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Metabase vs F2
Metabase has 49,323 GitHub stars, 6,824 forks, 4,346 open issues and last shipped today. F2 has 7,997 stars, 636 forks, 303 open issues and last shipped 4 months ago. Metabase leads on adoption by 517% (49,323 vs 7,997 stars). Metabase is written in Clojure under a custom or non-standard licence; F2 is written in JavaScript under MIT. Metabase has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, F2 8%. 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 | F2 | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 49K | ★ 8.0K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | Clojure | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-05-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.8K | ⑂ 636 |
| 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 F2 if
- You want the F2 feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and F2 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.
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About F2
F2 is a mobile first JavaScript charting library from Ant Group's AntV family, built for developers who need elegant, interactive data visualisation across H5, mini program, Node.js, React Native, and Weex from a single codebase.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Metabase or F2 more popular?
Metabase has 49,323 GitHub stars and F2 has 7,997. Metabase has the larger community by that measure.
Are Metabase and F2 free?
Both are open source. Metabase has no licence declared in this registry, and F2 is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Metabase and F2?
Metabase is written in Clojure and F2 in JavaScript. 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 F2?
Choose Metabase if you want the larger community (49,323 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose F2 if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.