Stream vs Metabase

Stream (Build scalable in-app chat, feeds, and live video with AI moderation capabilities in hours, not weeks.) and Metabase both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Metabase (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over Stream (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), Stream is ahead of Metabase. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Metabase is clearly ahead of Stream. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Stream is ahead of Metabase. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Metabase is ahead of Stream. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Stream is clearly ahead of Metabase.

Stream carries 35,664 GitHub stars across 487 public repos, with 84 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.

Stream 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.