How to Build Your Own Singer
Replace Singer with a custom build. Simple, Composable, Open Source ETL
Build Difficulty: 4/5
A few focused days to build a solid replacement
Estimated Timeline
Based on 7 features at Few Days difficulty, expect about 3-5 days with AI-assisted development.
Recommended Tech Stack
Full-stack React framework with API routes and server components
PostgreSQL database, auth, and real-time subscriptions
Utility-first styling for rapid UI development
Key Features to Replicate
Top features across 5 categories. See all 7 features
Data Extraction(3 features)
Supports efficient incremental extraction with state maintenance
Makes it easy to maintain state between invocations to support incremental extraction
Extract data from any source and write it to a standard stream in JSON-based format
Architecture(1 features)
Simple applications composed with pipes—no daemons or complicated plugins needed
Data Format(1 features)
Singer applications communicate with JSON, making them easy to work with and implement in any programming language
Data Loading(1 features)
Consume data from taps and load it into files, APIs, or databases
Data Structure(1 features)
Supports JSON Schema to provide rich data types and rigid structure when needed
Cost Calculator
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