LinkedIn vs Metabase

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

Metabase (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over LinkedIn (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 43). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

LinkedIn carries 77,785 GitHub stars across 137 public repos, with 28 repositories active in the last 90 days and 52 external contributors on record. Metabase shows 50,225 stars across 100 public repos, 21 active in the last 90 days and 49 external contributors.

LinkedIn is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. 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.