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Metabase vs ScottPlot
Metabase has 50,114 GitHub stars, 6,968 forks, 4,346 open issues and last shipped yesterday. ScottPlot has 6,796 stars, 1,021 forks, 242 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. Metabase leads on adoption by 637% (50,114 vs 6,796 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 | ★ 50K | ★ 6.8K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | Clojure | C# |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-08-15 |
| Forks | ⑂ 7.0K | ⑂ 1.0K |
| 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 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 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 ScottPlot
ScottPlot ScottPlot is a free and open source plotting library for .NET that makes it easy to interactively display large datasets. The ScottPlot Cookbook demonstrates how to create line plots, bar charts, pie graphs, scatter plots, and more with just a few lines of code. The ScottPlot Demo shows how to create plots in GUI environments with advanced interactive behaviors. ScottPlot supports Windows Forms, WPF, Console, Uno Platform, Blazor, Avalonia, Eto, Notebooks, and more! Visit for documentation and additional information Contributing: Due to Scott's medical status ScottPlot is open source but not open to…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Metabase or ScottPlot more popular?
Metabase has 50,114 GitHub stars and ScottPlot has 6,796. 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 (50,114 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose ScottPlot if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.