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Metabase

★ 40k

Point it at your database and non-engineers get dashboards and self-serve questions. Single JAR or container.

Metabase does the job of Looker, self-hosted. It is AGPL-licensed, so a hosted fork has to publish its changes, and it installs in about one command. Looker bills $85/mo for it. 40k stars on GitHub.

Open-source replacement for Looker.

Licence
AGPL-3.0
Self-hosting
Easy
The paid one costs
$85/mo
GitHub stars
40k
view the code →official site →

Is it actually a replacement?

We have written a verdict on what it replaces — what you lose, and why people still pay:

How Metabase runs

Where it runs

Metabase runs on your server.

What setup takes

not verified by us yet — check the repo README.

Metabase questions

Is Metabase open source?

Yes — it is released under AGPL-3.0.

Can Metabase replace Looker?

Our verdict on Looker is YES. Metabase (40k stars), PostHog (30k stars), Umami (28k stars) are mature open-source replacements for Looker — self-host in one command and stop paying $5550/mo.

Can I self-host Metabase?

Yes — we rate it easy to self-host, and it runs on your server.

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