Metabase — Open-Source BI for Self-Serve Analytics

Metabase is the most popular open-source BI tool. It allows anyone to explore data and create dashboards without SQL.

Metabase — BI for Everyone¶

services:
  metabase:
    image: metabase/metabase:latest
    ports: ["3000:3000"]
    environment:
      MB_DB_TYPE: postgres
      MB_DB_HOST: postgres

Features¶

• Question builder — visual queries without SQL
• SQL editor — with variables and filters
• Dashboards — interactive, drill-down
• Alerts — notifications
• Embedding — dashboards in your application

When to Use Metabase¶

• Small/medium teams — quick start
• Self-serve — business without SQL
• Embedded analytics — SaaS products

Summary¶

Metabase is the ideal open-source BI for quickly making data accessible to business users.