Metabase vs ShopwareLabs

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

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

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. ShopwareLabs shows 144 stars across 28 public repos, 11 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Metabase's footprint is roughly 348.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Metabase is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. ShopwareLabs 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.