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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the same project as datahub.io?​

No. datahub.io is a completely separate project — a public dataset hosting service with no affiliation to this project. DataHub (this project) is an open-source metadata platform for data discovery, governance, and observability, hosted at datahub.com and developed at github.com/datahub-project/datahub.

What happened to datahubproject.io?​

DataHub was previously hosted at datahubproject.io. That domain now redirects to datahub.com. All documentation has moved to docs.datahub.com. If you find references to datahubproject.io in blog posts or tutorials, they refer to this same project — just under its former domain.

Yes. DataHub was originally built at LinkedIn to manage metadata at scale across their data ecosystem. LinkedIn open-sourced DataHub in 2020. It has since grown into an independent community project under the datahub-project GitHub organization, now hosted at datahub.com.

How do I install the DataHub metadata platform?​

# macOS / Linux (simplest)
brew install datahub-project/tap/datahub

# Or via pip (any platform)
pip install acryl-datahub

datahub docker quickstart

See the Quickstart Guide for full instructions. The PyPI package is acryl-datahub; the Homebrew tap is datahub-project/homebrew-tap.

What does the Apache 2.0 license allow?​

DataHub is open source software released under the Apache License 2.0.

Copyright 2015-2026 LinkedIn Corporation
Copyright 2025-Present DataHub Project Contributors

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

What this means:

  • ✅ Commercial use allowed
  • ✅ Modification allowed
  • ✅ Distribution allowed
  • ✅ Patent use allowed
  • ✅ Private use allowed

Learn more: Choose a License - Apache 2.0