Airbyte is a data integration platform focused on the extract-and-load stage of ELT. It ships a large catalog of source and destination connectors covering SaaS APIs, operational databases, files, and analytical destinations, plus a connector development kit for building custom connectors.
Syncs run on configurable schedules and support full refresh and incremental modes; many database sources also support log-based change data capture. Loaded data lands in raw form, with transformation typically delegated to a downstream framework such as dbt.
Airbyte is available as a self-hosted open-source deployment or as a managed cloud service, which is a common deciding factor between it and fully managed alternatives.