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The open source Looker alternative
Lightdash is an open-source Looker alternative. It's built on top of dbt and lets users centralise all their team's business logic in one place.
Lightdash is an open-source, AI-first BI platform designed for modern data teams. It emphasizes dashboards-as-code, a governed semantic layer, and integration with dbt to deliver trustworthy analytics and data apps.
Lightdash connects to your dbt setup, uses a governed semantic layer to ensure consistent metrics, and enables building data apps and dashboards with an emphasis on BI-as-code. It supports AI-assisted analytics and agents (in UI and Slack) to fetch instant answers without writing SQL, and emphasizes a development workflow with preview environments, CLI tools, version control, and CI/CD for BI changes. The product promotes dbt-native design, open-source core, and the ability to ship BI changes similarly to software development processes.
Who it’s for: Modern data teams and developers who use dbt and seek open-source, AI-assisted BI with dashboards-as-code and governed metrics.
Mention of open-source core, AI features, and developer-focused tooling; customer logos and testimonials imply traction and a developer/user community
I've been frustrated with the state of data tools over the last few years, now building Lightdash with a mission to build the data stack for the future of data-driven teams. Former Director of Product Management at an insurtech (employee #7), grew the business from seed to Series B, $40M+ funding and >70 employees. In previous work, I worked with drone analytics technology and launched a late-night food delivery service based in London
Full-stack data enthusiast and all round generalist. I founded Lightdash: an open-source alternative to Looker. Before that I was a machine learning engineer in the fintech sector and a PhD in computational physics.
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