What is Apache Superset?
Apache Superset began as a 2015 hackathon project at Airbnb, was open-sourced in 2016, and became a top-level Apache Software Foundation project in 2021. It is entirely free under the Apache 2.0 license, with no company selling Superset itself, though third parties such as Preset.io offer managed hosting of the same open-source engine.
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Sources checked 27 September 2026: official website, documentation, GitHub repository.
Key capabilities
- SQL Lab: A browser-based SQL editor for ad hoc querying.
- 40+ chart types: Dashboards built from a wide visualization library.
- 70+ database connectors: Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Postgres and more via SQLAlchemy.
Open-source business intelligence and data exploration are the primary use cases.
Shortlist Apache Superset when you want a no-license-fee BI tool with a SQL Lab query editor and broad database connector support, and your team can operate upgrades, authentication and scaling yourselves (or via a third-party managed provider).
Since there's no official vendor support unless you use a managed provider, confirm your team can handle self-hosted upgrades, RBAC configuration and scaling before adopting it broadly.
Technical details
- Access
- Self-hosted
- Source model
- Open source
- Founded
- 2015
- Pricing model
- Open source
- API
- Not specified
- Website
- superset.apache.org ↗
Official resources
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