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Metabase vs bklit-ui
Metabase has 49,323 GitHub stars, 6,824 forks, 4,346 open issues and last shipped yesterday. bklit-ui has 1,655 stars, 105 forks, 3 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. Metabase leads on adoption by 2,880% (49,323 vs 1,655 stars). Metabase is written in Clojure under a custom or non-standard licence; bklit-ui is written in TypeScript under MIT. Metabase has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, bklit-ui 6%. 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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| Metabase | bklit-ui | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 49K | ★ 1.7K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | Clojure | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.8K | ⑂ 105 |
| 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 bklit-ui if
- You want the bklit-ui feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and bklit-ui 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 bklit-ui
Bklit UI is an MIT licensed collection of open source React charts and utility components, distributed as a shadcn registry for TypeScript teams that want to copy visualization code into their own projects and extend it.
read the full bklit-ui overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Metabase or bklit-ui more popular?
Metabase has 49,323 GitHub stars and bklit-ui has 1,655. Metabase has the larger community by that measure.
Are Metabase and bklit-ui free?
Both are open source. Metabase has no licence declared in this registry, and bklit-ui is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Metabase and bklit-ui?
Metabase is written in Clojure and bklit-ui in TypeScript. 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 bklit-ui?
Choose Metabase if you want the larger community (49,323 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose bklit-ui if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.