Jamf vs Metabase

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

Metabase (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Jamf (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 40). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Jamf carries 7,946 GitHub stars across 114 public repos, with 20 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 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 6.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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