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manage governed metrics, dashboards, and AI analytics as code from dbt or YAML
Features and best fit
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Key features
Key characteristics
manage governed metrics, dashboards, and AI analytics as code from dbt or YAML
Sources: [1]
Best fit
Good fit for
A comparison candidate for Data Analysis, Enterprise Apps, Self-hosted, Analytics engineering, Data visualization, dbt use cases. Check the official README and installation instructions for exact fit and requirements.
Before adoption
Check before adopting
The registered primary language is TypeScript and the license is NOASSERTION. Verify version-specific runtime requirements, breaking changes, and additional dependencies in the official README and latest release notes.
Sources: [1]
Official sources
- [1]lightdash/lightdash — GitHub(2026-09-15)
Supplemental curator note
Lightdash moves metrics, joins, permissions, and other analytics definitions into code so teams can preview and review changes through the CLI, CI, and pull requests. The open-source core is MIT, while packages/backend/src/ee uses a separate Source Available License.
Try it in 3 steps
- 1
Clone Lightdash
Fetch the official repository for the self-hosted/local setup.
git clone https://github.com/lightdash/lightdash.git && cd lightdash - 2
Run the official installer
Let the installer check the OS and Docker environment, then configure and start the Docker Compose stack.
./scripts/install.sh - 3
Open Lightdash
Open the default local UI and connect a warehouse/dbt project to explore metrics and dashboards.
Open http://localhost:8080
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GitHub Topics
- business-intelligence
- data-analytics
- data-visualization
- dbt
- Stars
- 6,168
- Forks
- 787
- Watchers
- 35
- Open issues
- 1,058
- Owner type
- Organization
- Primary language
- TypeScript
- License
- Not determined
- Repository last updated
- Sep 30, 2026
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