Metabase vs Orca Security

Metabase and Orca Security both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Metabase (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Orca Security (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 35). The gap of 16 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Metabase carries 50,225 GitHub stars across 100 public repos, with 21 repositories active in the last 90 days and 49 external contributors on record. Orca Security shows 230 stars across 35 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 12 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Metabase's footprint is roughly 218.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Metabase is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Orca Security makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.