BIRT is an open-source technology platform used to create data visualizations and reports that can be embedded in rich client and web applications. Developers using BIRT Report Designer can easily and quickly access information from multiple data sources to create reports and applications that provide stunning data visualizations.

BIRT developers, Actuate, provide a free BIRT iHub F-Type reporting server to deploy BIRT content so developers don’t have to build their own infrastructure. Developers working with open source BIRT can now use this free, enterprise-grade server to create, manage, and securely deliver BIRT reports and web applications.

With a flexible open data access framework, developers can build custom data drivers to access data from any source, including big data sources such as Apache Hadoop, Cassandra and MongoDB, as well as all traditional relational databases, flat files, XML data streams and data stored in proprietary systems.

Because the system was designed to be embedded, BIRT includes APIs for data access, charting, output formats, content execution, and integration into larger applications.