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Evidence

Code-driven business intelligence with Markdown

Web Analytics ★ 7k stars Medium setup MIT

Evidence is a code-driven business intelligence framework where reports are written in Markdown with embedded SQL. It builds fast static analytics sites that can be self-hosted.

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Key features

  • Markdown plus SQL reports
  • Static site output
  • Version-controlled BI
  • Fast builds

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Mature project with 7k GitHub stars
  • Written in TypeScript

Is Evidence secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Evidence's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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