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Code‑first BI platform turning SQL and markdown into interactive dashboards
Evidence lets developers build data products by writing SQL inside markdown, generating static sites with charts, templated pages, and conditional logic—hosted on Evidence Cloud or any static host.
Evidence is a code‑first business intelligence framework that lets you author dashboards using plain markdown files enriched with SQL queries. By embedding SQL directly in markdown, you can pull data from your warehouse, render charts, and compose narrative reports without a visual editor.
Designed for data engineers, analysts, and developers who prefer version‑controlled, reproducible workflows, Evidence integrates with familiar tools like VSCode and supports CI/CD pipelines. The generated site is a static web app, making it easy to host on Evidence Cloud, Netlify, Vercel, or any static‑site platform.
Write markdown with SELECT statements, add chart components that consume query results, and use templating features such as loops and conditional blocks to create dynamic pages. Deploy with a single click to the free Evidence Cloud or self‑host using Docker, CLI, or your preferred static host.
When teams consider Evidence, these hosted platforms usually appear on the same shortlist.
Looking for a hosted option? These are the services engineering teams benchmark against before choosing open source.
Monthly sales performance report
Generate a templated site that updates automatically each month with SQL‑driven charts and narrative markdown.
Internal KPI monitoring dashboard
Provide stakeholders with a self‑hosted dashboard that pulls from the data warehouse and refreshes on each deploy.
Ad‑hoc exploratory analysis
Create quick markdown pages with SQL queries and visualizations, iterating rapidly in VSCode.
AI‑augmented report generation
Use Evidence Studio to draft markdown content and charts from natural language prompts, then publish via Evidence Cloud.
Define a connection in the project’s config file using a supported driver (e.g., DuckDB, PostgreSQL); SQL statements in markdown will use that connection.
Yes, Evidence Cloud offers a free tier for public projects; you can also deploy to any static site host at no cost.
Absolutely; because dashboards are plain markdown and code files, they work natively with Git workflows.
No, you can use the VSCode extension or the CLI; Docker is optional for containerized environments.
Evidence treats dashboards as code, giving developers full version control, templating, and CI/CD capabilities, whereas drag‑and‑drop tools rely on proprietary UI and storage.
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