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Evidence

Business intelligence as code: build reports and dashboards with SQL and Markdown.

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GitHub stars
7K#92 in the directory
Commits, last 12 months
204
Contributors
67
Last commit
Latest release
@evidence-dev…Feb 6, 2026

Overview

Evidence is an open-source dashboard and BI tool released under the MIT license. Its GitHub repository has 6,978 stars, 425 forks, and 67 contributors. It is actively developed with 204 commits in the last 12 months. The latest release, @evidence-dev/evidence@40.1.8, was published on Feb 6, 2026.

Its GitHub description: Business intelligence as code: build fast, interactive data visualizations in SQL and markdown

GitHub topics: analyticssqlbusiness-intelligencedata-visualizationdbtduckdbtailwindcssself-hostedsveltedashboarddata-engineeringdata-science

Development activity

Commits per month to the default branch over the last 12 complete months.

050100 Oct 2025 Nov Dec Jan 2026 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
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204 commits from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026.
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Oct 202512
Nov 202587
Dec 202525
Jan 20260
Feb 202617
Mar 20260
Apr 20260
May 20260
Jun 20260
Jul 20260
Aug 202627
Sep 202636

Popularity among Open-source dashboards & BI tools

Grafana 77.1K Apache Superset 75K Metabase 49.5K Redash 28.8K Kibana 21.3K Evidence 7K Lightdash 6.2K
Grafana 77.1K Apache Superset 75K Metabase 49.5K Redash 28.8K Kibana 21.3K Evidence 7K Lightdash 6.2K
GitHub stars for Evidence and the most-starred alternatives.
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ToolStars
Grafana77,071
Apache Superset75,035
Metabase49,536
Redash28,833
Kibana21,305
Evidence6,978
Lightdash6,174

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    75K starsPythonApache-2.0

  • Metabase

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  • Redash

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  • Kibana

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  • Lightdash

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    6.2K starsTypeScriptOther

Evidence FAQ

Is Evidence open source?

Yes. Evidence is released under the MIT license, and its source code is on GitHub.

Is Evidence still maintained?

Yes. Evidence is actively developed, with 204 commits in the last 12 months and the latest commit 2 days ago.

What are the best alternatives to Evidence?

The most popular alternatives listed in Open-source dashboards & BI tools are Grafana, Apache Superset, and Metabase. See the full ranking.

What language is Evidence written in?

Evidence is primarily written in TypeScript, according to GitHub.

Data: GitHub API. Updated Oct 4, 2026.