Discourse vs Metabase

Discourse (The 100% open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet.) and Metabase both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Metabase (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over Discourse (rank #189) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 50). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Discourse is ahead of Metabase. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Metabase is clearly ahead of Discourse. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Discourse is slightly ahead of Metabase. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Metabase is ahead of Discourse. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Discourse is clearly ahead of Metabase.

Discourse carries 55,678 GitHub stars across 620 public repos, with 90 repositories active in the last 90 days and 44 external contributors on record. Metabase shows 50,225 stars across 100 public repos, 21 active in the last 90 days and 49 external contributors.

Discourse is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Metabase looks better where education 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.