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Metabase
Easy way for everyone in your company to ask questions and learn from data.
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Open source alternatives to Looker
We track 4 open-source Looker alternatives, of which 4 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 3 ship a Docker image. Metabase leads on health at 99/100 with 2188 commits in the last 90 days; across all 4 projects you are choosing between AGPL-3.0, BSD-2-Clause, MIT.
updated Oct 2026 4 alternatives best health 99 ★ 90k combined 2,389 commits / 90d 3 with Docker
Top picks to replace Looker
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All 4 Looker alternatives, ranked by health
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Redash
Connect and query your data sources, build dashboards to visualize data and share them with your company.
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Chartbrew
Connect directly to databases and APIs and use the data to create beautiful charts.
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Evidence
Code-based BI tool. Write reports using SQL and markdown and they render as a website.
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Looker alternatives compared
Metabase edges Redash 99 to 98, and most of the difference is stars: 50k stars against 29k stars.
The most recent release is Metabase v0.64.3, published 3 days ago. None of the measured options scores under 40. By stack, Nodejs (2) and Java (1) are the most common. Redash, Chartbrew and Evidence are permissively licensed; Metabase is copyleft.
3 of these 4 also appear among the Power BI alternatives; Chartbrew is specific to Looker.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit | Docker |
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| Metabase Steady at 99 since 11 Sep | 99 | 50k | AGPL-3.0 | today | Yes |
| Redash Up 22 points since 11 Sep | 98 | 29k | BSD-2-Clause | today | Yes |
| Chartbrew Down 11 points since 11 Sep | 83 | 4.1k | MIT | yesterday | Yes |
| Evidence Down 1 point since 11 Sep, no release for 8 months | 81 | 7.1k | MIT | yesterday | No |
Looker alternatives: common questions
What is the most maintained open source alternative to Looker?
Metabase scores highest at 99/100, with 2188 commits in the last 90 days, 50k stars on GitHub and its latest release (v0.64.3) published 3 days ago. It is also the most active by raw commit count.
Which Looker alternatives use a permissive licence?
3 of 4 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): Redash (BSD-2-Clause), Chartbrew (MIT), Evidence (MIT). 1 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.
Which Looker alternatives run in Docker?
3 of 4 publish a Docker image or Compose file: Metabase, Redash, Chartbrew. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.
Is Metabase or Redash the better Looker alternative?
On measured health Metabase leads, 99 to 98. Metabase has 2,188 commits in 90 days, 50k stars and v0.64.3 from 3 days ago; Redash has 66 commits in 90 days, 29k stars and v26.9.0 from 1 month ago. Pick Redash if licensing matters: it is BSD-2-Clause, while Metabase is AGPL-3.0.
Are the Looker alternatives still maintained?
4 of the 4 measured options score 70 or above. Every measured option had commits in the last 90 days. None scores under 40.
What languages are the Looker alternatives written in?
Nodejs: Chartbrew and Evidence. Java: Metabase. The stack matters if you plan to extend or patch the tool yourself.
