KAYAK vs Metabase

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

Metabase (rank #165) holds a modest lead over KAYAK (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 38). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

KAYAK carries 3,186 GitHub stars across 72 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 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 15.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

KAYAK is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. 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.