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Metabase vs Evidence
Metabase has 50,114 GitHub stars, 6,968 forks, 4,346 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Evidence has 7,082 stars, 437 forks, 37 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. Metabase leads on adoption by 608% (50,114 vs 7,082 stars). Metabase is written in Clojure under a custom or non-standard licence; Evidence is written in TypeScript under MIT. Metabase has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, Evidence 6%. Metabase was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 4 topic tags (analytics, business-intelligence, dashboard, 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 | Evidence | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 50K | ★ 7.1K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | Clojure | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-31 |
| Forks | ⑂ 7.0K | ⑂ 437 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Metabase if
- You weight community size — 50K 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 Evidence if
- You want the Evidence feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Evidence fits your workflow better
About Metabase
Metabase Metabase is the easy, open source way for everyone in your company to ask questions and learn from data. Get started The easiest way to get started with Metabase is to sign up for a free trial of Metabase Cloud. You get expert support, backups, upgrades, an SMTP server, SSL certificate, SoC2 Type 2 security auditing, and more (plus your money goes toward improving a major open source project). Check out our quick overview of cloud vs self hosting. If you need to, you can always switch to self hosting Metabase at any time (or vice versa). Key Features Set up in five minutes (we're not kidding), or have…
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About Evidence
Evidence is an agent ready tool for creating reports using your data Docs Slack How It Works Evidence is an open source, code based alternative to drag and drop business intelligence tools. Create reports in code using SQL and markdown Develop using Evidence's Agent, or on your local machine with Claude Code / Cursor etc Self host or publish on Evidence Studio Install macOS / Linux Windows Create a Project Publish Publish your project on Evidence Studio for hosted reports, or self host the generated static site on your own infrastructure. See the publishing docs for options. Join the Evidence Community Join our…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Metabase or Evidence more popular?
Metabase has 50,114 GitHub stars and Evidence has 7,082. Metabase has the larger community by that measure.
Are Metabase and Evidence free?
Both are open source. Metabase has no licence declared in this registry, and Evidence is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Metabase and Evidence?
Metabase is written in Clojure and Evidence 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 Evidence?
Choose Metabase if you want the larger community (50,114 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Evidence if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.