# Overview

> Renart is an open source data platform for moving, transforming and analyzing data, with workflows defined as code in Git.

Renart is an open source data platform for moving, transforming and analyzing data across your data stack. Build and run SQL and Python pipelines alongside notebooks and dashboards in one visual workspace, with type checking, scheduling and everything defined as code in Git.

## Choose where to start

- [Build your first pipeline](https://getrenart.com/docs/quickstart.md): Install Renart and run a local DuckDB demo. Preview its output, then put it on a schedule.
- [Bring your existing data](https://getrenart.com/docs/connections-environments/managing-connections.md): Connect a database, warehouse or object storage, then load tables and files into a pipeline.
- [Explore in a notebook](https://getrenart.com/docs/notebooks/overview.md): Query several sources with SQL and Python, add controls and charts, and promote useful work to the pipeline.

![The Renart workspace: file explorer, SQL editor, pipeline canvas with freshness badges, a data preview, and the asset workbench in one view](https://getrenart.com/docs-media/workspace-overview.webp)

## Find your next task

The sidebar follows the same order as the work.

- **Connect and load data:** [add a connection](https://getrenart.com/docs/connections-environments/managing-connections.md), [store its credentials](https://getrenart.com/docs/connections-environments/managing-credentials.md), [browse its tables](https://getrenart.com/docs/connections-environments/data-browser.md), then [load tables and files](https://getrenart.com/docs/asset-types/load-assets.md) or [ingest an HTTP API](https://getrenart.com/docs/asset-types/http-api-assets.md).
- **Build pipelines:** follow dependencies on the [canvas](https://getrenart.com/docs/workspace/pipeline-canvas.md) and write [SQL](https://getrenart.com/docs/asset-types/sql-assets.md) or [Python](https://getrenart.com/docs/asset-types/python-assets.md) in the [asset editor](https://getrenart.com/docs/editing-assets/asset-editor.md), with [variables and Jinja](https://getrenart.com/docs/editing-assets/variables-and-jinja.md) and [type checking](https://getrenart.com/docs/editing-assets/type-checking.md).
- **Analyze data:** combine sources in a [notebook](https://getrenart.com/docs/notebooks/overview.md) or build a [dashboard or report](https://getrenart.com/docs/presentations/overview.md).
- **Run and operate:** [rebuild only what changed](https://getrenart.com/docs/workspace/rebuild-what-changed.md), [review a deployment and schedule it](https://getrenart.com/docs/scheduling/overview.md), then inspect [run history](https://getrenart.com/docs/workspace/runs-and-history.md).
- **Look something up:** [supported platforms](https://getrenart.com/docs/reference/supported-platforms.md), the [CLI reference](https://getrenart.com/docs/reference/cli.md), [the main concepts](https://getrenart.com/docs/concepts.md) and [troubleshooting](https://getrenart.com/docs/troubleshooting.md).

Authored definitions are version-controlled files. Run history, deployment pins, and other machine-local state are stored separately; see [How it works](https://getrenart.com/docs/how-it-works.md).

> **Public alpha**
>
> Renart is in public alpha. The core workflow is available, but expect rough edges and changes before the first stable release. Read [what public alpha means](https://getrenart.com/docs/alpha-status.md) before relying on Renart for critical workloads.