DVC
Open-source data and ML model version control — git-like commands for datasets/models stored in cloud blob storage. Created by Iterative.ai; the project was acquired by lakeFS (Treeverse) in Nov 2025 and now lives at github.com/treeverse/dvc.
Active · Verified 2026-10-29 · fresh as of 2026-10-29 · 20 cited facts, 6 with a third-party source · 1 recorded change · Suggest a correction
At a glance
- Type
- Data version control vendor fix
- Tier
- T1
- Section
- Training infrastructure
- Latest release
- v3.67.1 (2026-03-31) registry fix
- License
- Apache-2.0 vendor fix
- GitHub
- treeverse/dvc — ~15.9k stars, last commit 2026-10 repo fix
- Pricing
- searched not found fix
- Funding
- Iterative.ai raised $20M Series A 2022 (True Ventures led); also runs CML, MLEM, Studio. third-party fix
- Freshness
- 2026-10-29 fix
- Layer
- model-infra repo fix
- Licensing
- open-source vendor fix
- Developer activity
- OpenRank 2.64 (12-mo avg 3.23) · 19 participants — 2026-09 third-party fix
When to use
Optimised for: searched not found
Anti-fit: searched not found
Pros & cons
Pros
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Cons
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Claims & capabilities
Iterative AI commercial; widely adopted in production ML.
Technical surface
- API surface
- CLI, Python API (dvc.api), VS Code extension
- Backend storage
- searched not found
- Deployment
- Self-hosted only — CLI and VS Code extension
- Embedding model
- not applicable — not a memory product
- Multi-tenancy
- searched not found
- MCP
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- A2A
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- OpenTelemetry
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Sources (19 cited facts, 6 third-party)
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- What it is Data version control vendor
- What it does & what's distinct Open-source data and ML model version control — git-like commands for datasets/models st… third-party
- Claims / benefits Iterative AI commercial; widely adopted in production ML. vendor
- Created 2017 repo
- Latest release v3.67.1 (2026-03-31) registry
- License Apache-2.0 vendor
- GitHub treeverse/dvc — ~15.9k stars, last commit 2026-10 repo
- Funding Iterative.ai raised $20M Series A 2022 (True Ventures led); also runs CML, MLEM, Studio. third-party
- Customers / scale Iterative customers include Datadog, HSBC, Samsung, Ford; OSS widely adopted in ML repro… third-party
- Deployment Self-hosted only — CLI and VS Code extension repo
- HQ San Francisco, CA, USA. third-party
- Founders / pedigree Dmitry Petrov (CEO; ex-Microsoft), Ivan Shcheklein (CTO); founded 2018. third-party
- Code/weights release Active — last commit 2026-04 · 15,594★ repo
- API surface CLI, Python API (dvc.api), VS Code extension repo
- architecture-deployment-locus local repo
- licensing-bucket open-source vendor
- positioning-platform-vs-product platform repo
- taxonomy-three-layer-rollup model-infra repo
- developer-activity-opendigger {"activity":36.81,"as_of":"2026-09","openrank_12mo":3.23,"openrank_current":2.64,"partic… third-party
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