Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/GoogleCloudPlatform/microservices-demo/vs/malwaredllc/byob
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/GoogleCloudPlatform/microservices-demo/vs/malwaredllc/byob.md
Description: microservices-demo and byob share 4 technologies: Flask, werkzeug, SQLAlchemy, and flask-login. microservices-demo is written in Go and byob in Python.

# microservices-demo vs byob

microservices-demo and byob share 4 technologies: Flask, werkzeug, SQLAlchemy, and flask-login. microservices-demo is written in Go and byob in Python.

- [GoogleCloudPlatform/microservices-demo](https://seerepo.com/r/GoogleCloudPlatform/microservices-demo): Sample cloud-first application with 10 microservices showcasing Kubernetes, Istio, and gRPC.
- [malwaredllc/byob](https://seerepo.com/r/malwaredllc/byob): An open-source post-exploitation framework for students, researchers and developers.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Flask, werkzeug, SQLAlchemy, flask-login
- Only in microservices-demo: ASP.NET Core, Gorilla, asyncpg, google-cloud-core, Npgsql, pgvector, pgx, psycopg, psycopg-binary, psycopg-pool, pyzmq, Postgres, Redis, Google, anyio, flask-cors, Grpc.AspNetCore, cryptography, itsdangerous, LangGraph, langgraph-sdk, langsmith, LangChain, langchain-google-genai, filetype, markupsafe, pillow, jinja2, annotated-types, Pydantic, github.com/go-playground/validator/v10, opentelemetry-distro, opentelemetry-instrumentation, opentelemetry-semantic-conventions, psutil, python-json-logger, github.com/sirupsen/logrus, go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, OpenTelemetry, opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc, opentelemetry-sdk, cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata, go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp, pino
- Only in byob: flask-sqlalchemy, flask-session, opencv-python, flask-mail, flask-wtf, wtforms, prismjs

## Side by side

| | microservices-demo | byob |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 9,171 lines written, 55 code files | 357,232 lines written, 516 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI | 0% of its commits signed by AI |
| Activity | Last push October 27, 2026, 2,678 commits, 21,142 stars | Last push October 18, 2026, 625 commits, 9,520 stars |
| Tests | 6 test files. 14.5% of its code files have a test that imports them | 28 test files. 2.1% 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, microservices-demo or byob?

byob, with 357,232 lines written; microservices-demo has 9,171.

The proof: [malwaredllc/byob's code at commit b494690](https://github.com/malwaredllc/byob/tree/b4946908b8a3691f75a7e15ffe6883ef509afc91)

### Which has more GitHub stars, microservices-demo or byob?

microservices-demo, with 21,142 stars; byob has 9,520.

The proof: [GoogleCloudPlatform/microservices-demo on GitHub](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/microservices-demo)

### Which has more tests, microservices-demo or byob?

byob, with 28 test files; microservices-demo has 6.

The proof: [malwaredllc/byob's code at commit b494690](https://github.com/malwaredllc/byob/tree/b4946908b8a3691f75a7e15ffe6883ef509afc91)

### Which was updated more recently, microservices-demo or byob?

microservices-demo: its last push was on October 27, 2026, and byob's on October 18, 2026.

The proof: [GoogleCloudPlatform/microservices-demo's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/microservices-demo/commits)

## Sources

- GoogleCloudPlatform/microservices-demo: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit c7cb6d5 (https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/microservices-demo/tree/c7cb6d5bfd6ea3aed768634ebbcb98cb7a523712)
- malwaredllc/byob: Read on November 15, 2026, at commit b494690 (https://github.com/malwaredllc/byob/tree/b4946908b8a3691f75a7e15ffe6883ef509afc91)

## 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.