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Metabase vs Frappe Insights
Metabase has 49,312 GitHub stars, 6,824 forks, 4,346 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Frappe Insights has 1,015 stars, 507 forks, 218 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Metabase leads on adoption by 4,758% (49,312 vs 1,015 stars). Metabase is written in Clojure under a custom or non-standard licence; Frappe Insights is written in Python under AGPL-3.0. Metabase has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, Frappe Insights 50%. Metabase was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 6 topic tags (analytics, bi, business-intelligence, dashboard), 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 | Frappe Insights | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 49K | ★ 1.0K |
| License | Custom / other | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Clojure | Python |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.8K | ⑂ 507 |
| 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 Frappe Insights if
- You want the Frappe Insights feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and Frappe Insights 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 Frappe Insights
Frappe Insights is a 100% open source business intelligence tool built on the Frappe Framework, a full stack web application framework. Its interface is built with Frappe UI, a Vue based component library, while queries are composed through Ibis and charts rendered with Apache eCharts. The project is written in Python and released under the AGPL 3.0 license, and it sits within the Frappe and ERPNext ecosystem, where it is published under the frappe organization.
read the full Frappe Insights overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Metabase or Frappe Insights more popular?
Metabase has 49,312 GitHub stars and Frappe Insights has 1,015. Metabase has the larger community by that measure.
Are Metabase and Frappe Insights free?
Both are open source. Metabase has no licence declared in this registry, and Frappe Insights is licensed under AGPL-3.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Metabase and Frappe Insights?
Metabase is written in Clojure and Frappe Insights in Python. 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 Frappe Insights?
Choose Metabase if you want the larger community (49,312 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Frappe Insights if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.