Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/aaif-goose/goose/vs/xerj-org/xerj
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/aaif-goose/goose/vs/xerj-org/xerj.md
Description: goose and xerj share 11 technologies: axum, Tokio, axum-server, candle-core, candle-nn, candle-transformers, hf-hub, tokenizers, zip, tracing, and tracing-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.

# goose vs xerj

goose and xerj share 11 technologies: axum, Tokio, axum-server, candle-core, candle-nn, candle-transformers, hf-hub, tokenizers, zip, tracing, and tracing-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.

- [aaif-goose/goose](https://seerepo.com/r/aaif-goose/goose): an open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions - install, execute, edit, and test with any LLM
- [xerj-org/xerj](https://seerepo.com/r/xerj-org/xerj): AI search engine and MCP server for bots and agents. One Rust binary indexes code, docs, logs, JSONL/CSV and PDFs for BM25 full-text, vector and hybrid search, code search without grep, agent memory and RAG. Elasticsearch-compatible API; Corpus Hub serves hundreds of reference memory corpora.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: axum, Tokio, axum-server, candle-core, candle-nn, candle-transformers, hf-hub, tokenizers, zip, tracing, tracing-subscriber
- Only in goose: sqlx, lru, AIOHTTP, Vite, React, React Router, Express, Electron, MCP, console, comfy-table, indicatif, keyring, oauth2, rmcp, agent-client-protocol, aws-sdk-bedrockruntime, tiktoken-rs, minijinja, v_htmlescape, image, docx-rs, lopdf, pulldown-cmark, qrcode, symphonia, schemars, jsonschema, tracing-futures, OpenTelemetry, tracing-opentelemetry, opentelemetry-appender-tracing, opentelemetry-otlp, tracing-appender, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, react-toastify, Radix UI, TanStack, Framer, react-select, react-syntax-highlighter, Lucide, @agentclientprotocol/sdk, katex, react-markdown, rehype-katex, remark-breaks, remark-gfm, remark-math, turndown, Zod, electron-log, electron-squirrel-startup
- Only in xerj: tower, axum-extra, aws-sdk-s3, rusqlite, SQLite, webauthn-rs, hmac, argon2, ort, quick-xml, cfb, calamine, csv, mail-parser, prometheus

## Side by side

| | goose | xerj |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 423,989 lines written, 946 code files | 896,832 lines written, 725 code files |
| Who writes it | 4.9% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Amp, Codex, and Warp | 21% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 5,919 commits, 56,251 stars | Last push November 6, 2026, 2,945 commits, 19,074 stars |
| Tests | 233 test files. 21.7% of its code files have a test that imports them | 358 test files. 9.7% 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, goose or xerj?

xerj, with 896,832 lines written; goose has 423,989.

The proof: [xerj-org/xerj's code at commit 87bf7ac](https://github.com/xerj-org/xerj/tree/87bf7acf92bbeb6c25fa2ad74d082219c094e18d)

### Which has more GitHub stars, goose or xerj?

goose, with 56,251 stars; xerj has 19,074.

The proof: [aaif-goose/goose on GitHub](https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose)

### Which has more tests, goose or xerj?

xerj, with 358 test files; goose has 233.

The proof: [xerj-org/xerj's code at commit 87bf7ac](https://github.com/xerj-org/xerj/tree/87bf7acf92bbeb6c25fa2ad74d082219c094e18d)

### Which was updated more recently, goose or xerj?

xerj: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and goose's on November 4, 2026.

The proof: [xerj-org/xerj's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/xerj-org/xerj/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, goose or xerj?

xerj: an AI signed 21% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex; in goose, 4.9%.

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

## Sources

- aaif-goose/goose: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit bfe8ccd (https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose/tree/bfe8ccd23de1d2c47a4cb2970d522f093ae7f2ba)
- xerj-org/xerj: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 87bf7ac (https://github.com/xerj-org/xerj/tree/87bf7acf92bbeb6c25fa2ad74d082219c094e18d)

## 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.