adobe-commerce vs Metabase
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
adobe-commerce and Metabase both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Metabase (rank #165) holds a modest lead over adobe-commerce (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 32). The gap of 19 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.
On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), adobe-commerce is slightly ahead of Metabase. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Metabase is clearly ahead of adobe-commerce. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Metabase is ahead of adobe-commerce. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Metabase is slightly ahead of adobe-commerce. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Metabase is clearly ahead of adobe-commerce.
adobe-commerce carries 39 GitHub stars across 21 public repos, with 9 repositories active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors on record. Metabase shows 50,225 stars across 100 public repos, 21 active in the last 90 days and 49 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Metabase's footprint is roughly 1287.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.
adobe-commerce is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Metabase looks better where momentum is the deciding factor. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.
Side-by-side metrics
| Metric | adobe-commerce | Metabase |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #662 | #165 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 32 | 51 |
| Code | 51 | 49 |
| Education | 44 | 80 |
| Community | 28 | 39 |
| Reach | 40 | 41 |
| Momentum | 21 | 61 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 39 | 50,225 |
| Forks | 31 | 7,167 |
| Public repos | 21 | 100 |
| Active repos (90d) | 9 | 21 |
| External contributors | 4 | 49 |
| Avg polish | 47 | 50 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 47 | 30 |