Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/BerriAI/litellm/vs/dbt-labs/dbt
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/BerriAI/litellm/vs/dbt-labs/dbt.md
Description: litellm and dbt share 18 technologies: axum, aws-sdk-s3, rusqlite, Redis, SQLite, Tokio, React, jsonwebtoken, zip, schemars, tracing, tracing-subscriber, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, Lucide, react-markdown, remark-gfm, and Zod. litellm is written in Python and dbt in Rust.

# litellm vs dbt

litellm and dbt share 18 technologies: axum, aws-sdk-s3, rusqlite, Redis, SQLite, Tokio, React, jsonwebtoken, zip, schemars, tracing, tracing-subscriber, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, Lucide, react-markdown, remark-gfm, and Zod. litellm is written in Python and dbt in Rust.

- [BerriAI/litellm](https://seerepo.com/r/BerriAI/litellm): The fastest, litest AI Gateway. Rust core with Python SDK. Call 100+ LLM APIs in OpenAI (or native) format with cost tracking, guardrails, load balancing, and logging [Bedrock, Azure, OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenAI, VertexAI, vLLM, Nvidia NIM]
- [dbt-labs/dbt](https://seerepo.com/r/dbt-labs/dbt): dbt enables data analysts and engineers to transform their data using the same practices that software engineers use to build applications.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: axum, aws-sdk-s3, rusqlite, Redis, SQLite, Tokio, React, jsonwebtoken, zip, schemars, tracing, tracing-subscriber, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, Lucide, react-markdown, remark-gfm, Zod
- Only in litellm: FastAPI, Flask, tower, psycopg, sqlx-postgres, sqlx, Postgres, moka, azure_storage_blob, OpenAI, Claude, Qdrant, anyio, AIOHTTP, Next.js, Anthropic, aws-sdk-sts, azure_identity, gcp_auth, litellm, rmcp, tokenizers, tiktoken, tiktoken-rs, jinja2, Pydantic, jsonschema, boto3, azure_core, aws-sdk-secretsmanager, next-themes, tanstack, React Hook Form, Base UI, react-syntax-highlighter, recharts, react-copy-to-clipboard, react-hotkeys-hook, usehooks-ts, @shadcn/react, cmdk, sonner, ProseMirror, prosemirror-state, prosemirror-view, react-json-view-lite, react-resizable-panels, @heroicons/react, jwt-decode, papaparse, @hookform/resolvers
- Only in dbt: arrow, datafusion, react-router-dom, Vite, DuckDB, console, dialoguer, indicatif, comfy-table, askama, handlebars, liquid, minijinja, minijinja-contrib, tera, parquet, csv, csv-core, v_htmlescape, tracy-client, bollard, OpenTelemetry, opentelemetry_sdk, opentelemetry-otlp, tailwind-merge, @tailwindcss/forms, xyflow, Radix UI, react-hot-toast, TanStack, @dagrejs/dagre, @uidotdev/usehooks, rehype-external-links, rehype-raw, shiki, react-helmet-async

## Side by side

| | litellm | dbt |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 4,586,231 lines written, 5,606 code files | 820,702 lines written, 1,872 code files |
| Who writes it | 20.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Devin, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, OpenHands, Codex, Aider, and Gemini CLI | 8% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push November 5, 2026, 46,240 commits, 62,741 stars | Last push November 9, 2026, 10,467 commits, 14,135 stars |
| Tests | 6,918 test files. 22% of its code files have a test that imports them | 300 test files. 16.1% 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, litellm or dbt?

litellm, with 4,586,231 lines written; dbt has 820,702.

The proof: [BerriAI/litellm's code at commit 7e4ad6e](https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/tree/7e4ad6eb333071d67c2eb03ce6468f89a0855027)

### Which has more GitHub stars, litellm or dbt?

litellm, with 62,741 stars; dbt has 14,135.

The proof: [BerriAI/litellm on GitHub](https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm)

### Which has more tests, litellm or dbt?

litellm, with 6,918 test files; dbt has 300.

The proof: [BerriAI/litellm's code at commit 7e4ad6e](https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/tree/7e4ad6eb333071d67c2eb03ce6468f89a0855027)

### Which was updated more recently, litellm or dbt?

dbt: its last push was on November 9, 2026, and litellm's on November 5, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, litellm or dbt?

litellm: an AI signed 20.1% of its commits, with Claude Code, Devin, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, OpenHands, Codex, Aider, and Gemini CLI; in dbt, 8%.

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

## Sources

- BerriAI/litellm: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 7e4ad6e (https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/tree/7e4ad6eb333071d67c2eb03ce6468f89a0855027)
- dbt-labs/dbt: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit d5578da (https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt/tree/d5578da86f9ff8546e981ba182cf1db836029c0d)

## 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.