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ghstatsvsMetabase

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

ghstatsMetabase
Score45/10083/100
Rank in category#18 of 27 in Analytics#2 of 15 in Business Intelligence
GitHub stars19049 896
Stars, last 30 days—+498
Stable releases, 12 months1130
Latest releasev0.10.0 · 25 Aug 2026v0.64.1 · 6 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITOther
Main languageRustClojure

Which one should you pick?

Metabase scores 83/100 against 45/100 for ghstats, so it is the safer default.

Metabase ships more often: 30 stable releases in the past year, against 11 for ghstats.

If you want the quickest setup, ghstats is easier to run; Metabase needs more configuration.

Metabase is growing faster right now (+498 stars in 30 days).

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