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canal vs spring-cloud-alibaba

canal and spring-cloud-alibaba share 6 technologies: com.alibaba:druid, Apache, Spring Boot, Spring, log4j-core, and org.slf4j:slf4j-api. Both are written in Java.

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alibaba

canal

阿里巴巴 MySQL binlog 增量订阅&消费组件

Java29.7kRead on November 8, 2026, at commit 87be50eWhat is canal built with?

Only in canal

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alibaba

spring-cloud-alibaba

Spring Cloud Alibaba provides a one-stop solution for application development for the distributed solutions of Alibaba middleware.

Java29.2kRead on November 8, 2026, at commit 858aa8dWhat is spring-cloud-alibaba built with?

Only in spring-cloud-alibaba

  • druid-spring-boot-4-starter
  • org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-jdbc
  • com.alibaba.nacos:nacos-client
  • org.apache.rocketmq:rocketmq-acl
  • com.alibaba.csp:sentinel-datasource-zookeeper
  • spring-cloud-alibaba-dependencies
  • spring-cloud-alibaba-sentinel-gateway
  • spring-cloud-config-server
  • spring-cloud-dependencies
  • spring-cloud-starter-alibaba-nacos-discovery
  • spring-cloud-starter-alibaba-sentinel
  • spring-cloud-starter-gateway-server-webflux
  • mybatis-spring-boot-starter
  • Hibernate
  • org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl
  • org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator
  • sentinel-spring-webflux-adapter
  • sentinel-transport-simple-http
  • sentinel-web-servlet
  • spring-cloud-starter-alibaba-nacos-config
  • spring-cloud-starter-consul-discovery
  • com.alibaba.csp:sentinel-api-gateway-adapter-common

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
canal100,266 lines written616 code files
spring-cloud-alibaba47,941 lines written455 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
canal0.2% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code
spring-cloud-alibaba0% of its commits signed by AI
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
canalLast push July 30, 20261,378 commits29,744 stars
spring-cloud-alibabaLast push November 3, 20261,898 commits29,158 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
canal144 test files26.5% of its code files have a test that imports them
spring-cloud-alibaba87 test files24% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, canal or spring-cloud-alibaba?
canal, with 100,266 lines written; spring-cloud-alibaba has 47,941.

The proof: alibaba/canal's code at commit 87be50e

Which has more GitHub stars, canal or spring-cloud-alibaba?
canal, with 29,744 stars; spring-cloud-alibaba has 29,158.

The proof: alibaba/canal on GitHub

Which has more tests, canal or spring-cloud-alibaba?
canal, with 144 test files; spring-cloud-alibaba has 87.

The proof: alibaba/canal's code at commit 87be50e

Which was updated more recently, canal or spring-cloud-alibaba?
spring-cloud-alibaba: its last push was on November 3, 2026, and canal's on July 30, 2026.

The proof: alibaba/spring-cloud-alibaba's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, canal or spring-cloud-alibaba?
canal: an AI signed 0.2% of its commits, with Claude Code.

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