---
id: dbt-common
version: "1.39.0"
license: Apache-2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# dbt-common — The shared common utilities that dbt-core and adapter implementations use

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install dbt-common
uv add dbt-common
poetry add dbt-common

## Description

## dbt-common

The shared common utilities for dbt-core and adapter implementations use

### Releasing dbt-common
To release a new version of dbt-common to pypi, you'll need to: 
1. Run the [release workflow](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-common/actions/workflows/release.yml) to bump the version, generate changelogs and release to pypi
4. Bump the version of `dbt-common` in `dbt-core` and `dbt-adapters` if you're releasing a new major version or a pre-release: 
   * `dbt-core`: [setup.py](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/blob/1.latest/core/setup.py)
   * `dbt-adapters`: [pyproject.toml](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/blob/main/pyproject.toml)
   * Adapter Implementations: 
     * `dbt-postgres`: [pyproject.toml](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-postgres/blob/main/pyproject.toml)
     * `dbt-snowflake`: [setup.py](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/blob/main/setup.py)
     * `dbt-bigquery`: [setup.py](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/blob/main/setup.py)
     * `dbt-redshift`: [setup.py](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-redshift/blob/main/setup.py)
     * `dbt-spark`: [setup.py](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/blob/main/setup.py)

## Getting...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Provides shared utilities and common functionality for dbt-core and dbt adapter implementations, including data handling, serialization, and configuration tools.

Verdict: dbt-common is an actively maintained foundational library for the dbt ecosystem with no known vulnerabilities and permissive licensing. Its 14 runtime dependencies are well-established data and serialization libraries. Primary use is as a transitive dependency for dbt-core and adapters; direct installation is uncommon.

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