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About Great Expectations
Great Expectations is an open source Python library for data quality validation. It lets you define expectations about your data, run automated checks against datasets, and generate human readable documentation of data quality.
Best for
Data engineers and analysts who need a rigorous, open source way to validate data quality and documentation.
Use cases
- Validate incoming data pipelines against predefined quality rules
- Generate data documentation and quality reports automatically
- Monitor data drift in production by comparing expectations over time
Notes
11,532 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-06-01. Licensed Apache-2.0.
Pros
- Well documented with a large community (over 11,500 GitHub stars)
- Declarative API makes it easy to define and version control data expectations
- Integrates with common data tools like Pandas, Spark, and SQL databases
Cons
- Steep learning curve for users new to data quality concepts
- Performance can slow down on very large datasets without careful tuning
- Expectation definitions require consistent maintenance as data schemas evolve
Key facts
What we have checked
- Latest version
- 1.24.1 (released 22 Oct 2026)
- GitHub stars
- 11,843
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Stars and usage
How Great Expectations is growing
11,532 to 11,843
Sources
Where this comes from
- GitHubOfficial
- github api via nightly crawl, recovered from git history 20e874270887c1008f860ee0198e461a23c9e438Registry
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Changelog
What changed
Released 1.24.1
Released 1.24.0
Released 1.23.2
Released 1.23.1
Released 1.23.0
Released 1.22.0
Released 1.21.0
Released 1.20.0
Released 1.19.1
Released 1.19.0
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