superset
by apache
Apache Superset is a web application for exploring data and building charts and dashboards from SQL databases. It lets teams create reports and share them without relying on paid business intelligence software.
- Stars
- 75.3k +2 a day
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Runs on
- A small server
- Setup
- Technical
- Language
- Python
- Age
- 4115 days
What you can do with it
- Build charts and dashboards with a no-code chart builder
- Write and run SQL queries in a web-based SQL editor
- Connect to many SQL databases and share dashboards with a team using role-based access
Make money with it
A freelancer could offer paid dashboard set-up and reporting services for small businesses, using Superset to connect to their databases and spreadsheets.
An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.
Ways a business could use it
- Replace paid per-seat business intelligence subscriptions with a self-hosted reporting dashboard for sales, stock or marketing data
- Give clients live dashboards of their own data as part of a reporting or consultancy service
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
It is installed as a Python package (pip) or run with Docker, and then needs configuring with database drivers, security settings and a metadata database, as described in the Administrator Guide.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Things to check
- Needs a properly configured server, database drivers and security settings, so it is more involved than a desktop tool
- Self-hosting means you are responsible for updates, backups and access control
Checked 27 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
