LiveChat vs Metabase

LiveChat (Join LiveChat Developer Program https://platform.text.com/) and Metabase both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

LiveChat (rank #141) holds a narrow lead over Metabase (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 51). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

LiveChat carries 755 GitHub stars across 168 public repos, with 24 repositories active in the last 90 days and 13 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 66.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

LiveChat 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.