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Elementor vs Metabase

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Elementor and Metabase both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Metabase (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over Elementor (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 44). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Elementor carries 10,938 GitHub stars across 67 public repos, with 9 repositories active in the last 90 days and 45 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 4.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Elementor is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. 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

MetricElementorMetabase
Ranking
Overall rank#317#165
Pillars
Overall4451
Code5549
Education5680
Community4939
Reach2941
Momentum1861
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars10,93850,225
Forks4,2967,167
Public repos67100
Active repos (90d)921
External contributors4549
Avg polish5650
Avg AI-readiness3130

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