Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/vs/rathole-org/rathole
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/vs/rathole-org/rathole.md
Description: AppFlowy and rathole share 4 technologies: Tokio, tracing, tracing-subscriber, and console-subscriber. AppFlowy is written in Dart and rathole in Rust.

# AppFlowy vs rathole

AppFlowy and rathole share 4 technologies: Tokio, tracing, tracing-subscriber, and console-subscriber. AppFlowy is written in Dart and rathole in Rust.

- [AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy](https://seerepo.com/r/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy): Bring projects, wikis, and teams together with AI. AppFlowy is the AI collaborative workspace where you achieve more without losing control of your data. The leading open source Notion alternative.
- [rathole-org/rathole](https://seerepo.com/r/rathole-org/rathole): A lightweight and high-performance reverse proxy for NAT traversal, written in Rust. An alternative to frp and ngrok.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Tokio, tracing, tracing-subscriber, console-subscriber
- Only in AppFlowy: Flutter, go_router, flowy-database-pub, flowy-database2, flowy-sqlite, flowy-sqlite-vec, flowy-storage, flowy-storage-pub, hive_flutter, libsqlite3-sys, rusqlite, rusqlite_migration, collab-database, r2d2, shared_preferences, flutter_cache_manager, SQLite, r2d2_sqlite, moka, sqlite-vec, Unsplash, JetBrains, multidex, plugin_platform_interface, androidx.core:core, flutter_web_plugins, google_fonts, appflowy_popover, appflowy_ui, defer_pointer, flowy_infra_ui, flowy_infra_ui_platform_interface, flowy_svg, flutter_tex, highlight, appflowy_editor, appflowy_editor_plugins, flutter_chat_core, styled_widget, fluttertoast, flutter_slidable, appflowy_board, desktop_drop, calendar_view, flutter_emoji_mart, scaled_app, window_manager, diffutil_dart, dotted_border, flutter_animate, flutter_chat_ui, linked_scroll_controller, avatar_stack, cached_network_image, expandable, flutter_math_fork, reorderable_tabbar, reorderables, scrollable_positioned_list, sheet, sized_context, toastification, animations, auto_size_text_field, bitsdojo_window, console, extended_text_field, extended_text_library, flex_color_picker, flutter_staggered_grid_view, keyboard_height_plugin, loading_indicator, local_notifier, percent_indicator, scroll_to_index, table_calendar, diesel, diesel_migrations, diesel_derives, hmac, pbkdf2, flowy-ai, flowy-ai-pub, langchain-rust, ollama-rs, text-splitter, flowy-document, flowy-document-pub, markdown_widget, collab-document, tera, image_picker, csv, file_picker, markdown, scraper, flutter_svg, html, html2md, lopdf, pulldown-cmark, xml, zip, string_validator, validator, schemars, lib-log, log, talker, tracing-bunyan-formatter, talker_bloc_logger, tracing-appender, tracing-core
- Only in rathole: None

## Side by side

| | AppFlowy | rathole |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 412,249 lines written, 2,277 code files | 4,449 lines written, 17 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI | 0% of its commits signed by AI |
| Activity | Last push November 2, 2026, 6,367 commits, 78,544 stars | Last push August 23, 2026, 234 commits, 14,432 stars |
| Tests | 423 test files. 18.1% of its code files have a test that imports them | 2 test files |

- 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, AppFlowy or rathole?

AppFlowy, with 412,249 lines written; rathole has 4,449.

The proof: [AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy's code at commit 8fcee27](https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/tree/8fcee27d9bd93aad4ee0191d5d8d915d6a9a4e93)

### Which has more GitHub stars, AppFlowy or rathole?

AppFlowy, with 78,544 stars; rathole has 14,432.

The proof: [AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy on GitHub](https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy)

### Which has more tests, AppFlowy or rathole?

AppFlowy, with 423 test files; rathole has 2.

The proof: [AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy's code at commit 8fcee27](https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/tree/8fcee27d9bd93aad4ee0191d5d8d915d6a9a4e93)

### Which was updated more recently, AppFlowy or rathole?

AppFlowy: its last push was on November 2, 2026, and rathole's on August 23, 2026.

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

## Sources

- AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit 8fcee27 (https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/tree/8fcee27d9bd93aad4ee0191d5d8d915d6a9a4e93)
- rathole-org/rathole: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit a292f7e (https://github.com/rathole-org/rathole/tree/a292f7ed5402f840415fc6a53827da2f34337856)

## 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.