quilt logo

quilt

quiltdata/quilt

Scientific Data Management Platform on AWS for managing data packages

GraphCanon updated 3w · GitHub synced 3w

1.4k stars90 forksLast push 3w TypeScript Apache-2.0

Decision brief

Quilt is a platform focused on managing scientific and AI-related datasets through detailed version control and context-rich data packages hosted on AWS.

Good fit when

  • When your team requires in-depth version control for complex scientific datasets, ensuring that every change to the dataset is tracked and documented.
  • If you are working with machine learning projects where maintaining historical versions of data is crucial for reproducing results or debugging models.

Avoid when

  • Not recommended if you prefer on-premises solutions over AWS-hosted services, as Quilt operates exclusively within the Amazon Web Services ecosystem.
  • If your project involves handling simple and static datasets where traditional CVS tools suffice. The overhead of using a specialized solution like Quilt might not justify its use.

Observed Jul 14, 2026 · Source: enrich:decision_facts

Verify the decision

Adoption

Package downloads where a registry match exists. GitHub stars (1,367) are secondary evidence.

npm downloads (30d)
33·npm downloads API·3w

Maintenance and security

Full trust report
Maintenance
Very active (2d since push)
As of 3w
Provenance
Not a fork · Organization account
As of 3w
Security (OSV)
No lockfile
As of 1mo

Public GitHub metadata and optional OSV scans. Signals, not a guarantee. Trust methodology.

Install

npm install quilt
npm

Similar tools

Same-category neighbours. No typed graph edges are catalogued for this tool yet.

Evidence and technical details

Sourced facts, taxonomy, compatibility claims, README excerpt, and machine-readable endpoints.

Overview

Quilt is a platform designed to help teams manage scientific and AI-related datasets by providing deep version control and context-rich data packages.

Capability facts

Languages
typescript

Source: github.language · Aug 3, 2026

Categories

Compatibility

Sourced claims from the README excerpt - not unsourced marketing copy.

Node.js runtimeNode.js

Source: README excerpt (regex_v1, Aug 3, 2026)

npm install
Source link
Python runtimePython

Source: README excerpt (regex_v1, Aug 3, 2026)

2. Install Python task runner:
Source link

Tags

README

Quick Start for Contributors

  1. Clone and create a branch:

    git clone https://github.com/quiltdata/quilt
    cd quilt
    git checkout -b my-change
    
  2. Install Python task runner:

    # macOS/Linux
    curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
    
  3. Run Python tests:

    cd api/python
    uv run poe test
    
  4. Run catalog locally:

    cd catalog
    npm install
    npm start
    

For full setup, testing, and release steps, see docs/CONTRIBUTING.md.

For agents

This page has a .md twin and JSON over the API.

Was this helpful?

Anonymous feedback helps us improve pages and translations.