dbt Charts
Shares rank 12 of 19 charting libraries by recommenders
Lets data analysts declare charts in simple YAML alongside dbt SQL, keeping logic in SQL that is easy to test and trace.
Lets data analysts declare charts in simple YAML alongside dbt SQL, keeping logic in SQL that is easy to test and trace.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 91%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 10 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fits dbt workflow for analysts
“empower data analysts to work with stakeholders in a more efficient and sustainable manner than was previously possible”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Charts built for Chat” “This looks good... probably nice to have integrated with dbt like this.”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Charts built for Chat” “This is exactly the use case we created dbt Charts for.”
Comment from 24 Oct 2026 in “Can we replace a $150k Looker with a bucket of HTML files?” Simple yet flexible YAML language
“Our language is simple and fairly versatile, but not as versatile as vega-lite itself”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Charts built for Chat” “dbt Charts is a simple YAML dialect that declares and renders a chart”
Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Charts built for Chat” “The result is a big range of flexibility”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Charts built for Chat” Keeps logic in SQL
“dbt charts appear to validate the entire yaml input including the SQL being sent to the data source.”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Charts built for Chat” “It ensures that the logic stays in SQL where its easy to test and trace.”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Charts built for Chat” Welcomed as more competition
“I was wondering who was going to launch an attempt at industry standard here. Hope it gains widespread adoption.”
Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Charts built for Chat” “Excited to see further competition in the space, nice launch!”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Charts built for Chat”
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See all 19 charting libraries, rankedWhat people said
14 of the 15 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“This is exactly the use case we created dbt Charts for.”
“The result is a big range of flexibility”
“This looks good... probably nice to have integrated with dbt like this.”
“Excited to see further competition in the space, nice launch!”
“empower data analysts to work with stakeholders in a more efficient and sustainable manner than was previously possible”
“I like to explain dbt Charts as the Vega-Lite but for BI”
“they want you to use their hosting service in production”
“dbt charts appear to validate the entire yaml input including the SQL being sent to the data source.”
“Yes, your YAML schema is clean and nice, but that's because you're in the early stages”
“It ensures that the logic stays in SQL where its easy to test and trace.”
“Our language is simple and fairly versatile, but not as versatile as vega-lite itself”
“I was wondering who was going to launch an attempt at industry standard here. Hope it gains widespread adoption.”
“has a great chat user / agent coding experience”
“dbt Charts is a simple YAML dialect that declares and renders a chart”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.