Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/Budibase/budibase/vs/novuhq/novu
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/Budibase/budibase/vs/novuhq/novu.md
Description: budibase and novu share 21 technologies: Redis, aws-sdk, lru-cache, MongoDB, Google Cloud, jsonwebtoken, bcrypt, pino, marked, sanitize-html, xyflow, CodeMirror, ai, handlebars, Zod, Ajv, highlight.js, chat, html-to-text, mailparser, and nodemailer. Both are written in TypeScript.

# budibase vs novu

budibase and novu share 21 technologies: Redis, aws-sdk, lru-cache, MongoDB, Google Cloud, jsonwebtoken, bcrypt, pino, marked, sanitize-html, xyflow, CodeMirror, ai, handlebars, Zod, Ajv, highlight.js, chat, html-to-text, mailparser, and nodemailer. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [Budibase/budibase](https://seerepo.com/r/Budibase/budibase): AI agents, automations and apps that run your operations. Model agnostic.
- [novuhq/novu](https://seerepo.com/r/novuhq/novu): The open-source communication infrastructure for agents and products

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Redis, aws-sdk, lru-cache, MongoDB, Google Cloud, jsonwebtoken, bcrypt, pino, marked, sanitize-html, xyflow, CodeMirror, ai, handlebars, Zod, Ajv, highlight.js, chat, html-to-text, mailparser, nodemailer
- Only in budibase: Koa, bull, AWS S3, PostHog, @koa/router, Svelte, OpenAI, bson, @chat-adapter/state-ioredis, Airtable, Elastic, mssql, MySQL, oracledb, Postgres, Snowflake, koa-body, knex, @govtechsg/passport-openidconnect, passport-google-oauth, cookies, koa-passport, passport-local, passport-oauth2-refresh, csvtojson, google-spreadsheet, joi, dd-trace, pino-http, pino-pretty, rotating-file-stream, easymde, @codemirror/theme-one-dark, @spectrum-css/vars, @dagrejs/dagre, remixicon, yup, cli-progress, yaml, docker-compose, @ai-sdk/svelte, @azure/msal-node, ai-sdk, imapflow, pdf-parse, xml2js, js-yaml, xlsx, @apidevtools/swagger-parser, jsonschema, cron-validate, koa-session, Cheerio, ical-generator, email-validator
- Only in novu: MCP, @nestjs/core, Express, Sentry, NestJS, Vite, React, react-router-dom, Mixpanel, Svix, Next.js, Clerk, @aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner, Hono, ClickHouse, @azure/storage-blob, bullmq, Anthropic, SvelteKit, H3, Solid, passport-jwt, helmet, Passport, passport-github2, passport-oauth2, liquidjs, entities, class-validator, class-transformer, @nestjs/terminus, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, @uiw/codemirror-themes, next-themes, tailwind-merge, tailwind-variants, React Hook Form, motion, Radix UI, uiw, sonner, tiptap, cmdk, recharts, react-confetti, @lezer/highlight, react-helmet-async, react-phone-number-input, @streamdown/code, Cal.com, react-day-picker, react-resizable-panels, @assistant-ui/react-markdown, @number-flow/react, @rjsf/core, prism-react-renderer, react-colorful, react-timezone-select, use-stick-to-bottom, react-icons, Lucide, @radix-ui/react-icons, Better Auth, @assistant-ui/react, @ai-sdk/react, react-qr-code, streamdown, remark-gfm, @hookform/resolvers, json-schema, rjsf, ajv-formats, sharp, agents, @nestjs/jwt, zod-to-json-schema, nestjs-pino, nestjs-otel, @aws-sdk/client-scheduler, opentelemetry, tippy.js, lowlight, @tiptap/core, juice, node-html-parser, react-email, @react-email/components, prompts, LangChain, qrcode, hast-util-to-html, mdast-util-to-hast, Vercel, PostCSS, @floating-ui/dom, @kobalte/core, ink, ora, Base UI, jwt-decode, validate-npm-package-name, @aws-sdk/client-sesv2, emailjs, mailersend, postmark, sendgrid

## Side by side

| | budibase | novu |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 626,923 lines written, 3,130 code files | 1,214,443 lines written, 8,224 code files |
| Who writes it | 1.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Devin | 8.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Cursor, Claude Code, Devin, GitHub Copilot, and CodeRabbit |
| Activity | Last push November 7, 2026, 41,983 commits, 28,395 stars | Last push November 6, 2026, 16,756 commits, 40,294 stars |
| Tests | 902 test files. 19.5% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,282 test files. 16.3% 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 novu?

novu, with 1,214,443 lines written; budibase has 626,923.

The proof: [novuhq/novu's code at commit e0d76b7](https://github.com/novuhq/novu/tree/e0d76b70d3880437d759ca47aee34f6ab0333a78)

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

novu, with 40,294 stars; budibase has 28,395.

The proof: [novuhq/novu on GitHub](https://github.com/novuhq/novu)

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

novu, with 1,282 test files; budibase has 902.

The proof: [novuhq/novu's code at commit e0d76b7](https://github.com/novuhq/novu/tree/e0d76b70d3880437d759ca47aee34f6ab0333a78)

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

budibase: its last push was on November 7, 2026, and novu's on November 6, 2026.

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

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

novu: an AI signed 8.2% of its commits, with Cursor, Claude Code, Devin, GitHub Copilot, and CodeRabbit; in budibase, 1.5%.

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

## Sources

- Budibase/budibase: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit e29a27a (https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/tree/e29a27ac946c043fe7455af64b7f12b9031df72b)
- novuhq/novu: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit e0d76b7 (https://github.com/novuhq/novu/tree/e0d76b70d3880437d759ca47aee34f6ab0333a78)

## 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.