Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/Crosstalk-Solutions/project-nomad/vs/volcengine/OpenViking
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/Crosstalk-Solutions/project-nomad/vs/volcengine/OpenViking.md
Description: project-nomad and OpenViking share 8 technologies: Vite, React, Redis, Tailwind CSS, @codemirror/theme-one-dark, CodeMirror, react-markdown, and remark-gfm. project-nomad is written in TypeScript and OpenViking in Python.

# project-nomad vs OpenViking

project-nomad and OpenViking share 8 technologies: Vite, React, Redis, Tailwind CSS, @codemirror/theme-one-dark, CodeMirror, react-markdown, and remark-gfm. project-nomad is written in TypeScript and OpenViking in Python.

- [Crosstalk-Solutions/project-nomad](https://seerepo.com/r/Crosstalk-Solutions/project-nomad): Project NOMAD is an offline-first knowledge and education server. Wikipedia, thousands of books, courses, maps, and optional local AI, all running on hardware you own with no internet required.
- [volcengine/OpenViking](https://seerepo.com/r/volcengine/OpenViking): Self-evolving Context Database for AI Agents. Unify Agent Memory, Knowledge RAG and Skills.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Vite, React, Redis, Tailwind CSS, @codemirror/theme-one-dark, CodeMirror, react-markdown, remark-gfm
- Only in project-nomad: bullmq, Qdrant, Headless UI, react-map-gl, uppy, MapLibre, @tabler/icons-react, ollama, tesseract.js, Cheerio, fast-xml-parser, @markdoc/markdoc, sharp, mammoth, pdf-parse, @vinejs/vine, dockerode
- Only in OpenViking: FastAPI, AIOHTTP, aws-sdk-s3, fred, rusqlite, sqlx, sqlx-sqlite, SQLite, lru, MySQL, OpenAI, Tokio, uvicorn, TanStack, crossterm, Ratatui, indicatif, argon2-cffi, cryptography, hkdf, agent-framework-core, LangChain, MCP, litellm, firecrawl-anydoc, pdfplumber, jinja2, zip, cairosvg, defusedxml, feedparser, image, Pydantic, jsonschema, opentelemetry-api, volcengine-python-sdk, tracing, OpenTelemetry, opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc, opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http, loguru, opentelemetry_sdk, prometheus-client, tracing-appender, tracing-subscriber, qrcode-terminal, pino, class-variance-authority, next-themes, tailwind-merge, sonner, Base UI, @dagrejs/dagre, @rjsf/core, @streamdown/code, postprocessing, react-dropzone, recharts, three, xyflow, Lucide, yaml, streamdown, file-type, highlight.js, qrcode.react, rehype-raw, rehype-sanitize, remark-breaks, rjsf

## Side by side

| | project-nomad | OpenViking |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 85,714 lines written, 422 code files | 1,152,111 lines written, 2,091 code files |
| Who writes it | 26.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot | 8.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 5, 2026, 850 commits, 42,350 stars | Last push November 6, 2026, 3,138 commits, 41,668 stars |
| Tests | 69 test files. 14.9% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,410 test files. 56.1% 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, project-nomad or OpenViking?

OpenViking, with 1,152,111 lines written; project-nomad has 85,714.

The proof: [volcengine/OpenViking's code at commit a5f08d1](https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/tree/a5f08d14eb9305803402e6ab71b88a66bf897187)

### Which has more GitHub stars, project-nomad or OpenViking?

project-nomad, with 42,350 stars; OpenViking has 41,668.

The proof: [Crosstalk-Solutions/project-nomad on GitHub](https://github.com/Crosstalk-Solutions/project-nomad)

### Which has more tests, project-nomad or OpenViking?

OpenViking, with 1,410 test files; project-nomad has 69.

The proof: [volcengine/OpenViking's code at commit a5f08d1](https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/tree/a5f08d14eb9305803402e6ab71b88a66bf897187)

### Which was updated more recently, project-nomad or OpenViking?

OpenViking: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and project-nomad's on November 5, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, project-nomad or OpenViking?

project-nomad: an AI signed 26.5% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot; in OpenViking, 8.2%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in Crosstalk-Solutions/project-nomad](https://seerepo.com/r/Crosstalk-Solutions/project-nomad/ai)

## Sources

- Crosstalk-Solutions/project-nomad: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 54ee30a (https://github.com/Crosstalk-Solutions/project-nomad/tree/54ee30a44902e5c252b477f8685c26ec3064ab72)
- volcengine/OpenViking: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit a5f08d1 (https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/tree/a5f08d14eb9305803402e6ab71b88a66bf897187)

## 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.