dbt-labs/spark-utils

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Utility functions for dbt projects running on Spark

Is dbt-labs/spark-utils beginner-friendly?

We have not seen enough recent pull requests from outside contributors to dbt-labs/spark-utils to say how often they are merged. No beginner-friendly issue is open right now; the list below has the other issues we hold for it.

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36
Forks
14
Open beginner issues
0
Indexed issues
14
Avg merge
2d 41m
Merged PRs (30d)
1
Dominant language
Python
License
Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push
Dec 17, 2025
Latest indexed
Sep 15, 2026
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How to contribute to dbt-labs/spark-utils

  1. There is no contributing guide, so start from the README and a few recently merged pull requests to see how changes are proposed.
  2. Your contributions will be published under the project's Apache-2.0 license.
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  • Contributing instructions
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    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

    dbt-labs/spark-utils#51 ·

  • Release instructions
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 82/100

    dbt-labs/spark-utils#50 ·

  • CI process isn't working
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    dbt-labs/spark-utils#49 ·

  • CircleCI is failing
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    dbt-labs/spark-utils#47 ·

  • spark_optimize_delta_tables does not work on databricks
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 50/100

    dbt-labs/spark-utils#38 ·

  • Regexp_intr shim support for dbt-expectations macro
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    dbt-labs/spark-utils#29 · 2 comments · 1 reaction ·

  • Add support for get_relations_by* / get_tables_by* using information_schema in Unity Catalog
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    dbt-labs/spark-utils#28 · 1 reaction ·

  • Document how to contribute to this repo
    Open
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

    dbt-labs/spark-utils#27 · 3 comments · 1 reaction ·

  • Add table maintenance for iceberg table format
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

    dbt-labs/spark-utils#24 ·

  • Adapt get_url_parameter to work with SparkSQL
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    dbt-labs/spark-utils#11 · 2 comments ·

  • Add compatibility for rest of dbt-utils
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

    dbt-labs/spark-utils#7 ·

  • More possible macros to add
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    dbt-labs/spark-utils#5 · 8 comments · 1 reaction ·

  • Upgrade to Python 3.15
    Possibly taken Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 1/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 25/100

    dbt-labs/spark-utils#45 ·

  • spark__get_relations_by_pattern doesn't seem to work as expected
    Possibly taken Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    dbt-labs/spark-utils#36 · 1 comment ·

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