cloudera/hue

cloudera/hue has 1,410 GitHub stars and 414 forks. GitHot measured 0 stars in 24 hours and +3 in 7 days. Last checked 2026-11-06 05:59 UTC. Last push 2026-10-30.

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Open source SQL Query Assistant service for Databases/Warehouses

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What you can do

Interactive SQL editor with syntax highlighting and autocomplete.
File Browser to navigate and operate on HDFS, S3, ABFS, Ozone, and Google Storage (GS) files.
Job Browser to monitor and manage Hive queries, Impala queries, YARN applications, and Livy Spark jobs.
Table Browser to explore and manage database tables, schemas, and metadata.

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README.md

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Hue - SQL Assistant for Databases and Data Warehouses

Hue Logo

Query. Explore. Share.

Overview

Hue is an open-source SQL Assistant for querying databases and data warehouses. Use it to explore your data, write SQL with autocomplete, and share the results.

Key features

Interactive SQL editor with syntax highlighting and autocomplete.
File Browser to navigate and operate on HDFS, S3, ABFS, Ozone, and Google Storage (GS) files.
Job Browser to monitor and manage Hive queries, Impala queries, YARN applications, and Livy Spark jobs.
Table Browser to explore and manage database tables, schemas, and metadata.
Table Importer to create Hive and Impala tables from CSV and Excel files, uploaded from your computer or imported from a remote file system (HDFS, S3, ABFS, Ozone, GS).
Multiple database connectors, including Hive, Impala, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.

Useful links

Website: gethue.com
Documentation: docs.gethue.com
Connect to a database: Connectors
Build your own editor: SQL Scratchpad
Query service: Kubernetes setup and API

Hue Editor

Get started

Live demo: demo.gethue.com
Quick integrations:

Choose a deployment option to start the server. Then configure the databases you want to query.

Docker

Start Hue:

docker run -it -p 8888:8888 gethue/hue:latest

Open http://localhost:8888. The first user to log in becomes the superuser.

Note: The image uses an embedded SQLite database by default. Connect Hue to MySQL or PostgreSQL before real use. See the Docker guide.

Kubernetes

helm repo add gethue https://helm.gethue.com
helm repo update
helm install hue gethue/hue

See the Kubernetes guide and the Hue Helm chart for the configuration options.

Build from source

Hue requires Python 3.11 and Node.js 22.13 or later.

Install the dependencies for your operating system.

Clone the repository and build Hue:

git clone https://github.com/cloudera/hue.git
cd hue
export PYTHON_VER=python3.11
make apps

Start the development server:
```
build/env/bin/hue runserver
```

Open http://localhost:8000.

For a development environment in Docker, see Dev Docker. For more details, see the development documentation.

Components

SQL Editor: interactive query interface.
SQL Parsers: syntax handling for multiple dialects.
REST and Python APIs: programmatic access to Hue.

Learn more about the components and the APIs.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Read CONTRIBUTING.md to get started.

License

Apache License, Version 2.0

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