Superset
Superset is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Analytics category, licensed Apache-2.0 and written mainly in Python. It is a self-hosted alternative to Metabase Cloud, Tableau and Power BI. It has 75,310 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 75,310
- Forks
- 18,526
- Open issues
- 168
- Commits, last 12 months
- 6,069
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- 6.1.0May 13, 2026
- Created
- Jul 21, 2015
- License
- Apache-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 6,069 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases8 releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 6,069 |
| Latest release | 6.1.0 (May 13, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 8 |
| Releases, all time | 271 |
| Open issues | 168 |
| Open pull requests | 454 |
| Good first issues | 1 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Jul 21, 2015 |
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About Superset
Modern data exploration and visualization platform.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/apache/superset.
Topics
- superset
- apache
- apache-superset
- data-visualization
- data-viz
- analytics
- business-intelligence
- data-science
- data-engineering
- asf
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Is Superset free and open source?
Yes. Superset is open-source software released under the Apache-2.0 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 Superset with Docker?
Superset does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Python), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Superset?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Superset include Metabase, PostHog and Umami. Superset itself is a self-hosted alternative to Metabase Cloud, Tableau and Power BI.
Is Superset actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Superset was on Oct 26, 2026 with 6,069 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 6.1.0, published May 13, 2026. It had 168 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.