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Klarna vs Metabase

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

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

Metabase (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over Klarna (rank #257) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 47). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Klarna carries 2,965 GitHub stars across 139 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 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 16.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Klarna is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. 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

MetricKlarnaMetabase
Ranking
Overall rank#257#165
Pillars
Overall4751
Code5749
Education7680
Community3139
Reach6441
Momentum1661
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars2,96550,225
Forks7377,167
Public repos139100
Active repos (90d)821
External contributors249
Avg polish5350
Avg AI-readiness3830

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