Maintenance mode
Databricks announced the acquisition of Redash in 2020 and the hosted service was shut down in 2021 (sources below). As of 2026-10-07 the GitHub release feed still shows releases; whether they are mostly maintenance and security work, and whether Redash has a formal “maintenance mode”, was not verified.
What it is
Redash is an open-source, SQL-first query, visualisation and dashboard tool: write a query in the browser, chart it, share dashboards, set alerts. Over 35 data sources including Databricks, BigQuery, Snowflake, PostgreSQL (GitHub README). See Open-source BI comparison.
Maker and history
Databricks announced the acquisition of Redash on 2020-06-24 at Spark and AI Summit (Databricks blog). Hosted Redash (app.redash.io) was shut down effective 2021-11-30 (redash.io help FAQ “Hosted Redash End of Life”), so Databricks could focus on SQL analytics within Databricks. Releases continue (the community-led nature is not verified): GitHub release feed shows CalVer tag v26.9.0 (around 2026-09-24) and monthly -dev tags; v26.3.0 also exists (date not confirmed). Licence BSD-2-Clause (GitHub).
Products and editions
Open source, self-host; no commercial edition was found (not verified).
Data connectivity and modelling
Query-centric; no semantic layer was found. Parameters in queries, API for automation.
Deployment
Self-hosted (Docker).
AI features as of 2026-10-05
None found: no Metabot-style assistant and no official MCP server located in the repo page or docs read. Treat as unknown rather than absent; third-party MCP wrappers were not searched.
Strengths and weaknesses (opinion)
- Strengths: SQL-native; BSD-style licence.
- Weaknesses (opinion): possibly slow development (not measured), no semantic layer, no AI found; 2026 comparison articles recommend Metabase or Superset for new projects (Knowi, fastero blogs - vendor-biased).
Self-learning
- Redash help and knowledge base: https://redash.io/help/ (free, opened).
- Repository and wiki release notes: https://github.com/getredash/redash.
Sources
- https://github.com/getredash/redash and https://github.com/getredash/redash/releases.atom (2026-10-07)
- https://redash.io/help/faq/eol/ (hosted shutdown 2021-11-30, primary)
- https://www.databricks.com/blog/2020/06/24/welcoming-redash-to-databricks.html (acquisition, primary)
Open items
- Exact dates for v26.3.0 and v26.9.0 (the page text fetch returned inconsistent years; atom feed suggests v26.9.0 on 2026-09-24); any AI or MCP support; precise Databricks involvement today. agy-search returned no output (timeouts).