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Metabase Open Source Free and self-hosted
Your AI agent installs the open-source version of Metabase on your own machine with Docker or Java, then opens it at localhost:3000. No account needed.
Help me install Metabase Open Source (https://www.metabase.com/start/oss), the free, self-hosted version that runs locally on my machine. 1. If Docker is installed, run: docker run -d -p 3000:3000 --name metabase metabase/metabase 2. Otherwise, download metabase.jar, move it into a new directory, and run: java --add-opens java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED -jar metabase.jar 3. Wait for “Metabase Initialization Complete”, open localhost:3000, and help me create an admin account and connect my database.
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Total Accounts
Accounts added per year, by source
Payments received per quarter by plan
Why are signups down in 2026? Add a weekly view to the dashboard.
- Used published metric: Signups
- Used visualize_query
- Used dashboard_write
Signups are down across every source in 2026, so it’s broad, not one channel:
• Organic still leads with 62, down from 92.
• Google is next with 30, down from 50.
I added a weekly view to the New accounts by source dashboard. Want an alert if it drops?
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Analytics your team will use and trust
Teams can explore data on their own, guided to correct answers with a trustworthy foundation. Your data team can curate a governed semantic layer of canonical tables and metrics in Data Studio.
Also works with your coding agent, via MCP or the CLI: Claude Code Codex Cursor
Data Apps
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Build the apps your team needs
on numbers they already trust.
Prompt your AI agent for the data app or internal tool you have in mind. It runs on your semantic layer, permissions and auth, so you get full control and customization without rebuilding what makes it work.
Accounts
Viewing as CS · EMEA
Search accounts Health: At risk ✕ Owner: Me ✕ + Filter
Account ARR Health Last touch
- B Brightline Dental $96,000 Healthy 2d
- N Northwind Traders $184,200 At risk 19d
- O Orbital Freight $142,500 Watch 6d
- K Kestrel Foods $58,900 Healthy 1d
- H Harbor Labs $221,000 At risk 27d
- L Lumen & Co $33,400 Healthy 4d
- P Pinecrest Health $77,100 Watch 11d
- A Alder Robotics $119,800 Healthy 3d
- M Meridian Bank $264,000 At risk 33d
- S Sable Outdoor $41,250 Healthy 5d
- T Tidewater Co-op $88,600 Watch 9d
Enterprise Renews Jan 14
Northwind Traders
Owner: Ana Ruiz · EMEA
- ARR
- $184,200 ✓ Published metric
- Health score
- 62 ↓ 14
Weekly active users −31% since Sept
Usage down 31% since Sept. Agreed a check-in before the Jan renewal.
Save> Build a customer CRM for the CS team: accounts with ARR and health from our published metrics, and a button to log a call against the account.
Skill(metabase-cli)
⎿ Library: ARR, Health score, Weekly actives
Bash(mb data-app create customer-360)
Write(src/app/accounts.tsx)
⎿ 212 lines · useMetric("ARR"), useAction(…)
Bash(npm run build)
⎿ Uploaded · live at /apps/customer-360 · admins only
Add a renewals tab
Your numbers deserve better than vibes
A dashboard your agent vibe-codes against the API writes its own SQL, skips your permissions and leaves no trail. Metabase gives people and agents governed answers by default.
| Vibe-coded dashboard |  Metabase | |
|---|---|---|
| AI access | Whatever the API key allows | |
| Sign-in | Yours to build | |
| Permissions | One key sees every row | |
| Numbers match your metrics | Hand-rolled SQL per chart | |
| Your model and data | Whichever LLM you pasted in | |
| Audit and changes | None |
SAML, JWT and OIDC sign-in, two-factor authentication, row and column security and usage analytics are on Pro and Enterprise plans.
Analytics that people straight up love
I discovered Metabase while wrestling with analytics complexity, and you didn’t just solve the problem — you changed how I think about business intelligence. That’s rare.
Stewart Buchanan Metabase is the best BI tool for engineers hands down
Prady I'm surprised Metabase isn't talked about more. The team seems laser-focused on every UX detail, making BI accessible to many more functions in an org. Of course, we self-host our Metabase instance on @render, and it Just Works™.
Anurag Goel metabase is love
Peer Richelsen If you’re building internal dashboards and analytics for your startup I highly recommend giving Metabase a try. By far the best and easiest tool I’ve used even for complex, in-depth analytics dashboards
Mentor I'm a big fan of Metabase. Write SQL - show chart.
Christopher Winslett Metabase is the most impressive piece of software I’ve used in a long time. If you have data you want to understand give it a try. It’s so easy to spin up
Ryan Wilson In terms of BI, there is no second best to Metabase.
Roberto just setup a metabase instance at my friends startup and now the ops team is using it left right and centre. The model feature is a game changer. h/t to Metabase for building the most delightful and well thought tool for non tech folks.
0xAHD I’m forgetting how to write SQL queries 🤔 It’s all Metabase’s fault for having such an awesome query editor
Carlo Licciardi Metabase is amazing. If you're a founder, especially non technical, get your engineers to install and set it up. It's transformational!
Neto TIL about Metabase. Wow, the time we've wasted not using this is incalculable.
Derek Morgan I love simple and efficient tools that are straightforward. I've been using Metabase and it is simply lovely
Mariana Medeiros Metabase is really really awesome. I love the speed of implementation for new dashboards and reports. Totally awesome. Can't wait for new features. Might as well learn some clojure and contrib myself!
Kwamina Dare Metabase proves you can add power without taking away simplicity.
Amjad Masad Searching for a relatively hassle-free reporting and dashboarding tool to hook up to your database? Can't recommend Metabase enough - lovely interface, and really great functionality out of a jar or Docker file. It's brilliant!
Shane Lynn Ready to get started?
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Metabase Open Source Free and self-hosted
Your AI agent installs the open-source version of Metabase on your own machine with Docker or Java, then opens it at localhost:3000. No account needed.
Help me install Metabase Open Source (https://www.metabase.com/start/oss), the free, self-hosted version that runs locally on my machine. 1. If Docker is installed, run: docker run -d -p 3000:3000 --name metabase metabase/metabase 2. Otherwise, download metabase.jar, move it into a new directory, and run: java --add-opens java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED -jar metabase.jar 3. Wait for “Metabase Initialization Complete”, open localhost:3000, and help me create an admin account and connect my database.
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