Hi HN, Nikhilesh here — founder of Helical Insight.
We've been building this as an open BI framework for a while, mostly used for AI assisted analytics, paginated/pixel-perfect reporting (invoices, statements, regulatory docs), interactive dashboards, and embedding. Right now on version 7.0, with 200+ paying clients.
With immediate affect, As of today, every feature ships free in Community Edition — including a new AI module (chat with your data, bring-your-own-LLM key, so nothing about your data goes through us), SSO, embedding, multi-tenancy, and row-level security.
Every feature. Free forever. No exceptions. Source code present on github, download and start using.
One condition: Community Edition keeps a small "Helical Insight" mark on charts and exports that can't be removed — that's how the whole thing stays free.
Stack: Java, React, Python. Small project — a few hundred GitHub stars — so ask anything, including the parts that don't flatter us yet.
Organizations that need SLAs or direct engineering support can purchase Enterprise Support, but we no longer believe advanced BI functionality should be locked behind feature gates. Even free version users can purchase support & services from us.
Happy to answer any technical questions
Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49006632](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49006632)
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