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| geospatial charts.</p><p>Here are a <strong>few different ways you can get started with Superset</strong>:</p><ul><li>Try a <a href="/docs/quickstart">Quickstart deployment</a>, which runs with Docker Compose</li><li>Install Superset <a href="/docs/installation/installing-superset-from-pypi/">from PyPI</a></li><li>Deploy Superset <a href="/docs/installation/running-on-kubernetes">with Kubernetes</a></li><li>Download the <a href="https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/superset/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">source code from Apache Foundation's website</a></li></ul><h4 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="video-overview">Video Overview<a href="#video-overview" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Video Overview" title="Direct link to Video Overview"></a></h4><p><a href="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/64562059/234390129-321d4f35-cb4b-45e8-89d9-20ae292f34fc.mp4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/64562059/234390129-321d4f35-cb4b-45e8-89d9-20ae292f34fc.mp4</a></p><h4 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="features">Features<a href="#features" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Features" title="Direct link to Features"></a></h4><p>Superset provides:</p><ul><li>An intuitive interface for visualizing datasets and crafting interactive dashboards</li><li>A wide array of beautiful visualizations to showcase your data</li><li>Code-free visualization builder to extract and present datasets</li><li>A world-class SQL IDE for preparing data for visualization, including a rich metadata browser</li><li>A lightweight semantic layer which empowers data analysts to quickly define custom dimensions and metrics</li><li>Out-of-the-box support for <a href="/docs/databases/installing-database-drivers/">most SQL-speaking databases</a></li><li>Seamless, in-memory asynchronous caching and queries</li><li>An extensible security model that allows configuration of very intricate rules on who can access which product features and datasets.</li><li>Integration with major authentication backends (database, OpenID, LDAP, OAuth, REMOTE_USER, etc)</li><li>The ability to add custom visualization plugins</li><li>An API for programmatic customization</li><li>A cloud-native architecture designed from the ground up for scale</li></ul><h4 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="backend-technology">Backend Technology<a href="#backend-technology" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Backend Technology" title="Direct link to Backend Technology"></a></h4><p>Superset is cloud-native and designed to be highly available. It was designed to scale out to large, |
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