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Metabase vs react-chartjs-2
Metabase has 50,114 GitHub stars, 6,968 forks, 4,346 open issues and last shipped yesterday. react-chartjs-2 has 6,937 stars, 2,424 forks, 111 open issues and last shipped 5 days ago. Metabase leads on adoption by 622% (50,114 vs 6,937 stars). Metabase is written in Clojure under a custom or non-standard licence; react-chartjs-2 is written in TypeScript under MIT. Metabase has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, react-chartjs-2 35%. 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 | react-chartjs-2 | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 50K | ★ 6.9K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | Clojure | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-29 |
| Forks | ⑂ 7.0K | ⑂ 2.4K |
| 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 react-chartjs-2 if
- You want the react-chartjs-2 feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and react-chartjs-2 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 react-chartjs-2
react chartjs 2 React components for Chart.js , the most popular charting library. Supports Chart.js v4 and v3. [![NPM version][npm]][npm url] [![Downloads][downloads]][downloads url] [![Build status][build]][build url] [![Coverage status][coverage]][coverage url] [![Bundle size][size]][size url] [npm]: [npm url]: [downloads]: [downloads url]: [build]: [build url]: [coverage]: [coverage url]: [size]: [size url]: Quickstart • Docs • Stack Overflow Quickstart Install this library with peer dependencies: We recommend using chart.js@^4.0.0 . Then, import and use individual components: Docs Migration to v4 Working…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Metabase or react-chartjs-2 more popular?
Metabase has 50,114 GitHub stars and react-chartjs-2 has 6,937. Metabase has the larger community by that measure.
Are Metabase and react-chartjs-2 free?
Both are open source. Metabase has no licence declared in this registry, and react-chartjs-2 is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Metabase and react-chartjs-2?
Metabase is written in Clojure and react-chartjs-2 in TypeScript. 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 react-chartjs-2?
Choose Metabase if you want the larger community (50,114 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose react-chartjs-2 if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.