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Metabase

Easy way for everyone in your company to ask questions and learn from data.

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Still maintained? Yes: 2,188 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.64.3 (Oct 2026).

Also an alternative to Looker, Power BI and Tableau.

Docker #1 of 33 in Analytics

At a glance

Metabase quick facts

Health score
99/100 GOOD
Stars
49,996
Last commit
today (Oct 2026)
Latest release
v0.64.3, Oct 2026
Licence
AGPL-3.0
View metabase/metabase on GitHub ↗ Website ↗

Top alternatives to Metabase

Full rankings: Looker alternatives, Power BI alternatives, Tableau alternatives

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

Metabase scores 99/100, #1 of 33 in Analytics: 2,188 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.64.3, 3 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 49,996 stars add 18.8 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 1.2 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

Health over time

Health 99 on 11 Sep, 99 nowSteady at 99 since 11 Sep
  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

    2188 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    v0.64.3 released 3 days ago

  • Stars biggest shortfall 18.8 / 20

    50k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)

  • Not archived 10.0 / 10

    Repository is active

  • Docker support 10.0 / 10

    Docker image or Compose file available

Commit activity

7173 commits over the last 12 months
2188
Last 90 days
7,173
Last 12 months
today
Last push

Ranked #1 of 33 tools in Analytics by health , just above Postiz (#2) .

Details

LicenceAGPL-3.0
PlatformsJava, Docker
Latest releasev0.64.3 · 3 days ago
Stars49,996
Open issues3,951
DockerYes
Repositorymetabase/metabase ↗
Visit website ↗ Source code ↗

Metabase vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Metabase (Analytics), scored on the same five terms.

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
Metabase (this tool) 99 50k AGPL-3.0 today
Postiz 98 40k AGPL-3.0 today
Redash 98 29k BSD-2-Clause today
Umami 98 40k MIT yesterday
Chartbrew 83 4.1k MIT yesterday
Evidence 81 7.1k MIT yesterday

Metabase: common questions

What does Metabase replace?

Repoly lists Metabase as an open-source alternative to Looker, Power BI and Tableau. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Metabase stands against the others.

Is Metabase still maintained?

Metabase had 2,188 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v0.64.3, is from 3 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.