diff --git a/packages/core/data-transfer/lib/index.ts b/packages/core/data-transfer/lib/index.ts
index 7a6a3286c8..95411a583a 100644
--- a/packages/core/data-transfer/lib/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/data-transfer/lib/index.ts
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 export * from './engine';
+export * from './providers';
diff --git a/packages/core/data-transfer/lib/providers/index.ts b/packages/core/data-transfer/lib/providers/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d22db5701
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/data-transfer/lib/providers/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from './local-file-source-provider';
diff --git a/packages/core/data-transfer/lib/providers/local-file-source-provider.ts b/packages/core/data-transfer/lib/providers/local-file-source-provider.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb45107585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/data-transfer/lib/providers/local-file-source-provider.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+import fs from 'fs';
+import zip from 'zlib';
+import tar from 'tar';
+import { chain } from 'stream-chain';
+import { pipeline, Duplex } from 'stream';
+import { parser } from 'stream-json/jsonl/Parser';
+
+import { IMetadata, ISourceProvider, ProviderType } from '../../types';
+
+type StreamItemArray = Parameters<typeof chain>[0];
+
+/**
+ * Constant for the metadata file path
+ */
+const METADATA_FILE_PATH = 'metadata.json';
+
+/**
+ * Provider options
+ */
+export interface ILocalFileSourceProviderOptions {
+  /**
+   * Path to the backup archive
+   */
+  backupFilePath: string;
+
+  /**
+   * Whether the backup data is encrypted or not
+   */
+  encrypted?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Encryption key used to decrypt the encrypted data (if necessary)
+   */
+  encryptionKey?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * Whether the backup data is compressed or not
+   */
+  compressed?: boolean;
+}
+
+class LocalFileSourceProvider implements ISourceProvider {
+  type: ProviderType = 'source';
+  name: string = 'source::local-file';
+
+  options: ILocalFileSourceProviderOptions;
+
+  constructor(options: ILocalFileSourceProviderOptions) {
+    this.options = options;
+
+    if (this.options.encrypted && this.options.encryptionKey === undefined) {
+      throw new Error('Missing encryption key');
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Pre flight checks regarding the provided options (making sure that the provided path is correct, etc...)
+   */
+  bootstrap() {
+    const path = this.options.backupFilePath;
+    const isValidBackupPath = fs.existsSync(path);
+
+    // Check if the provided path exists
+    if (!isValidBackupPath) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Invalid backup file path provided. "${path}" does not exist on the filesystem.`
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  getMetadata() {
+    // TODO: need to read the file & extract the metadata json file
+    // => we might also need to read the schema.jsonl files & implements a custom stream-check
+    const backupStream = this.#getBackupStream();
+
+    return this.#parseJSONFile<IMetadata>(backupStream, METADATA_FILE_PATH);
+  }
+
+  streamEntities(): NodeJS.ReadableStream {
+    return this.#streamJsonlDirectory('entities');
+  }
+
+  streamLinks(): NodeJS.ReadableStream {
+    return this.#streamJsonlDirectory('links');
+  }
+
+  streamConfiguration(): NodeJS.ReadableStream {
+    // NOTE: TBD
+    return this.#streamJsonlDirectory('configuration');
+  }
+
+  #getBackupStream(decompress: boolean = true) {
+    const path = this.options.backupFilePath;
+    const readStream = fs.createReadStream(path);
+    const streams: StreamItemArray = [readStream];
+
+    // Handle decompression
+    if (decompress) {
+      streams.push(zip.createGunzip());
+    }
+
+    return chain(streams);
+  }
+
+  #streamJsonlDirectory(directory: string) {
+    const inStream = this.#getBackupStream();
+
+    const outStream = new Duplex();
+
+    pipeline(
+      [
+        inStream,
+        new tar.Parse({
+          filter(path, entry) {
+            if (entry.type !== 'File') {
+              return false;
+            }
+
+            const parts = path.split('/');
+
+            if (parts.length !== 2) {
+              return false;
+            }
+
+            return parts[0] === directory;
+          },
+
+          onentry(entry) {
+            const transforms = chain([
+              // TODO: Add the decryption transform stream before parsing each line
+              // JSONL parser to read the data chunks one by one (line by line)
+              parser(),
+              // The JSONL parser returns each line as key/value
+              (line: { key: string; value: any }) => line.value,
+            ]);
+
+            entry
+              // Pipe transforms
+              .pipe(transforms)
+              // Pipe the out stream to the whole pipeline
+              // DO NOT send the 'end' event when this entry has finished
+              // emitting data, so that it doesn't close the out stream
+              .pipe(outStream, { end: false });
+          },
+        }),
+      ],
+      () => {
+        // Manually send the 'end' event to the out stream
+        // once every entry has finished streaming its content
+        outStream.end();
+      }
+    );
+
+    return outStream;
+  }
+
+  async #parseJSONFile<T extends {} = any>(
+    fileStream: NodeJS.ReadableStream,
+    filePath: string
+  ): Promise<T> {
+    return new Promise<T>((resolve, reject) => {
+      pipeline(
+        [
+          fileStream,
+          // Custom backup archive parsing
+          new tar.Parse({
+            /**
+             * Filter the parsed entries to only keep the one that matches the given filepath
+             */
+            filter(path, entry) {
+              return path === filePath && entry.type === 'File';
+            },
+
+            /**
+             * Whenever an entry passes the filter method, process it
+             */
+            async onentry(entry) {
+              // Collect all the content of the entry file
+              const content = await entry.collect();
+              // Parse from buffer to string to JSON
+              const parsedContent = JSON.parse(content.toString());
+
+              // Resolve the Promise with the parsed content
+              resolve(parsedContent);
+
+              // Cleanup (close the stream associated to the entry)
+              entry.destroy();
+            },
+          }),
+        ],
+        () => {
+          // If the promise hasn't been resolved and we've parsed all
+          // the archive entries, then the file doesn't exist
+          reject(`${filePath} not found in the archive stream`);
+        }
+      );
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+export const createLocalFileSourceProvider = (options: ILocalFileSourceProviderOptions) => {
+  return new LocalFileSourceProvider(options);
+};
diff --git a/packages/core/data-transfer/package.json b/packages/core/data-transfer/package.json
index 0ec16bec50..350f1a4f74 100644
--- a/packages/core/data-transfer/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/data-transfer/package.json
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@tsconfig/node16": "1.0.3",
     "@types/stream-chain": "2.0.1",
+    "@types/stream-json": "1.7.2",
+    "@types/tar": "6.1.3",
     "typescript": "4.8.4"
   },
   "engines": {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e24fbaea14..dcab060a5a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6277,18 +6277,34 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/stack-utils/-/stack-utils-2.0.1.tgz#20f18294f797f2209b5f65c8e3b5c8e8261d127c"
   integrity sha512-Hl219/BT5fLAaz6NDkSuhzasy49dwQS/DSdu4MdggFB8zcXv7vflBI3xp7FEmkmdDkBUI2bPUNeMttp2knYdxw==
 
