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Overview
Evidence is an open-source BI tool that turns SQL and Markdown into interactive reports. Rather than a drag-and-drop dashboard builder, report definitions live in source control and can be published as static sites or hosted on Evidence Studio.
Features and best fit
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Key features
Build reports from SQL and Markdown
Queries and narrative content live together and render into interactive data visualizations.
Sources: [2]
Self-host static output or publish to Evidence Studio
Generated reports can be deployed on your own infrastructure or through the hosted publishing workflow.
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Best fit
Fits teams that want analytics artifacts reviewed in Git
SQL, Markdown, and configuration can move through software-style code review and version control.
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Before adoption
The authoring model differs from traditional GUI BI
Because report development is code-centric, teams with non-technical authors may need a different contribution workflow.
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Keep CLI and project versions aligned around 40.1.8
Pinning the release line helps avoid build differences caused by CLI and project-version drift.
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Official sources
- [1]evidence-dev/evidence repository(2026-09-30)
- [2]Evidence README(2026-09-30)
- [3]Evidence 40.1.8 release(2026-09-30)
- [4]Evidence MIT license(2026-09-30)
Supplemental curator note
Evidence replaces drag-and-drop BI authoring with SQL and Markdown stored as code. Reports can be published as static sites, self-hosted, and developed with local or agent-assisted workflows.
Try it in 3 steps
- 1
Install the Evidence CLI
Install the CLI with the official installer.
curl -fsSL https://evidence.studio/install.sh | sh - 2
Create a project
Generate a project where reports are managed as SQL and Markdown.
evidence init my-project && cd my-project - 3
Start the development server
Run the local preview and iterate on queries and reports.
evidence dev
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GitHub Topics
- analytics
- business-intelligence
- dashboard
- data-engineering
- data-science
- data-visualization
- dbt
- duckdb
- exploratory-data-analysis
- self-hosted
- sql
- svelte
- Stars
- 6,965
- Forks
- 423
- Watchers
- 34
- Open issues
- 16
- Owner type
- Organization
- Primary language
- TypeScript
- License
- MIT
- Repository last updated
- Sep 29, 2026
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