Metabase vs Stripe Samples

Metabase and Stripe Samples (Sample integrations built by Stripe.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Stripe Samples (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), Stripe Samples is ahead of Metabase. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Stripe Samples is slightly ahead of Metabase. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Stripe Samples is slightly ahead of Metabase. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Metabase is clearly ahead of Stripe Samples. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Metabase is ahead of Stripe Samples.

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. Stripe Samples shows 4,227 stars across 30 public repos, 23 active in the last 90 days and 8 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Metabase's footprint is roughly 11.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Metabase is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Stripe Samples looks better where code quality 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.