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Metabase vs ScottPlot
Metabase has 49,323 GitHub stars, 6,824 forks, 4,346 open issues and last shipped today. ScottPlot has 6,750 stars, 1,011 forks, 242 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. Metabase leads on adoption by 631% (49,323 vs 6,750 stars). Metabase is written in Clojure under a custom or non-standard licence; ScottPlot is written in C# under MIT. Metabase has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, ScottPlot 15%. 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 | ScottPlot | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 49K | ★ 6.8K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | Clojure | C# |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-08-15 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.8K | ⑂ 1.0K |
| 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 ScottPlot if
- You want the ScottPlot feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C#
- You evaluated both and ScottPlot 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 ScottPlot
ScottPlot is a free, open source interactive plotting library for .NET, written in C and released under the MIT license, aimed at .NET developers who need to render and explore large datasets as charts inside their own applications.
read the full ScottPlot overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Metabase or ScottPlot more popular?
Metabase has 49,323 GitHub stars and ScottPlot has 6,750. Metabase has the larger community by that measure.
Are Metabase and ScottPlot free?
Both are open source. Metabase has no licence declared in this registry, and ScottPlot is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Metabase and ScottPlot?
Metabase is written in Clojure and ScottPlot 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 ScottPlot?
Choose Metabase if you want the larger community (49,323 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose ScottPlot if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.