Django SQL Dashboard
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database query dashboard
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Django SQL Dashboard
This is my new project that adds an interactive read-only SQL querying interface to any Django+PostgreSQL…
django-sql-dashboard.datasette.io#django#sql dashboard#postgresql#read-only sql#business intelligence
How HN took it
10 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score +0.48.
Idea: 4 for, 0 againstDesign: 3 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Useful lightweight alternative for ad-hoc reporting and visualisation
From 3 comments
Amazing project! It's the tool that I've been missing for many years. I was a contractor for almost 7 years and most of my clients were small companies that were paying for…
artiscode on HNYeah, this would have replaced a fairly expensive SaaS subscription at my old job which simply allowed business-side folks the ability to run SQL queries safely (in theory).
tclancy on HNNice work, thanks for sharing. The ability to create visualizations is a great feature.
nickphx on HN
Minimal, clean design
From 2 comments
I love the minimal design. Which CSS framework do you use? Or is it self created? The buttons also reminded me of Goat Counter which also employs the minimal CSS things
avinassh on HNI use Django SQL Explorer pretty much every day. It's been wonderful for my needs. I'm also very happy to see django sql dashboard as an alternative and in particular the…
bytesmith on HN
Objections
Much less sophisticated than Metabase
From 1 comment
It's a lot less sophisticated than Metabase!
simonw on HN
Requests
A browser-based Django shell with permissions
From 2 comments
This looks great! In a similar vein - does anyone know of a project that will allow for a Django shell in the browser? I know Jupyter exists - but a solution like this with the…
dacox on HNThat is an excellent idea. The number of times I've fired up an SSH shell on my phone to do a quick fix for a client...
photojosh on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Metabase
From 1 comment
Using the Django auth is neat, how would you compare this to Metabase?
vidar on HN
Why use SQL when Django abstracts it away
From 1 comment
Naive question from someone with a superficial understanding of Django- I thought the advantage of Django was to abstract away from SQL through Class/Model so you don't need to…
stuartbman on HN
Alternatives named
Django SQL Explorer
From 1 comment
Very cool! I wrote Django SQL Explorer[0], and this looks very similar in spirit, but an emphasis on visualization that Explorer does not have (to the extent it has a focus, it's…
numlocked on HN
Metabase
From 2 comments
Metabase – https://www.metabase.com/
pgt on HNUsing the Django auth is neat, how would you compare this to Metabase?
vidar on HN
Redash
From 1 comment
This is cool! I've had a lot of success with http://redash.io, which is a similar (though much more complex) project. SQL backend +visualizations can be really powerful and…
roywiggins on HN
Blazer
From 1 comment
Seems nice. And, if you are in the Ruby (on Rails) ecosystem, I can highly recommend Blazer https://github.com/ankane/blazer
stanislavb on HN
Django Data Interrogator
From 1 comment
If you don't want to give your users direct access to your database using SQL, I wrote a little tool that basically exposes the ORM as a user interface and lets users query that…
legostormtroopr on HN