# SQLMesh — Scalable Data Transformation Framework for SQL > SQLMesh is an open-source data transformation framework that provides efficient, incremental builds, built-in data validation, and a virtual data environment system. It is backwards-compatible with dbt and designed to scale data pipelines without full table rebuilds. ## Install Copy the content below into your project: --- Source: https://tokrepo.com/en/workflows/sqlmesh-scalable-data-transformation-framework-sql-39a2e67f Author: