Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/alibaba/ARouter/vs/bumptech/glide
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/alibaba/ARouter/vs/bumptech/glide.md
Description: ARouter and glide share 3 technologies: androidx.core:core, androidx.appcompat:appcompat, and androidx.fragment:fragment. Both are written in Java.

# ARouter vs glide

ARouter and glide share 3 technologies: androidx.core:core, androidx.appcompat:appcompat, and androidx.fragment:fragment. Both are written in Java.

- [alibaba/ARouter](https://seerepo.com/r/alibaba/ARouter): 💪 A framework for assisting in the renovation of Android componentization (帮助 Android App 进行组件化改造的路由框架)
- [bumptech/glide](https://seerepo.com/r/bumptech/glide): An image loading and caching library for Android focused on smooth scrolling

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: androidx.core:core, androidx.appcompat:appcompat, androidx.fragment:fragment
- Only in ARouter: JetBrains, constraintlayout
- Only in glide: Jetpack Compose, com.google.dagger:dagger, core-ktx, dagger-android, fragment-ktx, lifecycle-runtime-compose, org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7, cardview, androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview, com.google.accompanist:accompanist-drawablepainter, androidx.exifinterface:exifinterface

## Side by side

| | ARouter | glide |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 16,340 lines written, 117 code files | 100,239 lines written, 434 code files |
| Who writes it | 1.8% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex | 0% of its commits signed by AI |
| Activity | Last push November 1, 2026, 282 commits, 14,452 stars | Last push November 7, 2026, 2,951 commits, 35,009 stars |
| Tests | 25 test files. 39.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 245 test files. 53.9% 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, ARouter or glide?

glide, with 100,239 lines written; ARouter has 16,340.

The proof: [bumptech/glide's code at commit e03179f](https://github.com/bumptech/glide/tree/e03179f8456d4f7d77fff93e5d36669262816f98)

### Which has more GitHub stars, ARouter or glide?

glide, with 35,009 stars; ARouter has 14,452.

The proof: [bumptech/glide on GitHub](https://github.com/bumptech/glide)

### Which has more tests, ARouter or glide?

glide, with 245 test files; ARouter has 25.

The proof: [bumptech/glide's code at commit e03179f](https://github.com/bumptech/glide/tree/e03179f8456d4f7d77fff93e5d36669262816f98)

### Which was updated more recently, ARouter or glide?

glide: its last push was on November 7, 2026, and ARouter's on November 1, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, ARouter or glide?

ARouter: an AI signed 1.8% of its commits, with Codex.

## Sources

- alibaba/ARouter: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit 08b926a (https://github.com/alibaba/ARouter/tree/08b926a5cd603721afbef95efd30884ba25b5a65)
- bumptech/glide: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit e03179f (https://github.com/bumptech/glide/tree/e03179f8456d4f7d77fff93e5d36669262816f98)

## 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.