Netstead + corral

This repo holds two PyPI packages with separate utility and separate audiences. Each ships its own documentation site:

•  corral

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  Generic engine for Frictionless tabular data packages — any spec. Lazy DuckDB compute (via ibis); pandas / polars / Arrow in and out. Reads CSV / Parquet / DuckDB / zip-CSV from local paths and URLs with a credentials cascade. Composable primitives for validation, scope, editing, HTTP and MCP.

  Pick corral if you're working with any Frictionless data package — GTFS-derived feeds, OGD datasets, a custom internal spec, or building your own toolkit.

  corral docs Quickstart

•  netstead

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  GMNS-specific toolkit on top of corral. Adds the Network class, the vendored GMNS spec (0.95 / 0.96 / 0.97), network-aware scope operations, the data-quality rule pack, optional editing tools with rollback, and an optional self-hosted HTTP server + MCP server.

  Pick netstead if you're working with transportation networks — DOT / MPO planning, travel-demand modeling, GTFS ↔ GMNS interop, OSM-derived routing graphs.

  netstead docs Quickstart

Which package do I install?

Installing netstead brings corral along automatically. You only install corral directly if you're working on something non-GMNS.

pip install netstead            # GMNS toolkit (brings corral with it)
pip install dbcorral         # generic engine only — for non-GMNS use cases

Source

• GitHub: e-lo/netstead — monorepo holding both packages.
• License: Apache-2.0.
• Status: v1.0 in beta. netstead-v1.0.0 ships when the Phase 5 acceptance criteria are green.

Contributing

Both packages live in the same monorepo. See the development guide (in the corral site — it covers the monorepo as a whole).