redash
by getredash
Redash is a browser-based tool for querying databases, turning the results into charts and combining them into shareable dashboards. It is for teams who want everyone in the business to see up-to-date figures without building reports by hand.
- Stars
- 28.9k
- Licence
- BSD-2-Clause
- Runs on
- A small server
- Setup
- Moderate
- Language
- TypeScript
- Age
- 4749 days
What you can do with it
- Write SQL or NoSQL queries against a database and turn the results into charts
- Combine charts into a dashboard that refreshes on a schedule and can be shared by link
- Set alerts that notify you when a figure in your data crosses a threshold
Could replace
- Looker
Our suggestion based on what it does, not a feature-by-feature comparison.
Make money with it
A freelancer could offer to set up and maintain Redash dashboards for small businesses that have data in databases but no reporting.
An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.
Ways a business could use it
- Build a live sales and orders dashboard from your shop database instead of paying for a hosted reporting tool
- Send clients regular reports and dashboards built from their data as part of a freelance reporting 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
You set up your own instance by following the documentation, which includes links to ready-made AWS and Google Cloud images.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Things to check
- Users need to know SQL to get the most from it
- Self-hosting means you are responsible for updates, backups and security
Checked 29 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
