{"categories":[{"label":"Build Tools","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-build-tools/4"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"dbx is a CLI tool that extends Databricks capabilities for development, deployment, and management of Databricks workflows across multiple environments with versioned packaging and delivery.","skillfed_tags":["databricks","workflow-orchestration"],"use_cases":["Package and version Databricks projects for repeatable deployment across dev, staging, and production environments.","Automate Databricks workflow deployment and job launch as part of a CI/CD pipeline using CLI commands.","Rapidly prototype and test Databricks workflows locally before deploying to a shared Databricks workspace.","Manage multi-environment Databricks configurations and secrets through templated configuration files."],"what_it_does":"dbx is a command-line tool that extends the Databricks CLI to simplify development, deployment, and management of Databricks workflows. It handles packaging and versioning of projects for delivery to Databricks environments and is designed for both local rapid prototyping and integration into CI/CD pipelines.\n\nThe tool depends on 15 runtime packages including aiohttp, click, cookiecutter, databricks-cli, mlflow-skinny, pydantic, and others to provide workflow templating, configuration management, and API interaction. However, the package has not been released in 773 days, and the official documentation now recommends asset bundles as the preferred approach for CI/CD workflows, suggesting dbx may be in maintenance-only or deprecated status.","worth_installing":"No\u2014not recommended for new projects. The package is dormant (773 days without release) and the official documentation explicitly recommends migrating to asset bundles for CI/CD workflows. The license is also unclear. Use only if maintaining an existing dbx-based codebase that cannot migrate."},"id":"dbx","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/dbx","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/dbx.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/dbx/"},"maintenance":{"status":"dormant"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2024-07-02","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"unclear","name":"dbx","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"DataBricks CLI eXtensions aka dbx"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":137715,"position":11361,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.8.19"}