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Metabase vs radzen-blazor
Metabase has 49,323 GitHub stars, 6,824 forks, 4,346 open issues and last shipped today. radzen-blazor has 4,348 stars, 957 forks, 32 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Metabase leads on adoption by 1,034% (49,323 vs 4,348 stars). Metabase is written in Clojure under a custom or non-standard licence; radzen-blazor is written in C# under MIT. Metabase has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, radzen-blazor 22%. 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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| Metabase | radzen-blazor | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 49K | ★ 4.3K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | Clojure | C# |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.8K | ⑂ 957 |
| 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 radzen-blazor if
- You want the radzen-blazor feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C#
- You evaluated both and radzen-blazor 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 radzen-blazor
Radzen Blazor Components is a free, MIT licensed library of more than 145 native UI components for developers building Blazor Server, Blazor WebAssembly, and .NET MAUI Blazor Hybrid applications on .NET, distributed as the Radzen.Blazor NuGet package.
read the full radzen-blazor overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Metabase or radzen-blazor more popular?
Metabase has 49,323 GitHub stars and radzen-blazor has 4,348. Metabase has the larger community by that measure.
Are Metabase and radzen-blazor free?
Both are open source. Metabase has no licence declared in this registry, and radzen-blazor is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Metabase and radzen-blazor?
Metabase is written in Clojure and radzen-blazor in C#. 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 radzen-blazor?
Choose Metabase if you want the larger community (49,323 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose radzen-blazor if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.