What is NousViz?
NousViz is an open source data app that primarily does data analytics and visualization but can also do other things like CRM, CMS and more.
How did you come up with the idea for NousViz?
In building StatsDrone which is an affiliate stats aggregator, I've always wanted to get advanced analytics in the hands of our customers. A few years ago, we hired a BI analyst to build Tableau dashboards for our customers. The biggest problem we had was it took a lot of stakeholders to try to get something half decent but it never materialized. Sometimes, dashboards would take over a week to get built and when finally built, we knew it wasn't good enough and had to start all over.
By May 2025, I've been experimenting with data viz using AI and it was starting to get better month by month. After our Tableau dashboard builder left our company, I took over the data viz and replaced 1.5 years of full time work all within 10 hours.
I started to model all the requirements from our customers and the end result was something special that customers said "when and how much".
Why did you decide to make the app open source?
At StatsDrone, we always struggle with companies asking us how secure is their data. Despite any assurances, customers don't always trust data companies with their valuable data. So I felt this was an opportunity to win the trust. The reaction to people when we tell them our solutions are open source and we can build dashboards without seeing their data, the reactions were night and day.
What does the roadmap for NousViz look like for 2026?
Some days I just don't know the answer. For Q3 2026, I think I'll want to experiment more on the data viz side especially working on both CRM and CMS. I think these 2 spaces could use a refresh.