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Metabase vs reaviz
Metabase has 49,323 GitHub stars, 6,824 forks, 4,346 open issues and last shipped yesterday. reaviz has 1,250 stars, 124 forks, 32 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. Metabase leads on adoption by 3,846% (49,323 vs 1,250 stars). Metabase is written in Clojure under a custom or non-standard licence; reaviz is written in TypeScript under Apache-2.0. Metabase has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, reaviz 10%. 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 | reaviz | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 49K | ★ 1.3K |
| License | Custom / other | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Clojure | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-08-10 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.8K | ⑂ 124 |
| 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 reaviz if
- You want the reaviz feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and reaviz 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 reaviz
REAVIZ is an Apache 2.0 chart component library for React, maintained by @goodcodeus, that renders charts natively in React while using D3js under the hood for calculations — made for TypeScript developers who need customizable charts inside an existing React application.
read the full reaviz overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Metabase or reaviz more popular?
Metabase has 49,323 GitHub stars and reaviz has 1,250. Metabase has the larger community by that measure.
Are Metabase and reaviz free?
Both are open source. Metabase has no licence declared in this registry, and reaviz is licensed under Apache-2.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Metabase and reaviz?
Metabase is written in Clojure and reaviz 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 reaviz?
Choose Metabase if you want the larger community (49,323 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose reaviz if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.