# Metabase [Metabase](https://www.metabase.com) is the easy, open-source way for everyone in your company to ask questions and learn from data.  [](https://github.com/metabase/metabase/releases) [](https://codecov.io/gh/metabase/metabase)  ## Features - [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/users-guide/writing-sql.html) 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). ## Supported databases - [Officially supported databases](./docs/databases/connecting.md#connecting-to-supported-databases) - [Partner and Community drivers](./docs/developers-guide/partner-and-community-drivers.md) ## Installation Metabase can be run just about anywhere. Check out our [Installation Guides](https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/operations-guide/installing-metabase.html). ## Contributing ## 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: ``` $ yarn build-hot ``` ### 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). ## Internationalization 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). ## Extending Metabase 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). ## Security Disclosure See [SECURITY.md](./SECURITY.md) for details. ## License 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 © 2023 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).