Open-source Analytics BI tools

The best open-source Analytics BI tools, curated: 31 in the registry, including Apache ECharts, Aptabase, Betterlytics. Every tool is open-source; each entry lists license, self-hostability, and links.

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• Apache ECharts — tool, 2026-09-03
  ASF governance; patent grant; markets commercial use
• Aptabase — tool, 2026-09-03
  OSS alt to Google Analytics; ~1774 stars; via openalternative.co
• Betterlytics — tool, 2026-09-03
  OSS alt to Google Analytics; ~172 stars; via openalternative.co
• Cube — tool, 2026-09-03
  De-facto OSS semantic layer; not end-user UI
• D3.js — tool, 2026-09-03
  Foundational primitive layer; low-level
• Databuddy — tool, 2026-09-03
  OSS alt to Google Analytics; ~1118 stars; via openalternative.co
• DataEase — tool, 2026-09-03
  OSS alt to Tableau/Power BI; ~24303 stars; via ossinsight.io
• flowsint — tool, 2026-09-03
  Visual, extensible graph platform for OSINT link-analysis/investigations (Maltego-style); ~7.5k stars; dual-use OSINT tool
• GoAccess — tool, 2026-09-03
  OSS alt to Google Analytics; ~20763 stars; via ossinsight.io
• Gradio — tool, 2026-09-03
  ~43314 stars; ML-focused; BI fit is secondary; via ossinsight.io
• Grist — tool, 2026-09-03
  OSS alt to Airtable; ~11432 stars; via openalternative.co
• JupyterLab — tool, 2026-09-03
  Standard notebook host; use v4
• Marimo — tool, 2026-09-03
  Reactive git-native deployable notebook
• Matomo — tool, 2026-09-03
  Full web analytics + attribution/funnels
• matplotlib — tool, 2026-09-03
  Custom license — flag for strict scanners
• Observable Plot — tool, 2026-09-03
  Concise grammar-of-graphics on D3
• OpenPanel — tool, 2026-09-03
  OSS alt to Google Analytics; ~6296 stars; via openalternative.co
• OpenWebAnalytics — tool, 2026-09-03
  OSS alt to Google Analytics; ~2682 stars; via openalternative.co
• Plotly Dash — tool, 2026-09-03
  ~24371 stars; via ossinsight.io
• Plotly.py — tool, 2026-09-03
  Interactive notebook viz; ties to Dash
• Rybbit — tool, 2026-09-03
  OSS alt to Google Analytics; ~12594 stars; via openalternative.co
• Streamlit — tool, 2026-09-03
  Python script→dashboard; outside PRs paused; opt-out telemetry
• Swetrix — tool, 2026-09-03
  OSS alt to Google Analytics; ~1116 stars; via openalternative.co
• Trench — tool, 2026-09-03
  OSS alt to June; ~1659 stars; via openalternative.co
• Umami — tool, 2026-09-03
  Lightweight privacy analytics
• Vemetric — tool, 2026-09-03
  OSS alt to Google Analytics; ~360 stars; via openalternative.co
• Vizro — tool, 2026-09-03
  ~3774 stars; via ossinsight.io
• Vizzu — tool, 2026-09-03
  BetaList-native; animated data-story niche
• Google releases TimesFM 3.0 time-series forecasting model — news, 2026-09-02
  Google published TimesFM 3.0, a time-series forecasting model, on Hugging Face. GTM angle: pipeline/demand forecasting (analytics-adjacent, not core outreach). Open-weight; commercial terms NOT independently verified.
• Google Analytics MCP Server — tool, 2026-08-25
  The official Google Analytics team's MCP server: run GA4 core/funnel/realtime reports and property queries through the Analytics read scope — one of the safer direct marketing-data connections.
• PostHog — tool, 2026-08-25
  Product & web analytics platform: session replay, funnels, feature flags, experiments, error tracking, and AI observability — with agent/MCP support. Shows what visitors did after the click.