excerpt: "Analyse your node data for effective node management."
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createdAt: "2022-12-09T09:54:38.377Z"
updatedAt: "2023-02-21T13:39:32.669Z"
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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 [lightning-sql](ref:lightning-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: