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[Metabase](https://www.metabase.com) is the easy, open-source way for everyone in your company to ask questions and learn from data.
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## Get started
The easiest way to get started with Metabase is to sign up for a free trial of [Metabase Cloud](https://store.metabase.com/checkout). You get support, backups, upgrades, an SMTP server, SSL certificate, SoC2 Type 2 security auditing, and more (plus your money goes toward improving Metabase). Check out our quick overview of [cloud vs self-hosting](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/cloud/cloud-vs-self-hosting). If you need to, you can always switch to [self-hosting](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/installation-and-operation/installing-metabase) Metabase at any time (or vice versa).
- [Set up in five minutes](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/setting-up-metabase.html) (we're not kidding).
- Let anyone on your team [ask questions](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/users-guide/04-asking-questions.html) without knowing SQL.
- Use the [SQL editor](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/questions/native-editor/writing-sql) for more complex queries.
- Build handsome, interactive [dashboards](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/users-guide/07-dashboards.html) with filters, auto-refresh, fullscreen, and custom click behavior.
- Create [models](https://www.metabase.com/learn/getting-started/models) that clean up, annotate, and/or combine raw tables.
- Define canonical [segments and metrics](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/administration-guide/07-segments-and-metrics.html) for your team to use.
- Send data to Slack or email on a schedule with [dashboard subscriptions](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/users-guide/dashboard-subscriptions).
- Set up [alerts](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/users-guide/15-alerts.html) to have Metabase notify you when your data changes.
- [Embed charts and dashboards](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/administration-guide/13-embedding.html) in your app, or even [your entire Metabase](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/enterprise-guide/full-app-embedding.html).
Take a [tour of Metabase](https://www.metabase.com/learn/getting-started/tour-of-metabase).
- [Officially supported databases](./docs/databases/connecting.md#connecting-to-supported-databases)
- [Partner and Community drivers](./docs/developers-guide/partner-and-community-drivers.md)
Metabase can be run just about anywhere. Check out our [Installation Guides](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/operations-guide/installing-metabase).
## Quick Setup: Dev environment
In order to spin up a development environment, you need to start the front end and the backend as follows:
### Frontend quick setup
The following command will install the Javascript dependencies:
```
$ yarn install
```
To build and run without watching changes:
```
$ yarn build
```
To build and run with hot-reload:
```
```
### Backend quick setup
In order to run the backend, you'll need to build the drivers first, and then start the backend:
```
$ ./bin/build-drivers.sh
$ clojure -M:run
```
For a more detailed setup of a dev environment for Metabase, check out our [Developers Guide](./docs/developers-guide/start.md).
We want Metabase to be available in as many languages as possible. See which translations are available and help contribute to internationalization using our project over at [POEditor](https://poeditor.com/join/project/ynjQmwSsGh). You can also check out our [policies on translations](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/administration-guide/localization.html).
Hit our Query API from Javascript to integrate analytics. Metabase enables your application to:
- Build moderation interfaces.
- Export subsets of your users to third party marketing automation software.
- Provide a custom customer lookup application for the people in your company.
Check out our guide, [Working with the Metabase API](https://www.metabase.com/learn/administration/metabase-api).
This repository contains the source code for both the Open Source edition of Metabase, released under the AGPL, as well as the [commercial editions of Metabase](https://www.metabase.com/pricing), which are released under the Metabase Commercial Software License.
See [LICENSE.txt](./LICENSE.txt) for details.
Unless otherwise noted, all files © 2024 Metabase, Inc.
## [Metabase Experts](https://www.metabase.com/partners/)
If you’d like more technical resources to set up your data stack with Metabase, connect with a [Metabase Expert](https://www.metabase.com/partners/?utm_source=readme&utm_medium=metabase-expetrs&utm_campaign=readme).