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dbt Labs Open-Sources dbt Charts, a YAML Dashboard Language, and Launches a Hosted BI Platform on Top of It
On Sept 14 dbt Labs released dbt Charts under Apache 2.0, a declarative YAML-and-SQL language for dashboards with 16 chart types and over 1,100 config options, plus a `dct` CLI that renders to SVG, HTML, PNG and PDF locally. Charts reference dbt models through `ref()` and support Jinja, with dbt Semantic Layer integration planned. dbtCharts.com is the hosted layer adding auth, hosting and a chat interface. The framing is explicit: extract the charting layer out of BI tools so the dashboard is a text artifact an agent can author and diff, rather than a GUI state an agent cannot reach.
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