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Best Open Source Data & Analytics Tools

Ranked by GitHub stars — actual adoption, not editorial taste. All 10 are free, open source and self-hostable; license and last activity on every entry.

  1. 1
    Mermaid ★ 90K

    Text-based diagramming that renders in code and docs

    MIT TypeScript pushed 2026-09-15 details →
  2. 2
    Crawl4AI ★ 84K

    LLM-ready web crawler built for AI data pipelines

    Apache-2.0 Python pushed 2026-09-16 details →
  3. 3
    Scrapling ★ 82K

    🕷️ An adaptive Web Scraping framework that handles everything from a single request to a full-scale crawl! Don't be shy, join here: https://discord.gg/EMgGbDce

    BSD-3-Clause Python pushed 2026-09-14 details →
  4. 4
    Apache Superset ★ 75K

    Self-serve data exploration and dashboard builder

    Apache-2.0 Python pushed 2026-09-17 details →
  5. 5
    echarts ★ 67K

    Apache ECharts is a powerful, interactive charting and data visualization library for browser

    Apache-2.0 TypeScript pushed 2026-09-16 details →
  6. 6
    scrapy ★ 64K

    Scrapy, a fast high-level web crawling & scraping framework for Python.

    BSD-3-Clause Python pushed 2026-09-17 details →
  7. 7
    ClickHouse ★ 50K

    Lightning-fast analytics for massive datasets

    Apache-2.0 C++ pushed 2026-09-17 details →
  8. 8
    Metabase ★ 49K

    Unlock data insights with powerful, user-friendly analytics

    NOASSERTION Clojure pushed 2026-09-17 details →
  9. 9
    pixijs ★ 48K

    The HTML5 Creation Engine: Create beautiful digital content with the fastest, most flexible 2D WebGL renderer.

    MIT TypeScript pushed 2026-09-17 details →
  10. 10
    EasySpider ★ 45K

    A visual no-code/code-free web crawler/spider易采集:一个可视化浏览器自动化测试/数据采集/网页爬虫软件,可以无代码图形化的设计和执行爬虫任务。别名:ServiceWrapper面向Web应用的智能化服务封装系统。

    AGPL-3.0 JavaScript pushed 2026-09-17 details →
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Frequently asked questions

What is the best open source Data & Analytics tool in 2026?

Mermaid leads the ranking with 90,293 GitHub stars, ahead of Crawl4AI. Rankings use live GitHub star counts, refreshed nightly.

How is this list of Data & Analytics tools ranked?

By GitHub stars — a proxy for adoption and community size. Each entry also shows its licence, primary language and last commit date, so you can judge maintenance activity rather than trusting the ranking alone.

Are the best Data & Analytics tools free?

Every project on this list is open source and free to self-host. Some also offer paid managed hosting, but the software itself carries no licence fee.