---
id: apache-airflow-providers-common-io
version: "1.8.0"
license: Apache-2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# apache-airflow-providers-common-io — Provider package apache-airflow-providers-common-io for Apache Airflow

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 10.1M/mo

## What it is and what it does

apache-airflow-providers-common-io is a provider package that extends Apache Airflow with common I/O capabilities for workflow orchestration. It supplies reusable operators and utilities in the airflow.providers.common.io namespace, allowing DAG authors to standardize file and data handling patterns across their workflows without reimplementing I/O logic.

The package is designed as a foundational provider dependency, meant to be installed alongside Airflow and other provider packages that may depend on its I/O abstractions. It supports Python 3.10 through 3.14 and integrates with optional OpenLineage support for data lineage tracking when the openlineage extra is installed.

Use it for:

- Build Airflow DAGs that need standardized file transfer or I/O operations across multiple provider integrations
- Extend Airflow workflows with common I/O patterns without writing custom operators
- Integrate OpenLineage data lineage tracking into Airflow I/O operations via the optional extra
- Develop provider packages that depend on common I/O abstractions from the Airflow ecosystem

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Provides common I/O utilities and operators for Apache Airflow workflows, enabling standardized file and data handling across Airflow DAGs and provider integrations.

Yes, if you are running Apache Airflow >=2.11.0 and need I/O utilities for your workflows. It is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, carries a permissive Apache-2.0 license, and installs with low friction. Install it as a dependency when other Airflow providers require it, or directly when building DAGs that benefit from standardized I/O operators.

## Install

pip install apache-airflow-providers-common-io
uv add apache-airflow-providers-common-io
poetry add apache-airflow-providers-common-io

## Installing apache-airflow-providers-common-io

Before you install: Low friction install as a pure Python wheel. Actively maintained with recent releases; requires Airflow >=2.11.0 and apache-airflow-providers-common-compat >=1.12.0.

License in practice: Apache-2.0 license permits commercial use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions; suitable for most organizational contexts.

Quickstart:

pip install apache-airflow-providers-common-io

from airflow.providers.common.io import operators
# Use common.io operators in your DAG definitions

Requires Apache Airflow >=2.11.0 and Python >=3.10

Verify before relying:

- Specific I/O operations and file formats supported by the common.io provider
- Whether openlineage extra adds lineage tracking or only optional dependency support
- Performance characteristics for large-scale data transfers

## Package facts

- License: Apache-2.0 (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 10.1M/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

airflow io provider, airflow file operations, airflow common io utilities, airflow data transfer, airflow provider integration, airflow workflow io, airflow cross-provider io, airflow-provider, workflow-orchestration, data-io

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