8 open-source Business Intelligence vendors.

Open-source software for Business Intelligence that you can self-host, with auditable source code — regardless of the developer's headquarters.

• Apache SupersetSelf-hosted / open source

  Powerful open-source BI platform from the Apache Software Foundation (US), scalable and cloud-native, connecting directly to 35+ SQL engines for large-scale data visualisation.

  United States

• CubeNon-EU vendor

  Open-source semantic layer and data API (dual MIT/Apache 2.0 licence) that structures and secures data sources before they are visualised in frontend apps or BI tools. Developed by Cube Inc. (San Francisco, US).

  United States

• EvidenceNon-EU vendor

  Code-first, open-source BI framework (MIT licence) for building dashboards as code (Markdown + SQL), fully manageable via Git version control. Developed by Evidence Inc. (Toronto, Canada).

  Canada

• KnowageSelf-hosted / open source

  Italian open-source BI platform from Engineering Group, evolved from the SpagoBI project.

  Italy

• LightdashNon-EU vendor

  Open-source BI platform (MIT licence) that integrates directly with dbt: metrics and dimensions are defined once in dbt YAML and reused across dashboards. Developed by Lightdash Ltd. (London, UK).

  United Kingdom

• MetabaseNon-EU vendor

  No-code BI tool for ad-hoc data exploration without SQL knowledge, with a free open-source edition (AGPLv3). Developed by Metabase Inc. (San Francisco, US).

  United States

• RedashNon-EU vendor

  SQL-first, open-source dashboard tool for quickly writing complex queries and sharing real-time dashboards. Owned by US-based Databricks since 2020; the hosted redash.io service was sunset, but the self-hosted open-source repository remains actively maintained.

  United States

• ReportServerSelf-hosted / open source

  German (Wiesbaden) open-source BI platform from InfoFabrik, combines Jasper, BIRT and Mondrian reporting.

  Germany