Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/Budibase/budibase/vs/feathersjs/feathers
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/Budibase/budibase/vs/feathersjs/feathers.md
Description: budibase and feathers share 7 technologies: Koa, MongoDB, koa-body, knex, jsonwebtoken, Ajv, and koa-session. Both are written in TypeScript.

# budibase vs feathers

budibase and feathers share 7 technologies: Koa, MongoDB, koa-body, knex, jsonwebtoken, Ajv, and koa-session. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [Budibase/budibase](https://seerepo.com/r/Budibase/budibase): AI agents, automations and apps that run your operations. Model agnostic.
- [feathersjs/feathers](https://seerepo.com/r/feathersjs/feathers): The API and real-time application framework

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Koa, MongoDB, koa-body, knex, jsonwebtoken, Ajv, koa-session
- Only in budibase: bull, Redis, aws-sdk, AWS S3, PostHog, @koa/router, Svelte, lru-cache, OpenAI, bson, @chat-adapter/state-ioredis, Airtable, Elastic, Google Cloud, mssql, MySQL, oracledb, Postgres, Snowflake, @govtechsg/passport-openidconnect, passport-google-oauth, bcrypt, cookies, koa-passport, passport-local, passport-oauth2-refresh, csvtojson, google-spreadsheet, joi, dd-trace, pino, pino-http, pino-pretty, rotating-file-stream, easymde, marked, sanitize-html, @codemirror/theme-one-dark, @spectrum-css/vars, xyflow, CodeMirror, @dagrejs/dagre, remixicon, ai, handlebars, Zod, yup, cli-progress, yaml, docker-compose, @ai-sdk/svelte, highlight.js, @azure/msal-node, chat, ai-sdk, imapflow, pdf-parse, xml2js, html-to-text, js-yaml, mailparser, xlsx, @apidevtools/swagger-parser, jsonschema, cron-validate, nodemailer, Cheerio, ical-generator, email-validator
- Only in feathers: Express, koa-compose, bcryptjs, grant, tough-cookie, cookie-session, ajv-formats, @sinclair/typebox

## Side by side

| | budibase | feathers |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 626,923 lines written, 3,130 code files | 39,483 lines written, 144 code files |
| Who writes it | 1.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Devin | 0% of its commits signed by AI |
| Activity | Last push November 7, 2026, 41,983 commits, 28,395 stars | Last push November 1, 2026, 4,111 commits, 15,256 stars |
| Tests | 902 test files. 19.5% of its code files have a test that imports them | 105 test files. 29.2% 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, budibase or feathers?

budibase, with 626,923 lines written; feathers has 39,483.

The proof: [Budibase/budibase's code at commit e29a27a](https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/tree/e29a27ac946c043fe7455af64b7f12b9031df72b)

### Which has more GitHub stars, budibase or feathers?

budibase, with 28,395 stars; feathers has 15,256.

The proof: [Budibase/budibase on GitHub](https://github.com/Budibase/budibase)

### Which has more tests, budibase or feathers?

budibase, with 902 test files; feathers has 105.

The proof: [Budibase/budibase's code at commit e29a27a](https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/tree/e29a27ac946c043fe7455af64b7f12b9031df72b)

### Which was updated more recently, budibase or feathers?

budibase: its last push was on November 7, 2026, and feathers's on November 1, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, budibase or feathers?

budibase: an AI signed 1.5% of its commits, with Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Devin.

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

## Sources

- Budibase/budibase: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit e29a27a (https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/tree/e29a27ac946c043fe7455af64b7f12b9031df72b)
- feathersjs/feathers: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit 8c007bc (https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers/tree/8c007bc43e30106bee7158e7f699089232e6e765)

## 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.