Updated August 2026
    Actively maintained
    Real momentum
    74k

    Superset: Maintenance, Licence and Alternatives

    Modern data exploration and visualization platform.

    TL;DR • Superset • as of August 2026

    Superset is an open-source analytics project positioned as an alternative to PowerBI, Tableau, Mode Analytics, with 74k GitHub stars and a health score of 100/100. It committed 4656 times in the last twelve months across 12 of those months, and its status is actively maintained. Licence: Apache-2.0. It has real momentum, so treat it as a live competitor rather than a stale repository.

    74k
    GitHub stars
    100/100
    Health score
    4656
    Commits (12 mo)
    12/12
    Active months

    Maintenance health

    Status Actively maintained — Committed within the last 45 days.
    Last commit 2026-08-15
    Days since last commit 2
    Commits, last 3 months 1965
    Commits, last 12 months 4656
    Months with activity 12 of 12
    Last release 2026-08-13
    Archived No
    Licence Apache-2.0
    Category Analytics
    Positioned against PowerBI, Tableau, Mode Analytics

    Health score combines commit recency, twelve-month commit volume, months with activity, release recency and archive state. Metadata refreshed August 2026.

    What the licence lets you do

    Apache-2.0

    Permissive (MIT, Apache, BSD): you can fork it, close the source and sell it. Lowest legal friction for a commercial product.

    This matters most when you plan to sell a hosted version. A permissive licence means anyone — including a competitor with more capital — can do the same, so your defensibility has to come from distribution, support or data, not from the code.

    What Superset means for your idea

    Crowded · 63/100
    Analytics category →

    Superset is shipping code consistently, so a buyer comparing your product will find a maintained free option. Price and position against the total cost of self-hosting it, not against the paid incumbent's list price.

    Assume every prospect can find a free version in five minutes. Your wedge has to be something open source structurally cannot deliver: compliance, support SLAs, managed hosting at scale, or a workflow the maintainers refuse to build.

    Superset: common questions

    Is Superset still maintained in 2026?

    Actively maintained. Superset recorded 4656 commits over the last twelve months, with activity in 12 of those months and 1965 commits in the last quarter. Last commit: 2026-08-15. Last release: 2026-08-13. Committed within the last 45 days.

    Can I use Superset commercially?

    Superset is published under Apache-2.0. Permissive (MIT, Apache, BSD): you can fork it, close the source and sell it. Lowest legal friction for a commercial product.

    Is Superset a good PowerBI, Tableau, Mode Analytics alternative?

    Superset targets the same job as PowerBI, Tableau, Mode Analytics and is actively shipping. Adoption sits at 74k stars. Whether it is a good replacement depends on your deployment constraints: self-hosting adds infrastructure, upgrade and security work that a commercial subscription absorbs for you.

    How crowded is the Analytics category?

    38 open-source implementations, 18 of them actively maintained, led by Superset at 74k stars. Saturation score 63/100 — Crowded. Free, maintained alternatives already dominate this category.

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