Kavla
Hacker ApprovedData analytics tool in Developer tools
People recommend Kavla as a visual canvas for running SQL and demoing data, with a clear landing page and examples. The one criticism raised is that it requires a login screen.
People recommend Kavla as a visual canvas for running SQL and demoing data, with a clear landing page and examples. The one criticism raised is that it requires a login screen.
15 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 14
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 93%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 14 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 14 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, 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
Canvas layout for SQL and data
“Kavla looks cool, canvas-based SQL is a great use case for this kind of thinking!”
Comment from 13 Mar 2026 in “Launch HN: Spine Swarm (YC S23) – AI agents that collaborate on a visual canvas” “What if we put it all on a canvas? That's what Kavla is all about!”
Comment from 9 Mar 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)” “We need to alt tab so much. What if we put it all on a canvas?”
Comment from 12 Apr 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)” Fun to explore and try
“this one is just an endless pit of things to try out”
Comment from 10 May 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (May 2026)” “Really like this, well done!”
Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)” “I am very inspired by this”
Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (February 2026)” Useful for demos and teaching
“this seems great for doing interviews with an analyst, or just demoing data generally”
Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (February 2026)” “it's so useful, specially to teach SQL”
Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (February 2026)” Clear landing page and examples
“was just impressed with the quality of landing page and also the concept”
Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (February 2026)” “The website is great and the examples really get the point across.”
Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (February 2026)”
What people said
14 of the 18 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Really like this, well done!”
“Love the infinite canvas and multiuser aspect brought to data analytics!”
“But bummer, a login screen.”
“everything it does is visible, so auditing what it did is (relatively) easy.”
“this one is just an endless pit of things to try out”
“We need to alt tab so much. What if we put it all on a canvas?”
“Kavla looks cool, canvas-based SQL is a great use case for this kind of thinking!”
“What if we put it all on a canvas? That's what Kavla is all about!”
“Really interesting idea! I've only seen stuff like that in ETL pipelines (which are a pain).”
“this seems great for doing interviews with an analyst, or just demoing data generally”
“The website is great and the examples really get the point across.”
“was just impressed with the quality of landing page and also the concept”
“it's so useful, specially to teach SQL”
“I am very inspired by this”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.