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Lightdash

BI tool that turns dbt projects into metrics, charts and dashboards.

Website GitHub
GitHub stars
6.2K
Commits, last 12 months
12,219
Contributors
170
Last commit
Latest release
2.425.0Oct 4, 2026

Overview

Lightdash is a dashboard and BI tool. Its GitHub repository has 6,174 stars, 790 forks, and 170 contributors. It is actively developed with 12,219 commits in the last 12 months. The latest release, 2.425.0, was published on Oct 4, 2026.

Its GitHub description: Agentic BI. Analytics at the speed of code ⚡️

GitHub topics: dbtdata-visualizationdata-analyticsbusiness-intelligence

Development activity

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

01K2K Oct 2025 Nov Dec Jan 2026 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
01K2K Oct 2025 Jan 2026 Apr Jul
12,219 commits from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026.
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MonthCommits
Oct 2025571
Nov 2025521
Dec 2025629
Jan 2026616
Feb 2026804
Mar 2026827
Apr 2026867
May 20261,078
Jun 20261,197
Jul 20261,585
Aug 20261,585
Sep 20261,939

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 Lightdash 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

Alternatives to Lightdash

  • Grafana

    Observability and data visualization platform for metrics, logs and traces from many data sources.

    77.1K starsTypeScriptAGPL-3.0

  • Apache Superset

    Data exploration and visualization platform with a no-code chart builder, SQL IDE and dashboards.

    75K starsPythonApache-2.0

  • Metabase

    Business intelligence tool for querying data and building dashboards, with embedded analytics.

    49.5K starsClojureOther

  • Redash

    Query data sources with SQL, then visualize the results and build dashboards.

    28.8K starsPythonBSD-2-Clause

  • Kibana

    Visualization and dashboard UI for data stored in Elasticsearch.

    21.3K starsTypeScriptOther

  • Evidence

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

    7K starsTypeScriptMIT

Lightdash FAQ

Is Lightdash open source?

Its source code is public on GitHub, but its license is not a standard open-source license that could be identified automatically. Check the license file before using it in a product.

Is Lightdash still maintained?

Yes. Lightdash is actively developed, with 12,219 commits in the last 12 months and the latest commit today.

What are the best alternatives to Lightdash?

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

What language is Lightdash written in?

Lightdash is primarily written in TypeScript, according to GitHub.

Data: GitHub API. Updated Oct 4, 2026.