Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/BerriAI/litellm/vs/gitbutlerapp/gitbutler
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/BerriAI/litellm/vs/gitbutlerapp/gitbutler.md
Description: litellm and gitbutler share 15 technologies: axum, tower, rusqlite, SQLite, OpenAI, Tokio, React, Anthropic, rmcp, zip, schemars, tracing, tracing-subscriber, Base UI, and react-resizable-panels. litellm is written in Python and gitbutler in Rust.

# litellm vs gitbutler

litellm and gitbutler share 15 technologies: axum, tower, rusqlite, SQLite, OpenAI, Tokio, React, Anthropic, rmcp, zip, schemars, tracing, tracing-subscriber, Base UI, and react-resizable-panels. litellm is written in Python and gitbutler 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]
- [gitbutlerapp/gitbutler](https://seerepo.com/r/gitbutlerapp/gitbutler): The GitButler version control client, backed by Git, powered by Tauri/Rust/Svelte

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: axum, tower, rusqlite, SQLite, OpenAI, Tokio, React, Anthropic, rmcp, zip, schemars, tracing, tracing-subscriber, Base UI, react-resizable-panels
- Only in litellm: FastAPI, Flask, aws-sdk-s3, psycopg, sqlx-postgres, sqlx, Postgres, moka, Redis, azure_storage_blob, Claude, Qdrant, anyio, AIOHTTP, Next.js, jsonwebtoken, aws-sdk-sts, azure_identity, gcp_auth, litellm, tokenizers, tiktoken, tiktoken-rs, jinja2, Pydantic, jsonschema, boto3, azure_core, aws-sdk-secretsmanager, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, next-themes, tanstack, React Hook Form, 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, Lucide, @heroicons/react, jwt-decode, react-markdown, papaparse, remark-gfm, Zod, @hookform/resolvers
- Only in gitbutler: Svelte, SvelteKit, @tauri-apps/plugin-store, Sentry, PostHog, @tauri-apps/api, Tauri, tauri-plugin-store, gpui, objc2-foundation, objc2-app-kit, Vite, MCP, ollama, tauri-apps, marked, two-face, Ratatui, crossterm, ratatui-textarea, gpui_platform, ansi-to-tui, tauri-plugin-dialog, tauri-plugin-window-state, keyring, image, infer, pulldown-cmark, tracing-appender, console-subscriber, tauri-plugin-log, TanStack, markdown-to-jsx, lexical, emojibase-data, isomorphic-dompurify, shiki

## Side by side

| | litellm | gitbutler |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 4,586,231 lines written, 5,606 code files | 738,025 lines written, 1,847 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 | 3.6% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, and Aider |
| Activity | Last push November 5, 2026, 46,240 commits, 62,741 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 25,652 commits, 21,924 stars |
| Tests | 6,918 test files. 22% of its code files have a test that imports them | 549 test files. 11.7% 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 gitbutler?

litellm, with 4,586,231 lines written; gitbutler has 738,025.

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

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

litellm, with 62,741 stars; gitbutler has 21,924.

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

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

litellm, with 6,918 test files; gitbutler has 549.

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

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

Both got their last push on November 5, 2026.

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

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

litellm: an AI signed 20.1% of its commits, with Claude Code, Devin, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, OpenHands, Codex, Aider, and Gemini CLI; in gitbutler, 3.6%.

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)
- gitbutlerapp/gitbutler: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 88c5819 (https://github.com/gitbutlerapp/gitbutler/tree/88c5819c7e24127fd5a4a5f9f5aa9cd859500206)

## 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.