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Apache Superset

Apache SupersetOpen

Self-hosted BI platform for exploring data and building dashboards

Stars75K
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

Apache Superset is a self-hosted business intelligence platform for exploring databases and building interactive dashboards with a visual query builder and SQL Lab.

Alternative toGrafana
DBeaver

DBeaverOpen

Free universal database tool with ER diagrams, SQL editing, and data management

Stars51.9K
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

DBeaver Community is a free, open-source desktop tool for exploring SQL databases, with ER diagrams, a SQL editor, and table data browsing.

Alternative toAzimutt
ClickHouse

ClickHouseOpen

Columnar OLAP database for real-time analytics at scale

Stars50.2K
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

ClickHouse is a column-oriented OLAP database built for analytical SQL queries over very large datasets, serving real-time dashboards and applications.

Metabase

MetabaseOpen

Open-source business intelligence with dashboards, queries, and embedded analytics

Stars49.5K
Commitjust now
LicenseAGPL-3.0

Metabase is an open-source business intelligence platform for asking questions, building dashboards, and sharing answers across a team.

Alternative toEvidence
TiDB

TiDBOpen

Open-source distributed SQL database with MySQL compatibility

Stars40.6K
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

TiDB is an open-source distributed SQL database with MySQL compatibility, horizontal scaling, and real-time HTAP for transactions and analytics.

Alternative toOceanBase
InfluxDB

InfluxDBOpen

Open time-series database for metrics, events, and IoT telemetry

Stars31.8K
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

InfluxDB is an open time-series database for metrics, events, and IoT telemetry, queried with SQL and InfluxQL and run self-managed or as a managed cloud.

Redash

Redash

Open-source SQL dashboards and data visualization for teams

Stars28.8K
Commitjust now
LicenseBSD-2-Clause

Redash is an open-source data visualization platform for writing SQL queries, building interactive dashboards, and sharing them with a team.

Chat2DB

Chat2DBAI

AI-powered SQL client and database workspace for 40+ databases

Stars28.3K
Commitjust now
LicenseLicenseRef-Chat2DB

Chat2DB is a local-first database client that pairs a full SQL workspace with an AI assistant for generating, explaining, and optimizing queries across 40+ databases.

Alternative toDBeaver
Beekeeper Studio

Beekeeper StudioOpen

Cross-platform SQL editor and database manager for MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, and more.

Stars23.7K
Commitjust now
LicenseGPL-3.0

Beekeeper Studio is a desktop SQL editor and database manager for MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, SQL Server, and more, with the same app and features on Linux, Mac, and Windows. It pairs a syntax-highlighted query editor with autocomplete, saved queries, and run history alongside a spreadsheet-style table browser with inline cell editing, a visual table creator, and CSV, JSON, and SQL import and export. Connections support SSL encryption and SSH tunnels, and stored passwords are encrypted. The GPLv3-licensed Community Edition covers common databases; paid editions add drivers such as Oracle, Cassandra, MongoDB, and ClickHouse plus team workspaces that sync connections and queries across devices.

TimescaleDB

TimescaleDBOpen

PostgreSQL extension for time-series analytics

Stars23.7K
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

TimescaleDB is a PostgreSQL extension for high-performance real-time analytics on time-series and event data, available self-hosted and as managed Tiger Cloud.

Alternative toInfluxDB
QuestDB

QuestDBOpen

Open-source time-series database for fast SQL analytics

Stars17.4K
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

QuestDB is an open-source time-series database that ingests millions of rows per second and queries them with extended SQL over open formats.

Alternative toInfluxDB
Apache Druid

Apache DruidOpen

Open-source real-time database for sub-second analytics queries

Stars14.1K
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

Apache Druid is a self-hosted, open-source database for real-time analytics on massive streaming and batch datasets at scale.

Alternative toGrafana
OceanBase

OceanBaseOpen

Distributed SQL database for high-concurrency transactions and analytics

Stars10.3K
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

OceanBase is a distributed relational database for high-concurrency transactions and real-time analytics with MySQL and Oracle compatibility.

Alternative toCrateDB
Databend

DatabendOpen

Rust warehouse for SQL analytics, search, and AI on object storage

Stars9,455
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

Databend is a self-hosted cloud-native warehouse that runs SQL analytics, full-text search, and vector search in one Rust engine on object storage.

