Overview

Synmetrix – production-ready open source semantic layer on Cube Empower Your Data Analytics with Synmetrix’s Open-Source Semantic Layer Website • Docs • Cube.js Models docs • Docker Hub • Slack community The project has 609 GitHub stars and is licensed under NOASSERTION.

Key Features

Source: GitHub README

Data modeling and transformations: Flexibly define metrics and dimensions using SQL and Cube data models. Apply transformations and aggregations.
Semantic layer: Consolidate metrics from across sources into a unified, governed data model. Eliminate metric definition differences.
Scheduled reports and alerts: Monitor metrics and get notified of changes via configurable reports and alerts.
Versioning: Track schema changes over time for transparency and auditability.
Role-based access control: Manage permissions for data models and metrics access.
Data exploration: Analyze metrics through the UI, or integrate with any BI tool via the SQL API.
Caching: Optimize performance using pre-aggregations and caching from Cube.
Teams: Collaborate on metrics modeling across your organization.

Getting Started

Source: GitHub README

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mlcraft-io/mlcraft/main/install-manifests/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mlcraft-io/mlcraft/main/install-manifests/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml -o docker-compose.yml

Normalized Features

Source: tool-features-normalized.json

clickhouse, docker, docker compose, graphql, metrics, mysql, postgresql, rbac, reports, rest api, version history.

Deploy

Docker

Self-host with Docker Compose

Coolify

One-click via Coolify panel

Elestio

Managed hosting from $9/mo

PikaPods

Simple managed hosting

Features

Authentication & Access

Role-Based Access Control

Integrations & APIs

GraphQL API
REST API

Collaboration

Version History

Analytics & Reporting

Metrics & KPIs
Reports

Replaces

Looker

14 tools

Compare MLCraft

MLCraft vs

Superset

Both are analytics tools. MLCraft has 4 unique features, Superset has 7.

Related Analytics & Business Intelligence Tools

View all 176 →

Superset

71K

Apache Superset is an open-source data exploration and visualization platform — connect to any SQL database, build interactive dashboards, and run ad-hoc queries.

analytics Apache-2.0

OpenBB

63K

The open-source AI workspace for finance — connect proprietary and public data, build custom analytics apps, and deploy AI agents on your own infrastructure.

analytics

Metabase

46K

Open-source business intelligence that lets anyone in your company ask questions and learn from data. Build dashboards, run queries, and share insights without SQL.

analytics

ClickHouse

46K

Ultra-fast column-oriented database for real-time analytics. Process billions of rows per second with SQL. Open-source alternative to Snowflake and BigQuery.

analytics Apache-2.0