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Metabase

An open source business intelligence tool for asking questions, building dashboards, and sharing data views.

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Pricing
Free
Login required
No
API available
No
License
Open-source license; verify the project repository.
Last checked
2026-07-08

What it is

Metabase is worth knowing because it makes internal data exploration less dependent on custom reporting code.

Why worth a look

An open source business intelligence tool for asking questions, building dashboards, and sharing data views.

Good for

  • Giving a team dashboards without starting with a heavy BI stack.
  • Letting non-engineers ask repeatable data questions.

How to start

  1. Connect a small read-only database first.
  2. Build one dashboard around a real weekly decision.

Best first click

Open Metabase and start here: Connect a small read-only database first.

Trust facts

Pricing
Free
Login required
No
Open source
Yes
API available
No
License
Open-source license; verify the project repository.
Risk
Pricing, login requirements, and availability can change; last human check: 2026-07-08.

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