Tech riderRev. 22 Sept 2026
- 1Runs onAPI, self-hosted
- 2CostsNot stated by the maker
- 3Deployment modelself hosted
- 4Transformation interfacecode
- 5Supported data formatsCSV, TSV, JSON, Parquet, Delta Lake, Avro
4 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: ibis-project.org
Overview
Ibis is ranked #29 of 36 in data transformation tools on Specifiction. It runs on API, Self-hosted.
Compared on data transformation tools
- Deployment model
- self_hostedibis-project.org
- Transformation interface
- codeibis-project.org
- Supported data formats
- CSV, TSV, JSON, Parquet, Delta Lake, Avroibis-project.org
Facts
- What it is
- Ibis is an open-source portable Python dataframe library that executes on query engines through a consistent API.ibis-project.org · 4 Oct 2026
- Backends
- Ibis says its API supports more than 20 backends.ibis-project.org · 4 Oct 2026
- Local execution
- The homepage says Ibis uses DuckDB by default for local dataframes and also names Polars and DataFusion.ibis-project.org · 4 Oct 2026
- Workflow
- Ibis lets users iterate locally and deploy remotely by changing a single line of code.ibis-project.org · 4 Oct 2026
- SQL and Python
- Ibis supports composing SQL and Python dataframe code to bridge data engineering and data science.ibis-project.org · 4 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The installation page says Ibis and a supported backend can be installed with pip, conda, mamba, or pixi.ibis-project.org · 4 Oct 2026
- Package conflict
- The installation page warns that the PyPI package named ibis is distinct from ibis-framework, and that the two cannot coexist in one Python environment because both use the ibis module name.ibis-project.org · 4 Oct 2026
- Cloud support
- Ibis says it supports and tests Google BigQuery, Snowflake, Databricks Cloud, and Amazon Athena, with support potentially moving to best effort if funding ends.ibis-project.org · 4 Oct 2026
- Who it is for
- The Why Ibis page identifies practitioners, data platforms, organizations, and library developers as audiences for Ibis.ibis-project.org · 4 Oct 2026
- Project support
- Voltron Data is Ibis's primary sponsor, and the project page says most of the core development team is employed there.ibis-project.org · 4 Oct 2026
- Help
- The project recommends GitHub and Zulip for help, and says Voltron Data offers commercial support.ibis-project.org · 4 Oct 2026
- Production use
- Ibis says its API is stable, while breaking changes can occur across major versions and the team aims to make migration easy.ibis-project.org · 4 Oct 2026
- Security and compliance
- The opened official pages do not state security certifications or compliance claims.ibis-project.org · 4 Oct 2026
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Sources
- ibis-project.org/why· checked 4 Oct 2026
- ibis-project.org· checked 4 Oct 2026
- ibis-project.org/install· checked 4 Oct 2026
- ibis-project.org/backends/support/cloud_support_policy· checked 4 Oct 2026
- ibis-project.org/concepts/who· checked 4 Oct 2026