code-first business intelligence / data reporting
Evidence is an open-source, code-first business-intelligence tool that turns SQL queries written in Markdown into interactive dashboards and reports.
Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.
same BI outcome but built around dbt metric definitions and self-serve exploration, so choose it if your stack is already dbt and you want governed analytics over Markdown report files
Agentic BI. Analytics at the speed of code ⚡️
code-first BI combining dashboards with Python/SQL notebooks; choose it if you prefer notebook cells over Markdown page files
Dashboards and notebooks in a single place. Create powerful and flexible dashboards using code, or build beautiful Notion-like notebooks and share them with your team.
Rails-embedded lightweight SQL query/dashboard engine; choose it when you already run Rails and want simple internal BI without another service
Business intelligence made simple
Python/WASM data-app packager; choose it when you need self-contained in-browser Python data apps rather than SQL/Markdown reports
Preswald is a WASM packager for Python-based interactive data apps: bundle full complex data workflows, particularly visualizations, into single files, runnable completely in-browser, using Pyodide, DuckDB, Pandas, and Plotly, Matplotlib, etc. Build dashboards, reports, and notebooks that run offline, load fast, and share like a document.
generative BI engine with governed text-to-SQL and semantic context; choose it if the workflow should be natural-language Q&A and dashboards instead of hand-written SQL/Markdown
GenBI (Generative BI) for AI agents, an open-source, governed text-to-SQL through an open context layer that turns natural-language questions into trusted dashboards, charts, and SQL across 20+ data sources, such as BigQuery, Snowflake, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Amazon Redshift, Databricks and more.
Markdown/data-loading static site generator for dashboards and reports; choose it if you want JavaScript/data-loader flexibility and D3-grade interactivity rather than SQL-in-Markdown/Svelte
A static site generator for data apps, dashboards, reports, and more. Observable Framework combines JavaScript on the front-end for interactive graphics with any language on the back-end for data analysis.
Python-native framework for interactive data apps; choose it if you prefer live Python scripting/widgets over SQL/Markdown report files
Streamlit — A faster way to build and share data apps.
Does the same job, but ships as an app. Useful to a person, not swappable into a codebase.
standalone GUI BI server for drag-and-drop charts and SQL Lab; choose it if you need a multi-user web app rather than code-authored reports
Apache Superset is a Data Visualization and Data Exploration Platform
self-hosted GUI BI app aimed at nontechnical users; choose it for graphical ad-hoc analytics instead of a code project
The easy-to-use open source Business Intelligence and Embedded Analytics tool that lets everyone work with data :bar_chart:
self-hosted query-editor/dashboard app for many data sources; choose it if your team wants a SQL workspace rather than Markdown-driven reports
Make Your Company Data Driven. Connect to any data source, easily visualize, dashboard and share your data.
standalone GUI BI product (Java/GPL, Tableau-style); choose it when users want a ready-made drag-and-drop BI app rather than a code/Markdown project
🔥 人人可用的开源 BI 工具，数据可视化神器。An open-source BI tool alternative to Tableau.
These projects were analysed and named evidence among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how evidence rates them is a separate judgement, made when evidence is analysed in its own right.
calls evidence “Choose when you want dashboards defined as SQL plus markdown in git rather than an interactive web editor.”
Apache Superset is a Data Visualization and Data Exploration Platform
calls evidence “Choose it when BI should live in version-controlled markdown/SQL and deploy as a static site rather than a hosted query app.”
The easy-to-use open source Business Intelligence and Embedded Analytics tool that lets everyone work with data :bar_chart:
calls evidence “Choose it when you want BI reports versioned as SQL/Markdown code, rather than Redash's browser-based query editor.”
Make Your Company Data Driven. Connect to any data source, easily visualize, dashboard and share your data.
calls evidence “when you want to build dashboards as static sites from SQL and markdown, rather than embedding an interactive component.”
A data visualization and analytics component, especially well-suited for large and/or streaming datasets.
calls evidence “Choose for code-first BI dashboards built from SQL and markdown if you don't need a semantic layer or natural-language agent.”
GenBI (Generative BI) for AI agents, an open-source, governed text-to-SQL through an open context layer that turns natural-language questions into trusted dashboards, charts, and SQL across 20+ data sources, such as BigQuery, Snowflake, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Amazon Redshift, Databricks and more.
calls evidence “Choose for SQL/markdown-based BI dashboards as a static site; it is an end-user app, not a Python library.”
Interactive Data Visualization in the browser, from Python