evidence

Evidence is an open-source, code-based business intelligence tool positioned as an alternative to drag-and-drop BI products. Instead of clicking through a visual query builder, users author reports in code using SQL and markdown, which keeps analysis reviewable and version-controllable alongside the rest of a project. Core workflow, as documented in the README: - Write reports in SQL and markdown. - Develop through Evidence's Agent, or locally using tools such as Claude Code or Cursor. - Self-host the result or publish it through Evidence Studio. Installation is handled by a one-line shell script on macOS and Linux (`curl -fsSL https://evidence.studio/install.sh | sh`) and a PowerShell command on Windows (`irm https://evidence.studio/install.ps1 | iex`). Both installers are followed by an `evidence help` check. A project is created from the command line: `evidence init my-project`, then `cd my-project` and `evidence dev` to run the development environment. Publishing options include hosted reports on Evidence Studio or self-hosting the generated static site on the user's own infrastructure; the README points to a publishing section of the documentation for the available choices. The project advertises itself as "agent-ready," and links to a documentation site at docs.evidence.studio plus a Slack community for discussion, sharing work and asking questions. Contributions are accepted, with a CONTRIBUTING.md describing how pull requests are reviewed and merged. The code is released under the MIT license. The README does not state specific performance benchmarks, supported data warehouse connectors, or feature comparisons, and should not be read as making such claims here.