Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/AlistGo/alist/vs/chaitin/SafeLine
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/AlistGo/alist/vs/chaitin/SafeLine.md
Description: alist and SafeLine share 3 technologies: Gin, Postgres, and MCP. Both are written in Go.

# alist vs SafeLine

alist and SafeLine share 3 technologies: Gin, Postgres, and MCP. Both are written in Go.

- [AlistGo/alist](https://seerepo.com/r/AlistGo/alist): 🗂️A file list/WebDAV program that supports multiple storages, powered by Gin and Solidjs. / 一个支持多存储的文件列表/WebDAV程序，使用 Gin 和 Solidjs。
- [chaitin/SafeLine](https://seerepo.com/r/chaitin/SafeLine): SafeLine is a self-hosted WAF(Web Application Firewall) / reverse proxy to protect your web apps from attacks and exploits.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Gin, Postgres, MCP
- Only in alist: net/http
- Only in SafeLine: gorm.io/gorm, github.com/pquerna/otp, github.com/sirupsen/logrus, go.uber.org/zap

## Side by side

| | alist | SafeLine |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 134,185 lines written, 732 code files | 14,197 lines written, 109 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.8% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, GitHub Copilot, and Claude Code | 0.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex |
| Activity | Last push October 21, 2026, 2,415 commits, 50,378 stars | Last push October 22, 2026, 783 commits, 23,167 stars |
| Tests | 71 test files. 18.9% of its code files have a test that imports them | 12 test files. 12.8% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, alist or SafeLine?

alist, with 134,185 lines written; SafeLine has 14,197.

The proof: [AlistGo/alist's code at commit 92e7453](https://github.com/AlistGo/alist/tree/92e745360766cce32564f94a468cb576f577d27e)

### Which has more GitHub stars, alist or SafeLine?

alist, with 50,378 stars; SafeLine has 23,167.

The proof: [AlistGo/alist on GitHub](https://github.com/AlistGo/alist)

### Which has more tests, alist or SafeLine?

alist, with 71 test files; SafeLine has 12.

The proof: [AlistGo/alist's code at commit 92e7453](https://github.com/AlistGo/alist/tree/92e745360766cce32564f94a468cb576f577d27e)

### Which was updated more recently, alist or SafeLine?

SafeLine: its last push was on October 22, 2026, and alist's on October 21, 2026.

The proof: [chaitin/SafeLine's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/chaitin/SafeLine/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, alist or SafeLine?

alist: an AI signed 0.8% of its commits, with Codex, GitHub Copilot, and Claude Code; in SafeLine, 0.4%.

## Sources

- AlistGo/alist: Read on October 30, 2026, at commit 92e7453 (https://github.com/AlistGo/alist/tree/92e745360766cce32564f94a468cb576f577d27e)
- chaitin/SafeLine: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 9b72ba6 (https://github.com/chaitin/SafeLine/tree/9b72ba6ad4d7e042e7a79ee2e062305179312c98)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.