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Metabase vs Superset
Metabase has 49,323 GitHub stars, 6,824 forks, 4,346 open issues and last shipped today. Superset has 14,362 stars, 1,276 forks, 666 open issues and last shipped today. Metabase leads on adoption by 243% (49,323 vs 14,362 stars). Metabase is written in Clojure under a custom or non-standard licence; Superset is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. Metabase has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, Superset 9%. Superset was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
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 | Superset | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 49K | ★ 14K |
| License | Custom / other | Custom / other |
| Written in | Clojure | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-18 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.8K | ⑂ 1.3K |
| 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 Superset if
- You want the Superset feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Superset 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 Superset
Superset is an agentic IDE for orchestrating many coding agents in parallel on a developer machine. It lives in the AI assisted coding and developer tools ecosystem, and it is aimed at people who run CLI agents such as Claude Code, Codex, or any CLI agent. It can run any agent with the user's own subscription. The project treats each agent as a worker that can run in its own isolated git worktree, with its own branch, terminal, and environment.
read the full Superset overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Metabase or Superset more popular?
Metabase has 49,323 GitHub stars and Superset has 14,362. Metabase has the larger community by that measure.
Are Metabase and Superset free?
Neither Metabase nor Superset declares a licence in this registry, so check each project's own repository before relying on either for a commercial use. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Metabase and Superset?
Metabase is written in Clojure and Superset 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 Superset?
Choose Metabase if you want the larger community (49,323 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Superset if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.