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Metabase vs rawgraphs-app
Metabase has 49,323 GitHub stars, 6,824 forks, 4,346 open issues and last shipped today. rawgraphs-app has 9,031 stars, 1,842 forks, 79 open issues and last shipped 25 days ago. Metabase leads on adoption by 446% (49,323 vs 9,031 stars). Metabase is written in Clojure under a custom or non-standard licence; rawgraphs-app is written in JavaScript under Apache-2.0. Metabase has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, rawgraphs-app 20%. Metabase was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (data, 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 | rawgraphs-app | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 49K | ★ 9.0K |
| License | Custom / other | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Clojure | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-08-24 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.8K | ⑂ 1.8K |
| 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 rawgraphs-app if
- You want the rawgraphs-app feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and rawgraphs-app 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.
read the full Metabase overview →
About rawgraphs-app
RAWGraphs App is the open source web interface that turns tabular data into custom vector based visualizations on top of the RAWGraphs core, aimed at designers, data journalists, researchers and visualization practitioners who need editable SVG output rather than a hosted dashboard.
read the full rawgraphs-app overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Metabase or rawgraphs-app more popular?
Metabase has 49,323 GitHub stars and rawgraphs-app has 9,031. Metabase has the larger community by that measure.
Are Metabase and rawgraphs-app free?
Both are open source. Metabase has no licence declared in this registry, and rawgraphs-app is licensed under Apache-2.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Metabase and rawgraphs-app?
Metabase is written in Clojure and rawgraphs-app 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 rawgraphs-app?
Choose Metabase if you want the larger community (49,323 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose rawgraphs-app if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.