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Metabase vs AAChartKit-Swift
Metabase has 49,323 GitHub stars, 6,824 forks, 4,346 open issues and last shipped yesterday. AAChartKit-Swift has 2,526 stars, 263 forks, 160 open issues and last shipped 5 months ago. Metabase leads on adoption by 1,853% (49,323 vs 2,526 stars). Metabase is written in Clojure under a custom or non-standard licence; AAChartKit-Swift is written in Swift under MIT. Metabase has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, AAChartKit-Swift 10%. Metabase was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (data-analysis, 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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| Metabase | AAChartKit-Swift | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 49K | ★ 2.5K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | Clojure | Swift |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-04-22 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.8K | ⑂ 263 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Metabase if
- You weight community size — 49K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Clojure
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick AAChartKit-Swift if
- You want the AAChartKit-Swift feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Swift
- You evaluated both and AAChartKit-Swift fits your workflow better
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 →
About AAChartKit-Swift
AAChartKit Swift is a declarative data visualization framework for iOS, iPadOS and macOS, distributed as the AAInfographics package, that lets Swift developers add interactive and animated charts to an app by describing the chart they want instead of writing drawing code.
read the full AAChartKit-Swift overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Metabase or AAChartKit-Swift more popular?
Metabase has 49,323 GitHub stars and AAChartKit-Swift has 2,526. Metabase has the larger community by that measure.
Are Metabase and AAChartKit-Swift free?
Both are open source. Metabase has no licence declared in this registry, and AAChartKit-Swift is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Metabase and AAChartKit-Swift?
Metabase is written in Clojure and AAChartKit-Swift in Swift. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Metabase or AAChartKit-Swift?
Choose Metabase if you want the larger community (49,323 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose AAChartKit-Swift if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.