Metabase
Easy way for everyone in your company to ask questions and learn from data.
High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.
Commit activity more than 97% of tracked projects; popularity more than 97%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 49k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v0.64.0-beta · 24 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 27 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Java, Docker |
Is Metabase actively maintained?
Over the last 11 months the project absorbed 6038 commits, of which 2102 arrived in the most recent quarter — roughly 701 commits a month.
The most recent tagged release, v0.64.0-beta, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Of the 33 projects we track in Analytics, Metabase ranks #3 by health score — in the top quarter of its category.
What Metabase actually does
Metabase is a web-based analytics tool that lets you connect to various databases and explore data through queries and visualisations. It is designed to make data querying accessible to both technical and non-technical users within an organisation. The application is built with Java and distributed as a container image.
Best fit: Teams that need a self-hosted business intelligence interface allowing multiple users to run queries and build dashboards without writing raw SQL every time.
Worth knowing: The software is licensed under the AGPL-3.0, which imposes strict copyleft obligations if you modify the code or offer it as a hosted service to third parties. It also requires careful access management to prevent users from accidentally executing expensive database queries.
Deployment notes
You will typically deploy it using Docker, attaching a persistent volume for internal application data and configuring a separate application database such as PostgreSQL for production use. A reverse proxy is usually required in front of the container to handle TLS termination.
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