4 self-hosted Looker alternatives

Looker is a popular proprietary tool in the web analytics space. These open-source apps let you replace Looker with software you host and control yourself.

Best self-hosted Looker alternatives

Medium

Metabase

Web Analytics

Open-source business intelligence and dashboards

Replaces Tableau, Looker

★ 48.6k Medium setup AGPL-3.0

Cube

Dashboards & Startpages

Semantic layer and headless BI for building data apps

Replaces Looker, AtScale

★ 20.6k Medium setup Apache-2.0

Evidence

Web Analytics

Code-driven business intelligence with Markdown

Replaces Tableau, Looker

★ 6.8k Medium setup MIT

Lightdash

Developer Tools & Git

Open-source BI built on top of dbt

Replaces Looker

★ 6k Medium setup MIT

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Switching from Looker

Moving off Looker means trading a managed subscription for a service you run yourself. The payoff is ownership: no per-seat pricing, no vendor lock-in, and full control of your data. Start with the option above that matches your setup-difficulty comfort level — every app links to a detailed specs page and head-to-head comparisons.