usability and reporting.