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Frictionless Data Introduction Projects Universe Adoption People Fellows (opens new window) Development Development Architecture Roadmap Process Work With Us Work With Us Get Help Contribute Code of Conduct Events Calendar Forum (opens new window) Chat (Slack) (opens new window) Chat (Matrix) (opens new window) Blog Introduction Projects Universe Adoption People Fellows (opens new window) Development Development Architecture Roadmap Process Work With Us Work With Us Get Help Contribute Code of Conduct Events Calendar Forum (opens new window) Chat (Slack) (opens new window) Chat (Matrix) (opens new window) Blog Frictionless Data Data Software and Standards Frictionless is an open-source toolkit that brings simplicity to the data experience - whether you’re wrangling a CSV or engineering complex pipelines. Why Frictionless Data? Get Started Approachable A lean and minimal core. Quick to understand, quick to use. Incrementally Adoptable Start with just what you need, scale as you grow. Progressive Enhance, rather than replace, your existing tools and workflows. For Anyone Who Works With Data Especially complex data or across tools or teams. Researchers Make your research data more reproducible Data Scientists Easily create data processing pipelines Data Engineers Standardize complex data platforms Frictionless Data Integration and Management Data integration is the job of bringing complex data together, cleaning it up, knitting it together and pushing it into downstream applications, analytics or warehouses – and you can do this reliably, repeatedly and automatedly with Frictionless. Packaging Data Package data with its metadata and schema for increased usability and clarity. Transforming Data Data often requires some transformations, like cleaning or conversions from one format to another. Pushing and Storing Data Frictionless has several plugins for accessing and storing data, for example in a SQL database. Why Frictionless? Rufus Pollock, Frictionless Data co-creator, explains the problem Frictionless addresses through simple specifications and software. User Testimonials Frictionless Data project has been adopted by many organizations and individuals. "The Frictionless Data stack is proving itself to be a solid foundation on which to build the next wave of open data. It promotes FAIR data from inception in order to build modern Open Data Portals!" - Francisco Alves, Frictionless Contributor "Frictionless is the happy mix of being easy to understand and use along with being extensible and open, it’s pretty much the perfect way of bundling data and metadata together. Don’t leave home without it :-)" - Simon Tyrrell, Frictionless Tool Fund Grantee "Data standards are a powerful instrument to support the next generation of users, develop compelling use cases and define new ecosystems that create jobs. Frictionless Data has helped us to achieve all of the above." - Oleg Lavrovsky, Frictionless Tool Fund Grantee Supported by About About Contact Terms of Use Privacy Policy Help Support Get started Community Forum More Reproducible Research Design Assets Blog Contribute Social Twitter GitHub Slack...