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metabase: Turn Raw Data into Interactive Dashboards Quickly

Founders can let any team explore and visualize data without coding, using an open‑source BI platform trusted by 50k+ GitHub stars. Ideal for startups needing fast, embedded analytics.

From the repo · “The easy-to-use open source Business Intelligence and Embedded Analytics tool that lets everyone work with data :bar_chart:”

49,784 stars+126★ this week6,920 forksClojureGuide quality 8/10 · reviewed Oct 9Updated 10/21/2026100% free · open source
What it does

Metabase is an open-source business intelligence tool that helps founders make data-driven decisions by connecting to various data sources and creating interactive dashboards.

When to use it
  • •When you need to create a data dashboard to track key performance indicators (KPIs) for your startup
  • •When you want to embed data visualizations into your application for users
  • •When you need to perform ad-hoc queries on your database without requiring extensive SQL knowledge
Ready-to-paste prompt
To connect to a PostgreSQL database, use the following setup: `java -jar metabase.jar && echo '{"host":"localhost","port":5432,"user":"myuser","password":"mypassword","db":"mydb"}' > ~/metabase.db.config`
Heads up: Make sure you have Java 11 or later installed on your system, as Metabase requires it to run
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How metabase: Turn Raw Data into Interactive Dashboards Quickly works
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Metabase: Turn Raw Data into Interactive Dashboards Quickly is a very large Clojure project (~1.2M lines across 12915 code files, plus 2737 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, Other license, has a test suite.

Size
Very large codebase
~1.2M lines · 12915 code files · days to read — use, don't read
Setup
Developer setup
A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.
Runs on
Node.js · Docker
Needs API keys (.env)
Clojure 54%TypeScript 40%JavaScript 5%CSS 1%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    CLAUDE.md
    The instructions the AI actually follows
  3. 3
    bin/mage
    Where the program starts running
  4. 4
    package.json
    Dependencies and the commands it exposes
  5. 5
    .env.example
    The API keys and settings you must provide
What's in each folder
src/Core code — the actual logic1577 files
skills/Prompts, skills & agent definitions17 files
frontend/Frontend / UI10617 files
modules/Sub-packages / plugins149 files
bin/Command-line entry points89 files
docs/Documentation988 files
enterprise/Folder2754 files
resources/Folder1150 files
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Creator
metabase
Language
Clojure
Category
analytics
Published
2/2/2015

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