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Open-source alternatives to Tableau

Two hand-approved projects in our catalog replace Tableau. Both are business intelligence software. Apache Superset has the most GitHub stars (75.4K). Tick what matters to you and the list re-sorts so the closest fits come first.

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The alternatives

Pick what matters below. For now the two alternatives are in order of GitHub stars.

Order: GitHub stars

Apache Superset

Business intelligence

Explore your data and build shared dashboards without writing code.

  • Connects to SQL databases such as PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Databricks and Redshift.
  • Builds charts by drag and drop, or from SQL written in SQL Lab.
  • Sends alerts and scheduled reports to email or Slack.
Meets: Permissive licenceMeets: Open-source licenceDoes not meet: Released ≤ 90 daysDoes not meet: Gaining starsMeets: Written in PythonDoes not meet: In a stack
75.4K starsApache-2.0PythonLatest release May 2026Website ↗Full profile →

Metabase

Business intelligence

Let your team ask questions of company data without writing SQL.

  • Build questions with a point-and-click query builder, or write SQL in the built-in editor.
  • Connect PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, BigQuery, Snowflake, MongoDB and other officially supported databases.
  • Self-host with Docker or the JAR file under the AGPL, with PostgreSQL or MySQL for the app database.
Does not meet: Permissive licenceMeets: Open-source licenceMeets: Released ≤ 90 daysDoes not meet: Gaining starsMeets: Written in ClojureMeets: In a stack
50K starsAGPL-3.0ClojureLatest release yesterdayWebsite ↗Full profile →

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