Top 10 Open-source Business Intelligence Software for Eastern Europe

2026. Lightdash allows to vibecode apps on top of BI system



Commercial open-source BI platform Lightdash has introduced the Data Apps AI feature for creating data-driven apps on top of the system. You simply enter a request in the chat and get a working app with real data, your defined metrics, and saved controls. The AI ​​agent creates and runs a secure sandbox with everything you need to build the app and opens a preview that runs real-time queries directly against your semantic layer. If you want to change anything in your app, you can do so directly in the user interface. Once the app is ready, you can share it with your team, while your metric definitions, access controls, and security remain in effect.


2021. Metabase raises $30M for its open-source BI system



Metabase, a startup developing an open-source BI platform, has raised $30M in Series B. Metabase allows users to quickly find and share analytics data both in the cloud and on-premises, empowering organizations of all sizes to learn from their data. Out of the box, the system offers a full set of standard visualizations, including bar charts, line charts, pie charts, KPI charts, and more. It features a built-in graphical SQL editor that allows you to create simple joins, transformations, and aggregations of data using a no-code interface, which are then transformed into an SQL query that can be viewed and, if necessary, edited. Built-in data export functionality is available for Excel, CSV, JSON, and PNG. The system is already used by more than 30,000 companies and organizations in 200 different countries.


2021. Apache Superset BI system received TLS status



Apache Software Foundation has awarded its BI system Apache Superset TLS (Top-Level Status). This means the project is considered sufficiently mature and independent, and has developed a stable developer community. Apache Superset is the project's web-based solution for big data visualization and business analytics. Apache Superset enables exploration and visualization of big data from a variety of databases, from SQLite and MySQL to Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, Snowflake, Oracle Database, IBM DB2, and many other compatible data sources. Apache Superset originally emerged six years ago from work on the Airbnb project and is now used by companies such as Netflix, Twitter, and American Express.