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Lightdash is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Analytics category, licensed MIT and written mainly in TypeScript. It ships a Docker image. It has 6,198 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).

github.com/lightdash/lightdash

GitHub stats

GitHub stars
6,198
Forks
793
Open issues
994
Commits, last 12 months
13,027
Last commit
Oct 26, 2026
Latest release
3.53.6Oct 24, 2026
Created
Mar 19, 2021
License
MITOpen source

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Project health

ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 13,027 commits in 12 months.

Raw inputs behind the health label
Last commitOct 26, 2026
Commits, last 12 months13,027
Latest release3.53.6 (Oct 24, 2026)
Releases, last 12 months10 or more
Releases, all time8,800
Open issues994
Open pull requests111
Good first issues0
Contributing guideYes
Security policyYes
CreatedMar 19, 2021

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About Lightdash

Open-source BI tool that turns your dbt project into dashboards.

Description written by appsgit. Source code: github.com/lightdash/lightdash.

Topics

  • dbt
  • data-visualization
  • data-analytics
  • business-intelligence

Repository preview

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FAQ

Lightdash FAQ

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Is Lightdash free and open source?

Yes. Lightdash is open-source software released under the MIT license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.

Can I run Lightdash with Docker?

Yes. Lightdash provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.

What are the best alternatives to Lightdash?

Popular self-hosted alternatives to Lightdash include Superset, Metabase and PostHog.

Is Lightdash actively maintained?

The most recent commit to Lightdash was on Oct 26, 2026 with 13,027 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 3.53.6, published Oct 24, 2026. It had 994 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.