---
title: "What Is Dbt Intro"
source: dbt Core Documentation
source_url: https://github.com/dbt-labs/docs.getdbt.com
licence: Apache-2.0
domain: data-and-analysis
subdomain: dbt-docs
date_added: 2026-04-25
---

dbt is the industry standard for data transformation, helping you get more work done while producing higher quality results. You can use dbt and its [framework](#dbt-framework) to:
- Centralize and modularize your analytics code, while also providing your data team with guardrails typically found in software engineering workflows. 
- Collaborate on data models to safely deploy and monitor data transformations in production.
- Apply software engineering best practices like version control, testing, modularity, CI/CD, and documentation to analytics workflows. 

Backed by a 100,000+ member [community](/community/join), dbt helps teams build high-quality, trustworthy data pipelines faster.
