Overview

Business intelligence as code: build fast, interactive data visualizations in SQL and markdown Evidence is an open source, code-based alternative to drag-and-drop BI tools. Build polished data products with just SQL and markdown. Business Intelligence as Code: Generate reports using SQL and markdown The project has 6K+ GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT.

Getting Started

Source: GitHub README

Download the Evidence VSCode Extension
Open the Command Palette (F1) and enter Evidence: New Evidence Project
Click the Start Evidence button in the bottom status bar

See docs for other install options (CLI, Docker, etc)

Normalized Features

Source: tool-features-normalized.json

docker, plugins.

Deploy

Docker

Self-host with Docker Compose

Coolify

One-click via Coolify panel

Elestio

Managed hosting from $9/mo

PikaPods

Simple managed hosting

Features

Integrations & APIs

Plugin / Extension System

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