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Install free self-hosted Metabase
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Help me install Metabase Open Source (https://www.metabase.com/start/oss), the free, self-hosted version that runs locally on my machine.

1. If Docker is installed, run:
docker run -d -p 3000:3000 --name metabase metabase/metabase

2. Otherwise, download metabase.jar, move it into a new directory, and run:
java --add-opens java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED -jar metabase.jar

3. Wait for “Metabase Initialization Complete”, open localhost:3000, and help me create an admin account and connect my database.
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  1. Paste it into your agent Any coding agent that can run terminal commands works.
  2. Your agent starts Metabase With Docker if you have it, Java if you don’t.
  3. Open localhost:3000 Create an admin account and connect your database.

Prefer to install it yourself?

  • Docker Image Recommended

    Metabase provides an official Docker image via Docker Hub that can be used for deployments on any system that is running Docker. Here’s a one-liner that will start a container running Metabase.

    docker run -d -p 3000:3000 --name metabase metabase/metabase
    Running on Docker documentation

  • JAR file

    1. Download Metabase.
    2. Create a new directory and move the Metabase JAR into it.
    3. Change into your new Metabase directory and run the JAR.
    java --add-opens java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED -jar metabase.jar

    Metabase will log its progress in the terminal as it starts up. Wait until you see “Metabase Initialization Complete” and visit localhost:3000.

    Running the JAR file documentation

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