YOURLS
Focus: url shortener, plugins and self-hosted. Shares analytics and open source with dbt-charts. A web app, not an automation tool. Adds Linux. Rated 4.5 (dbt-charts: 4.4).
Web AppFreeWeb, Linux
4.5Visit
Automation Tool
dbt-charts
Declarative YAML dashboards for dbt, easy for agents to write.
Rating
4.4 / 5
Pricing
Free
Difficulty
Intermediate
Works on
Web, Cross-Platform
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What is dbt-charts?
dbt-charts by dbt Labs wraps SQL in declarative YAML to build dbt-native dashboards. Because charts are defined as code, AI agents can write them easily and humans can audit and version every dashboard alongside the rest of the data stack.
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Pros: what dbt-charts does well
- Free and open source
- Dashboards as auditable, versioned code
Cons: where it falls short
- Requires a dbt setup
- YAML-first approach takes getting used to
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Free alternatives to dbt-charts
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Focus: database, data and query. Shares sql and open source with dbt-charts. A desktop app, not an automation tool. Adds macOS, Windows and Linux. Rated 4.6 (dbt-charts: 4.4).
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Appsmith
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Focus: json, data conversion and command line. Shares yaml and open source with dbt-charts. A desktop app, not an automation tool. Adds macOS, Windows and Linux. Rated 4.5 (dbt-charts: 4.4).
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DbGate
Focus: database, nosql and query editor. Shares sql and open source with dbt-charts. A desktop app, not an automation tool. Adds macOS, Windows and Linux. Rated 4.5 (dbt-charts: 4.4).
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StackQL
Focus: cloud, infrastructure and devops. Shares sql and open source with dbt-charts. A framework, not an automation tool. Adds macOS, Windows and Linux. Same 4.4 rating.
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