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Lightdash vs aws-sdk-pandas
Lightdash has 6,145 GitHub stars, 777 forks, 1,018 open issues and last shipped yesterday. aws-sdk-pandas has 4,119 stars, 748 forks, 53 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. Lightdash leads on adoption by 49% (6,145 vs 4,119 stars). Lightdash is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; aws-sdk-pandas is written in Python under Apache-2.0. Lightdash has attracted 13% as many forks as stars, aws-sdk-pandas 18%. Lightdash was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Lightdash | aws-sdk-pandas | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 6.1K | ★ 4.1K |
| License | Custom / other | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Python |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 777 | ⑂ 748 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Lightdash if
- You weight community size — 6.1K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick aws-sdk-pandas if
- You want the aws-sdk-pandas feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and aws-sdk-pandas fits your workflow better
About Lightdash
Lightdash is an open source, agentic business intelligence platform for modern data teams, written in TypeScript and distributed under a NOASSERTION license. It lives in the data and analytics ecosystem, specifically the data engineering and integration space, and it is built around dbt and warehouse native workflows. The project describes itself as agentic BI, meaning analytics is intended to move at the speed of code rather than through point and click configuration alone.
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About aws-sdk-pandas
AWS SDK for pandas is a Python library for working with pandas DataFrames on AWS. It is published as awswrangler and is listed under Data & Analytics / Data Engineering & Integration. The project presents itself as Pandas on AWS and is an AWS Professional Service open source initiative under the Apache 2.0 license.
read the full aws-sdk-pandas overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Lightdash or aws-sdk-pandas more popular?
Lightdash has 6,145 GitHub stars and aws-sdk-pandas has 4,119. Lightdash has the larger community by that measure.
Are Lightdash and aws-sdk-pandas free?
Both are open source. Lightdash has no licence declared in this registry, and aws-sdk-pandas is licensed under Apache-2.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Lightdash and aws-sdk-pandas?
Lightdash is written in TypeScript and aws-sdk-pandas in Python. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Lightdash or aws-sdk-pandas?
Choose Lightdash if you want the larger community (6,145 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose aws-sdk-pandas if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.