# singer-io/getting-started

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## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/singer-io/getting-started
- Homepage: https://singer.io
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/singer-io-getting-started.md

## Description

Singer is an open source standard for moving data between databases, web APIs, files, queues, and just about anything else you can think of. The [Singer spec] describes how data extraction scripts — called “Taps” — and data loading scripts — called “Targets” — should communicate using a standard…

## Tags

### Part of an Awesome List

- [Data Integration](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/data/data-integration.md) — Open-source standard for moving data using JSON-based taps and targets.
- [Data Loading Extraction](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/data/data-loading-extraction.md) — Standard for moving data between systems.
- [Data Pipelines and Orchestration](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/data/data-pipelines-and-orchestration.md) — Standardized framework for writing data movement scripts.