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Metabase vs vue-data-ui
Metabase has 49,323 GitHub stars, 6,824 forks, 4,346 open issues and last shipped yesterday. vue-data-ui has 2,448 stars, 129 forks, 0 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Metabase leads on adoption by 1,915% (49,323 vs 2,448 stars). Metabase is written in Clojure under a custom or non-standard licence; vue-data-ui is written in Vue under MIT. Metabase has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, vue-data-ui 5%. vue-data-ui was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (dashboard, 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 | vue-data-ui | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 49K | ★ 2.4K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | Clojure | Vue |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-18 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.8K | ⑂ 129 |
| 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 vue-data-ui if
- You want the vue-data-ui feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Vue
- You evaluated both and vue-data-ui 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 vue-data-ui
vue data ui is an open source, MIT licensed Vue 3 component library for data visualization and data storytelling, built for Vue and Nuxt developers who need to render charts, gauges, tables and dashboard widgets without writing each one from scratch.
read the full vue-data-ui overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Metabase or vue-data-ui more popular?
Metabase has 49,323 GitHub stars and vue-data-ui has 2,448. Metabase has the larger community by that measure.
Are Metabase and vue-data-ui free?
Both are open source. Metabase has no licence declared in this registry, and vue-data-ui is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Metabase and vue-data-ui?
Metabase is written in Clojure and vue-data-ui in Vue. 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 vue-data-ui?
Choose Metabase if you want the larger community (49,323 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose vue-data-ui if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.