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Rill

BI tool for fast, metrics-first dashboards powered by OLAP engines such as DuckDB and ClickHouse.

Website GitHubGo
GitHub stars
2.9K
Commits, last 12 months
1,540
Contributors
53
Last commit
Latest release
v0.90.2Sep 25, 2026

Overview

Rill is an open-source dashboard and BI tool released under the Apache-2.0 license. Its GitHub repository has 2,928 stars, 202 forks, and 53 contributors. It is actively developed with 1,540 commits in the last 12 months. The latest release, v0.90.2, was published on Sep 25, 2026.

Its GitHub description: The fastest business intelligence tool for humans and agents.

GitHub topics: duckdbsveltekitdatavizcsvparquetparquet-toolsgolangs3data-analysissqlbidata

Install

Go
go get github.com/rilldata/rill
vv0.90.2

Development activity

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

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1,540 commits from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026.
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Oct 2025131
Nov 2025169
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Jan 2026122
Feb 2026154
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Apr 2026160
May 2026142
Jun 2026112
Jul 2026117
Aug 202643
Sep 2026109

Popularity among Open-source dashboards & BI tools

Grafana 77.1K Apache Superset 75K Metabase 49.5K Redash 28.8K Kibana 21.3K Evidence 7K Rill 2.9K
Grafana 77.1K Apache Superset 75K Metabase 49.5K Redash 28.8K Kibana 21.3K Evidence 7K Rill 2.9K
GitHub stars for Rill and the most-starred alternatives.
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ToolStars
Grafana77,071
Apache Superset75,035
Metabase49,536
Redash28,833
Kibana21,305
Evidence6,978
Rill2,928

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  • Redash

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  • Evidence

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    7K starsTypeScriptMIT

Rill FAQ

Is Rill open source?

Yes. Rill is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and its source code is on GitHub.

Is Rill still maintained?

Yes. Rill is actively developed, with 1,540 commits in the last 12 months and the latest commit 3 days ago.

How do I install Rill?

From Go: go get github.com/rilldata/rill.

What are the best alternatives to Rill?

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

What language is Rill written in?

Rill is primarily written in Go, according to GitHub.

Data: GitHub API, Go. Updated Oct 4, 2026.