Matomo Analytics vs Metabase

Matomo Analytics (Matomo is hiring 🚀 Matomo.org/jobs MISSION: « To create, as a community, the leading open analytics platform that gives every user full control of their data ») and Metabase both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Metabase (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over Matomo Analytics (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), Matomo Analytics is slightly ahead of Metabase. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Metabase is ahead of Matomo Analytics. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Matomo Analytics is ahead of Metabase. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Metabase is ahead of Matomo Analytics. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Matomo Analytics is ahead of Metabase.

Matomo Analytics carries 30,600 GitHub stars across 90 public repos, with 46 repositories active in the last 90 days and 34 external contributors on record. Metabase shows 50,225 stars across 100 public repos, 21 active in the last 90 days and 49 external contributors.

Matomo Analytics is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Metabase looks better where reach 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.