-"@types/stream-chain@2.0.1":
+"@types/stream-chain@*", "@types/stream-chain@2.0.1":
   version "2.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/stream-chain/-/stream-chain-2.0.1.tgz#4d3cc47a32609878bc188de0bae420bcfd3bf1f5"
   integrity sha512-D+Id9XpcBpampptkegH7WMsEk6fUdf9LlCIX7UhLydILsqDin4L0QT7ryJR0oycwC7OqohIzdfcMHVZ34ezNGg==
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
+"@types/stream-json@1.7.2":
+  version "1.7.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/stream-json/-/stream-json-1.7.2.tgz#8d7f1cc3a37a9a402a4af284348499cdf5e28248"
+  integrity sha512-i4LE2aWVb1R3p/Z6S6Sw9kmmOs4Drhg0SybZUyfM499I1c8p7MUKZHs4Sg9jL5eu4mDmcgfQ6eGIG3+rmfUWYw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/node" "*"
+    "@types/stream-chain" "*"
+
 "@types/tapable@^1", "@types/tapable@^1.0.5":
   version "1.0.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/tapable/-/tapable-1.0.8.tgz#b94a4391c85666c7b73299fd3ad79d4faa435310"
   integrity sha512-ipixuVrh2OdNmauvtT51o3d8z12p6LtFW9in7U79der/kwejjdNchQC5UMn5u/KxNoM7VHHOs/l8KS8uHxhODQ==
 
+"@types/tar@6.1.3":
+  version "6.1.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/tar/-/tar-6.1.3.tgz#46a2ce7617950c4852dfd7e9cd41aa8161b9d750"
+  integrity sha512-YzDOr5kdAeqS8dcO6NTTHTMJ44MUCBDoLEIyPtwEn7PssKqUYL49R1iCVJPeiPzPlKi6DbH33eZkpeJ27e4vHg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/node" "*"
+    minipass "^3.3.5"
+
 "@types/testing-library__jest-dom@^5.9.1":
   version "5.14.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/testing-library__jest-dom/-/testing-library__jest-dom-5.14.5.tgz#d113709c90b3c75fdb127ec338dad7d5f86c974f"
@@ -16323,6 +16339,13 @@ minipass@^3.0.0, minipass@^3.1.0, minipass@^3.1.1, minipass@^3.1.3, minipass@^3.
   dependencies:
     yallist "^4.0.0"
 
+minipass@^3.3.5:
+  version "3.3.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/minipass/-/minipass-3.3.5.tgz#6da7e53a48db8a856eeb9153d85b230a2119e819"
+  integrity sha512-rQ/p+KfKBkeNwo04U15i+hOwoVBVmekmm/HcfTkTN2t9pbQKCMm4eN5gFeqgrrSp/kH/7BYYhTIHOxGqzbBPaA==
+  dependencies:
+    yallist "^4.0.0"
+
 minizlib@^2.0.0, minizlib@^2.1.1, minizlib@^2.1.2:
   version "2.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/minizlib/-/minizlib-2.1.2.tgz#e90d3466ba209b932451508a11ce3d3632145931"