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# Meltano

Meltano [(www.meltano.com)](https://meltano.com/) is an open source convention-over-configuration product for the whole data lifecycle, all the way from loading data to analyzing it. It is delivered as self-hosted software which can be [installed locally or to the cloud](/developer-tools/self-hosted-installation.html).

It does [data ops](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DataOps), data engineering, analytics, business intelligence, and data science. It leverages open source software and software development best practices including version control, CI, CD, and review apps.

Meltano stands for the [steps of the data science life-cycle](#data-science-lifecycle): Model, Extract, Load, Transform, Analyze, Notebook, and Orchestrate.

## Documentation

You can find our documentation at [https://www.meltano.com/docs/](https://www.meltano.com/docs/).

For more information on the source code for the docs and running it locally, you can find them in the [docs directory on this project](https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/tree/master/docs).

## Contributing to Meltano

We welcome contributions and improvements, please see the [contribution guidelines](https://meltano.com/developer-tools/contributor-guide.html)

## Responsible Disclosure Policy

Please refer to the [responsible disclosure policy](https://meltano.com/docs/responsible-disclosure.html) on our website.

## License

This code is distributed under the MIT license, see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file.

[docker-compose]: https://docs.docker.com/compose/