Alternative toApache Druid
Evidence

EvidenceOpen

Open-source BI framework for data apps in SQL and Markdown

Stars6,977
Commitjust now
LicenseMIT

Evidence is an open-source BI framework for building reports, dashboards, and data apps with SQL and Markdown on SQL warehouses.

Alternative toApache Superset
GreptimeDB

GreptimeDBOpen

Open-source observability database for metrics, logs, and traces

Stars6,729
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

GreptimeDB is an open-source observability database that stores metrics, logs, and traces in one columnar engine backed by object storage.

CloudQuery

CloudQueryAIOpen

Open-source ELT platform that syncs cloud infrastructure into SQL databases

Stars6,534
Commitjust now
LicenseMPL-2.0

CloudQuery is an open-source ELT platform that syncs cloud infrastructure and SaaS data into PostgreSQL, BigQuery, and other SQL destinations.

Alternative toFivetranAirbyte
Apache IoTDB

Apache IoTDBOpen

Industrial IoT time-series database for edge and cloud

Stars6,403
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

Apache IoTDB is an open-source time-series database for industrial IoT that collects, stores, and analyzes sensor data across edge devices and the cloud.

Alternative toGrafana
Apache Pinot

Apache PinotOpen

Real-time OLAP datastore for low-latency user-facing analytics

Stars6,147
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

Apache Pinot is a real-time distributed OLAP datastore that answers SQL queries over streaming and batch data within milliseconds.

Alternative toGrafana
Hive

HiveOpen

SQL data warehouse on Hadoop for large-scale batch analytics

Stars6,028
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

Apache Hive is an open-source SQL data warehouse built on Hadoop that queries large distributed datasets through HiveQL and standard JDBC and ODBC clients.

Alternative toClickHouse
Tabularis

TabularisOpen

Open-source desktop SQL workspace with notebooks, EXPLAIN, and MCP

Stars5,196
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

Tabularis is an open-source desktop SQL workspace for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite with notebooks, visual EXPLAIN, plugins, and a built-in MCP server.

Logfire

LogfireAIOpen

AI-native observability from the Pydantic team, joining LLM calls with telemetry

Stars4,511
Commitjust now
LicenseMIT

Logfire is Pydantic's AI-native observability platform for debugging AI applications in production, built on OpenTelemetry so one timeline covers agent model calls, tools, services, databases, and hosts.

Alternative toLangfuseHyperDX
CrateDB

CrateDBOpen

Distributed SQL database for live operational analytics

Stars4,442
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

CrateDB is a self-hosted distributed SQL database for real-time analytics over time-series, JSON, full-text, vector, and geospatial data.

Alternative toApache Druid
Chartbrew

Chartbrew

Self-hosted dashboard builder for live KPIs from databases and APIs

Stars4,064
Commitjust now
LicenseFSL-1.1-MIT

Chartbrew is a self-hosted dashboard platform that turns databases and APIs into live KPI charts, tables, and shared reports.

Alternative toApache Superset
Deepnote

DeepnoteAIOpen

Collaborative data notebook mixing Python, SQL, AI help, and live sharing

Stars3,011
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

Deepnote is a collaborative data notebook that mixes Python, SQL, and chart blocks with live connections to warehouses and databases in one cloud workspace.

Alternative toApache Superset
Timeplus

TimeplusOpen

Open-source streaming SQL engine for real-time analytics

Stars2,269
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

Timeplus Proton is an open-source streaming SQL engine in a single C++ binary that turns Kafka and log streams into real-time analytics with millisecond latency.

Alternative toApache Kafka
Azimutt

AzimuttOpen

Visual database explorer that turns schemas into searchable ER diagrams

Stars2,190
Commit6d ago
LicenseMIT

Azimutt is a database exploration tool that renders a live schema as an entity-relationship diagram and lets developers search tables, trace relations, and document what they find.

Apache Cloudberry

Apache CloudberryOpen

Self-hosted MPP database for petabyte-scale PostgreSQL analytics

Stars1,420
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

Apache Cloudberry is a self-hosted, open-source MPP database for analytics at terabyte to petabyte scale, built on a modern PostgreSQL kernel.

Alternative toSupabase