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Frappe vs Metabase

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

Frappe (We build world class open-source software products.) and Metabase both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Frappe (rank #141) holds a narrow lead over Metabase (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 51). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Frappe carries 107,553 GitHub stars across 207 public repos, with 62 repositories active in the last 90 days and 174 external contributors on record. Metabase shows 50,225 stars across 100 public repos, 21 active in the last 90 days and 49 external contributors.

Frappe is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Metabase looks better where reach 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

MetricFrappeMetabase
Ranking
Overall rank#141#165
Pillars
Overall5351
Code6949
Education7980
Community5539
Reach2041
Momentum7761
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars107,55350,225
Forks38,1377,167
Public repos207100
Active repos (90d)6221
External contributors17449
Avg polish7350
Avg AI-readiness5330

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