Readers comparing BI and dashboard tools need a shortlist that separates active, healthy projects from tools that only look popular. For October 2026, the ToolVitals data provides that signal through each tool’s ToolVitals score, health score, shipping score, openness label, license label, and GitHub-star count.
The ranking covers open/source-visible tools and orders them by ToolVitals score descending; where composite scores are equal, health and shipping determine the order. GitHub stars provide context only and do not determine placement.
Rankings
| Rank | Tool | Openness | License | Health | Shipping | GitHub Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lightdash | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 98 | 99 | 6180 | 99 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 2 | Apache Superset | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 98 | 98 | 75091 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 3 | Metabase | Open core | AGPL-3.0 and commercial terms | 98 | 98 | 49596 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 4 | Nao | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 97 | 96 | 1824 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 5 | Rill | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 96 | 95 | 2937 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 6 | DataEase | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 96 | 95 | 24598 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 7 | Dash | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 93 | 24446 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 8 | SQLRooms | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 93 | 515 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 9 | Deepnote | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 93 | 90 | 3016 | 92 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 10 | TerriaJS | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 90 | 85 | 1369 | 88 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 11 | DecisionBox | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 87 | 89 | 120 | 88 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 12 | Evidence | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 88 | 83 | 6995 | 86 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 13 | DevImpact | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 88 | 81 | 32 | 86 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 14 | Seal Report | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 83 | 86 | 1638 | 85 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 15 | MetricFlow | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 86 | 81 | 1825 | 84 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 16 | LiftShift | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 82 | 85 | 517 | 83 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 17 | DeepAnalyze | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 81 | 77 | 4678 | 80 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 18 | Redash | OSI-approved OSS | BSD-2-Clause | 83 | 73 | 28831 | 79 | 🟢 Good |
| 19 | Graphic Walker | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 74 | 64 | 3257 | 70 | 🟢 Good |
| 20 | Quary | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 69 | 56 | 2384 | 64 | 🟢 Good |
| 21 | RAWGraphs | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 64 | 50 | 9041 | 59 | 🟡 Fair |
| 22 | SQL Explorer | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 66 | 44 | 2876 | 57 | 🟡 Fair |
| 23 | JSON Crack | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 58 | 47 | 44473 | 53 | 🟡 Fair |
| 24 | AI Analyst | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 49 | 16 | 384 | 36 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 25 | DataGear | OSI-approved OSS | LGPL-3.0 | 45 | 13 | 1740 | 33 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 26 | DataLens | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 39 | 14 | 1704 | 29 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 27 | Auto Analyst | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 33 | 10 | 706 | 24 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 28 | Middleware | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 30 | 10 | 1631 | 22 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 29 | Mito | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 20 | 3 | 2652 | 13 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 30 | Preswald | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 14 | 0 | 4268 | 9 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 31 | DataVyn | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 9 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 32 | PandasAI | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 2 | 0 | 23865 | 1 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 33 | Rowfill | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 2 | 0 | 366 | 1 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 34 | Briefer | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 1 | 0 | 4325 | 1 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 35 | MLCraft | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 1 | 0 | 631 | 0 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 36 | CursorLens | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 0 | 0 | 402 | 0 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 37 | MetriQL | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 0 | 0 | 330 | 0 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 38 | Rocket BI | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 0 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
Top 3 Highlights
Lightdash ranks first with a ToolVitals score of 99, supported by a health score of 98 and shipping score of 99. It is labeled OSI-approved OSS and lists an MIT license. Its supplied description positions it as self-serve BI for data teams.
Apache Superset ranks second with a ToolVitals score of 98, a health score of 98, and a shipping score of 98. It is labeled OSI-approved OSS and lists an Apache-2.0 license. Its supplied description identifies it as a data visualization and data exploration platform.
Metabase ranks third with a ToolVitals score of 98, a health score of 98, and a shipping score of 98. ToolVitals labels it Open core and lists AGPL-3.0 and commercial terms. Its supplied description presents it as business intelligence software.
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