Data Transfer Project

Data Transfer Project
Commercial?No
Type of projectData portability
FounderGoogle
EstablishedJuly 20, 2018 (2018-07-20)
StatusActive
Websitedatatransferproject.dev
DTP software
Developer(s)DTP community members
Stable release
1.0.4[1] / 14 February 2024; 8 months ago (14 February 2024)
Repositorygithub.com/google/data-transfer-project
Written inJava
LicenseApache 2.0

The Data Transfer Project (DTP) is an open-source initiative which features data portability between multiple online platforms.[2][3] The project was launched and introduced by Google on July 20, 2018, and has currently partnered with Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter,[4][5] and Apple.[6]

  1. ^ "Release 1.0.4". February 14, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  2. ^ "Facebook, Google and more unite to let you transfer data between apps". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  3. ^ "The Data Transfer Project's big-name support won't matter without the biggest one: Apple". PCWorld. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  4. ^ "Introducing Data Transfer Project: an open source platform promoting universal data portability". Google Open Source Blog. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  5. ^ "Data Transfer Project | 9to5Google". 9to5Google. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  6. ^ Brandom, Russell (July 30, 2019). "Apple joins Google, Facebook, and Twitter in data-sharing project". The Verge. Retrieved July 30, 2019.