Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/AlistGo/alist/vs/higress-group/higress
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/AlistGo/alist/vs/higress-group/higress.md
Description: alist and higress share 7 technologies: net/http, MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, MCP, gorm.io/gorm, and mcp-go. Both are written in Go.

# alist vs higress

alist and higress share 7 technologies: net/http, MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, MCP, gorm.io/gorm, and mcp-go. 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。
- [higress-group/higress](https://seerepo.com/r/higress-group/higress): 🤖 AI Gateway | AI Native API Gateway

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: net/http, MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, MCP, gorm.io/gorm, mcp-go
- Only in alist: Gin, github.com/Xhofe/go-cache, github.com/okatu-loli/go-123pan, github.com/alist-org/gofakes3, github.com/SheltonZhu/115driver, github.com/aliyun/aliyun-oss-go-sdk, github.com/jlaffaye/ftp, github.com/xhofe/wopan-sdk-go, Rclone, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob, github.com/blevesearch/bleve/v2, github.com/cloudsoda/go-smb2, github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-api, github.com/ncw/swift/v2, github.com/upyun/go-sdk/v3, Meilisearch, github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea, github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss, github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles, github.com/go-webauthn/webauthn, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4, github.com/pquerna/otp, github.com/coreos/go-oidc, gopkg.in/ldap.v3, github.com/kdomanski/iso9660, golang.org/x/image, github.com/bodgit/sevenzip, github.com/dhowden/tag, github.com/disintegration/imaging, github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday, github.com/u2takey/ffmpeg-go, github.com/yeka/zip, github.com/yuin/goldmark, github.com/sirupsen/logrus, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore, github.com/natefinch/lumberjack, google.golang.org/appengine
- Only in higress: Redis, Milvus, Consul, OpenAI, sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime, github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2, github.com/manifoldco/promptui, gorm.io/driver/clickhouse, hmac-sha256, openai-go, sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension, github.com/pkoukk/tiktoken-go, jieba-rs, github.com/antchfx/xmlquery, github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v5, github.com/invopop/jsonschema, sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api, Knative, Helm, Prometheus, github.com/compose-spec/compose-go, github.com/distribution/distribution/v3, github.com/docker/compose/v2, github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus, go.uber.org/zap

## Side by side

| | alist | higress |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 134,185 lines written, 732 code files | 349,215 lines written, 617 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.8% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, GitHub Copilot, and Claude Code | 1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push October 21, 2026, 2,415 commits, 50,446 stars | Last push November 13, 2026, 2,019 commits, 9,766 stars |
| Tests | 71 test files. 18.9% of its code files have a test that imports them | 509 test files. 50.1% 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 higress?

higress, with 349,215 lines written; alist has 134,185.

The proof: [higress-group/higress's code at commit 0316bc9](https://github.com/higress-group/higress/tree/0316bc904789ab25a9cd42db58eafca11f6a2205)

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

alist, with 50,446 stars; higress has 9,766.

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

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

higress, with 509 test files; alist has 71.

The proof: [higress-group/higress's code at commit 0316bc9](https://github.com/higress-group/higress/tree/0316bc904789ab25a9cd42db58eafca11f6a2205)

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

higress: its last push was on November 13, 2026, and alist's on October 21, 2026.

The proof: [higress-group/higress's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/higress-group/higress/commits)

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

higress: an AI signed 1% of its commits, with Claude Code and Cursor; in alist, 0.8%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in higress-group/higress](https://seerepo.com/r/higress-group/higress/ai)

## Sources

- AlistGo/alist: Read on November 13, 2026, at commit 92e7453 (https://github.com/AlistGo/alist/tree/92e745360766cce32564f94a468cb576f577d27e)
- higress-group/higress: Read on November 14, 2026, at commit 0316bc9 (https://github.com/higress-group/higress/tree/0316bc904789ab25a9cd42db58eafca11f6a2205)

## 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.