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Metabase vs troika
Metabase has 49,323 GitHub stars, 6,824 forks, 4,346 open issues and last shipped yesterday. troika has 1,971 stars, 158 forks, 92 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. Metabase leads on adoption by 2,402% (49,323 vs 1,971 stars). Metabase is written in Clojure under a custom or non-standard licence; troika is written in JavaScript under MIT. Metabase has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, troika 8%. 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 | troika | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 49K | ★ 2.0K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | Clojure | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-07-24 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.8K | ⑂ 158 |
| 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 troika if
- You want the troika feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and troika 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 troika
Troika is a collection of JavaScript tools for building interactive 2D and 3D graphics in the browser, aimed at developers who need WebGL powered data visualization and are working with, or willing to adopt, Three.js.
read the full troika overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Metabase or troika more popular?
Metabase has 49,323 GitHub stars and troika has 1,971. Metabase has the larger community by that measure.
Are Metabase and troika free?
Both are open source. Metabase has no licence declared in this registry, and troika is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Metabase and troika?
Metabase is written in Clojure and troika in JavaScript. 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 troika?
Choose Metabase if you want the larger community (49,323 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose troika if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.