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echarts vs Metabase
echarts has 67,345 GitHub stars, 19,820 forks, 1,501 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. Metabase has 49,312 stars, 6,824 forks, 4,346 open issues and last shipped yesterday. echarts leads on adoption by 37% (67,345 vs 49,312 stars). echarts is written in TypeScript under Apache-2.0; Metabase is written in Clojure under a custom or non-standard licence. echarts has attracted 29% as many forks as stars, Metabase 14%. Metabase was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (data-visualization), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| echarts | Metabase | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 67K | ★ 49K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | Clojure |
| Last push | 2026-09-16 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 20K | ⑂ 6.8K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick echarts if
- You weight community size — 67K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Metabase if
- You want the Metabase feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Clojure
- You evaluated both and Metabase fits your workflow better
About echarts
Apache ECharts is a free, interactive charting and data visualization library that runs in the browser. It is written in pure JavaScript and built on top of zrender, a lightweight canvas library that handles rendering and interaction under the hood. The project lives in the JavaScript and TypeScript ecosystem, is distributed through npm as the echarts package, and is developed under the Apache Software Foundation with an Apache 2.0 license. Its source is written in TypeScript, and the repository has been maintained for more than a decade.
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About Metabase
Metabase is an open source business intelligence and embedded analytics tool, written in Clojure, that lets everyone in a company ask questions of their data and build dashboards without needing to know SQL.
read the full Metabase overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is echarts or Metabase more popular?
echarts has 67,345 GitHub stars and Metabase has 49,312. echarts has the larger community by that measure.
Are echarts and Metabase free?
Both are open source. echarts is licensed under Apache-2.0, and Metabase has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between echarts and Metabase?
echarts is written in TypeScript and Metabase in Clojure. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, echarts or Metabase?
Choose echarts if you want the larger community (67,345 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose Metabase if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.