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title: Analytics
slug: analytics
content:
  excerpt: Analyse your node data for effective node management.
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  view: public
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## Using SQL plugin

Since version 23.02, Core Lightning ships with a powerful SQL plugin that allows you to query your node and analyse data for channel / liquidity management, accounting and audit. 

See [sql](ref:sql) for a full primer on its usage.

## Using third-party software

There are a handful of third-party GUI tools that provide analytics on the top of your node, apart from helping you manage your node:

- [Ride-the-Lightning](https://www.ridethelightning.info/)
- [Umbrel](https://getumbrel.com/)
- [bolt.observer](https://bolt.observer)
- [LN Node Insights](https://lnnodeinsight.com/)
- [Munin](https://github.com/lduchosal/munin-clightning)
