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Metabase vs faction
Metabase has 50,114 GitHub stars, 6,968 forks, 4,346 open issues and last shipped yesterday. faction has 604 stars, 66 forks, 16 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. Metabase leads on adoption by 8,197% (50,114 vs 604 stars). Metabase is written in Clojure under a custom or non-standard licence; faction is written in Java under GPL-2.0. Metabase has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, faction 11%. Metabase was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
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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Side by side
| Metabase | faction | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 50K | ★ 604 |
| License | Custom / other | GPL-2.0 |
| Written in | Clojure | Java |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-03 |
| Forks | ⑂ 7.0K | ⑂ 66 |
| 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 faction if
- You want the faction feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Java
- You evaluated both and faction 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 faction
OWASP FACTION PenTesting Report Generation and Collaboration Framework OWASP Faction 2.0 Has been released! 🎉 Faction 2.0 is a major update and will begin replacing this version. You can run it here OWASP Faction 1.X Info Faction is now an OWASP Project! You can find more information here Sponsors Premium Sponsors otto js PCI and Client Side Security Secninjaz Technologies LLP Become a Sponsor ❤️ If you like the project and would like to see it advance then consider being a sponsor. All sponsors get access to the Faction discord server and will have bug reports prioritized. Just click the sponsor links at the…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Metabase or faction more popular?
Metabase has 50,114 GitHub stars and faction has 604. Metabase has the larger community by that measure.
Are Metabase and faction free?
Both are open source. Metabase has no licence declared in this registry, and faction is licensed under GPL-2.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Metabase and faction?
Metabase is written in Clojure and faction in Java. 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 faction?
Choose Metabase if you want the larger community (50,114 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose faction if its feature set, stack or GPL-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.