SDT — Snowflake Data Tools
Declarative schema management for Snowflake, from VS Code and the CLI. Author your schema as .sql files, compare them against a live account, and deploy with a safety classifier that refuses to do dangerous things silently.
Public Beta — all features are free during the 30-day beta. AI features are bring-your-own-API-key. See Beta program below.
This repository is the public home for SDT — release notes, privacy policy, support, and issue tracking. The product source code is not published here.
What SDT is
Snowflake gives you CREATE OR ALTER TABLE as a primitive but no workflow around it — no compare engine, no safety classification, no rollback story. SDT fills that gap. You author each Snowflake object as a .sql file (a desired-state spec), and SDT computes the deltas between your project and the live account — you never hand-write forward/backward migration files. Every proposed change is classified SAFE, DESTRUCTIVE, EXPENSIVE, or UNRECOVERABLE, and anything destructive refuses to run without an explicit opt-in. The result is a reviewable migration script plus a captured manifest you can roll back.
It is, in short, what Microsoft's SQL Database Projects / SqlPackage are for SQL Server — built natively for Snowflake, cross-platform (pure Node, no .NET), and AI-aware.
Highlights:
- Schema compare — diff a project, a built
.sdtpac, or a live account in any direction, with per-change safety classification inline. - Safe deploy — destructive operations gated behind explicit opt-ins (
allowDropTable,allowDropColumn, …); optional zero-copy clone forSWAP-based rollback. - Extract / reverse-engineer — pull a live account into a tree of
.sqlfiles. - Object Explorer, lint, format, lineage, drift check, deploy history, IntelliSense.
- AI assist (bring your own key) — sketch objects from a description, suggest safer alternatives for risky changes, and an "Ask SDT" chat panel.
See it in action
Schema compare with a safety verdict on every change — SAFE / DESTRUCTIVE / EXPENSIVE / UNRECOVERABLE, before anything touches your live account:
Watch the 60-second demo on YouTube
Deploys that refuse to destroy data silently — destructive changes come out blocked as comments until you opt in, and a zero-copy clone makes every deploy one command away from rollback:
Watch the 60-second demo on YouTube
Reverse-engineer an entire account in seconds — one command, one .sql file per object, ready for git:
Watch the 60-second demo on YouTube
More demos on the SDT & DDT YouTube channel — subscribe to catch new ones.
Documentation
| Start | Core workflow | Reference | Help |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getting started | Extract | CLI reference | FAQ |
| Connections | Schema compare | VS Code reference | Troubleshooting |
| Projects | Safe deploy | Configuration | Support |
| Safety classifier | AI features · CI/CD |
Install
VS Code extension: install SDT — Snowflake Data Tools from the VS Code Marketplace.
CLI:
npm install -g @sdt-tools/cli sdt --version
Requirements: VS Code 1.90+; Node.js 20+ for the CLI; works on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Connects to Snowflake Standard, Enterprise, and Business Critical editions.
Beta program
SDT is in a 30-day public beta. During the beta:
- Every feature is free — the full deterministic engine plus all AI write-side features.
- AI features are bring-your-own-key — your prompts go directly from your machine to your chosen AI provider under your own account; SDT never sees, proxies, or stores that traffic.
- Please report bugs. That's the whole point of a beta — see SUPPORT.md. If you opted into automatic error reporting on first run, a crash may already have sent us a sanitized diagnostic; a GitHub issue with what you were doing still helps a lot.
After the beta the deterministic core (compare, safe deploy, extract, lint, format, lineage, Object Explorer, schema diagram) stays free; AI write-side and some ownership features move to a Pro tier. Details will be posted in RELEASES.md.
Privacy
SDT's telemetry is opt-in and heavily sanitized — your SQL, identifiers, table/column names, data, and credentials never leave your machine. AI features are bring-your-own-key with no AI subprocessor on our side. Full details: PRIVACY.md.
Support
Bug reports, feature requests, and questions: SUPPORT.md. Quick paths: open a GitHub issue, run sdt feedback, or email sdt.ddt.tools@gmail.com.
Links
- Privacy policy: PRIVACY.md
- Support & help: SUPPORT.md
- Release notes: RELEASES.md
- Sibling product (Databricks): https://github.com/GVOrganization/ddt-tools
SDT is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Snowflake Inc. "Snowflake" is a trademark of Snowflake Inc., used here for descriptive purposes only.