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Open-source alternatives to Looker

4 open-source projects are offered as replacements for Looker. Cube.js is the most starred. Running one yourself trades the subscription for your own hosting and upkeep, so the table below leads with what decides that trade: whether the project is alive, what its licence lets a business do, and whether there is a container command to start from.

2 / 4
Pushed in the last 90 days
1 / 4
With a container command
1 / 4
Permissive licence
Looker’s own site ↗

Side by side

Open-source alternatives to Looker
ProjectStarsActivityLicenceSelf-hostLanguage
Cube.js21,037ActiveNot identifiedDockerRust
LightDash6,193ActiveNot identified○TypeScript
MLCraft627QuietNot identified○JavaScript
MetriQL330QuietPermissive○Kotlin

Each one, briefly

  • Cube.js21,037 stars · not identified · active

    📊 Cube Core is open-source semantic layer for AI, BI and embedded analytics

  • LightDash6,193 stars · not identified · active

    Agentic BI. Analytics at the speed of code ⚡️

  • MLCraft627 stars · not identified · quiet

    Synmetrix – production-ready open source semantic layer on Cube

  • MetriQL330 stars · permissive · quiet

    The metrics layer for your data. Join us at https://metriql.com/slack

Where this comes from

Which projects are offered against Looker comes from opensourcealternative.to, re-read weekly. Every figure in the table is read from the project’s own repository. We have not run these projects, and we hold no price for Looker. Browse every open-source alternative.