kununu vs Metabase

kununu (Let's make work better.) and Metabase both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Metabase (rank #165) holds a modest lead over kununu (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 34). The gap of 17 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

kununu carries 132 GitHub stars across 40 public repos, with 17 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 380.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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