evidence-dev

    evidence-dev/evidence

    Business intelligence as code: build fast, interactive data visualizations in SQL and markdown

    analytics
    data-engineering
    self-hosted
    database
    frontend
    business-intelligence
    dashboard
    data-science
    data-visualization
    dbt
    TypeScript
    MIT
    7.1K stars
    433 forks
    7.1K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 30, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 266 days ago, with 67 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Generates interactive business intelligence reports and dashboards using SQL queries embedded in markdown files.
    • Enables code-based BI workflows that combine SQL, markdown, and templating for flexible, version-controlled data visualization.
    • Use for building customizable, self-hosted data dashboards that integrate directly with your SQL data sources.
    • Use for creating templated, repeatable reports with dynamic content controlled by loops and conditional logic.
    • Use for exploratory data analysis by quickly iterating on SQL queries and visualizations within a developer-friendly environment.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

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    From the README

    Business Intelligence as Code: Generate reports using SQL and markdown

    Evidence is an open-source, code-based alternative to drag-and-drop business intelligence tools.

    Excerpt from the evidence-dev/evidence README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    433+43

    Open issues

    18-252

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