Lightdash vs Rill

Lightdash vs Rill
Fact	Lightdash	Rill
Language	TypeScript	Go
Licence	Other	Apache-2.0
Stars	6.2k	2.9k
Latest	2.446.0	v0.90.3
Last push	2026-10-06	2026-10-06
Release cadence	about 1 day between releases	about 5 days between releases
Active contributors	17+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days	18 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days
Flags	none	none

How they relate

Both replace Looker. Alternatives to Looker →
Full replacementLightdashMetrics and dimensions defined in dbt instead of LookML.
PartialRillMetrics views and dashboards defined as code over DuckDB, ClickHouse and other OLAP engines.

2.446.02026-10-06documents: create personal Documents without a Space (#30545) (3f982c0)
2.445.12026-10-06ai-reviews: join the Slack channel before posting review notifications (#30572) (d6b88e5)
2.445.02026-10-06data-apps: make coding-agent cost optimizations the default (#30543) (0032385)
2.444.22026-10-06learn: the library shows a lesson once when it covers several permissions (CS-354) (#30552) (44a1544), closes #30451
2.444.12026-10-06dashboards: keep desktop tile layout in headless exports (#30565) (74f406d), closes #30563

v0.90.32026-10-058985a5c25c6dedbb46114caeb91afd2e8a0d3567 fix: delayed metrics spec load not retaining expression filters (#9974)
v0.90.22026-09-25e6cec788b92344ac0a80bc64e94ee33e47d585c2 Add . directory to GoReleaser config for install script (#9947)
v0.90.12026-09-24fac5359ae9c9ddc86d85430eea4391bad6b06195 fix: dimension table freezes when resizing the dimension column (#9944)
v0.90.02026-09-2449faa3990750f2aab6fcd9776f0ab62901ac1247 Add missing directory field in GoReleaser config (#9927)
v0.89.42026-09-01498ec615d57ef5b098f74db54b2d60e74cbd5e74 google-cloud-cli-gke-gcloud-auth-plugin (#9847)

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