Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/alibaba/canal/vs/chinabugotech/hutool
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/alibaba/canal/vs/chinabugotech/hutool.md
Description: canal and hutool share 10 technologies: H2 Database, mssql-jdbc, PostgreSQL, com.alibaba:druid, MySQL, Apache, Postgres, Spring, log4j-core, and org.slf4j:slf4j-api. Both are written in Java.

# canal vs hutool

canal and hutool share 10 technologies: H2 Database, mssql-jdbc, PostgreSQL, com.alibaba:druid, MySQL, Apache, Postgres, Spring, log4j-core, and org.slf4j:slf4j-api. Both are written in Java.

- [alibaba/canal](https://seerepo.com/r/alibaba/canal): 阿里巴巴 MySQL binlog 增量订阅&消费组件 
- [chinabugotech/hutool](https://seerepo.com/r/chinabugotech/hutool): 🍬A set of tools that keep Java sweet.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: H2 Database, mssql-jdbc, PostgreSQL, com.alibaba:druid, MySQL, Apache, Postgres, Spring, log4j-core, org.slf4j:slf4j-api
- Only in canal: org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web, clickhouse-jdbc, kafka-clients, mysql:mysql-connector-java, org.elasticsearch.client:elasticsearch-rest-client, org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jdbc, phoenix-core, tablestore, Elasticsearch, org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper, RabbitMQ, org.apache.curator:curator-recipes, org.apache.kudu:kudu-client, org.apache.pulsar:pulsar-client, org.apache.hbase:hbase-client, com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine, Kafka, Spring Boot, org.jboss.netty:netty, Vue, vue-router, mybatis, mybatis-spring, org.springframework:spring-orm, jcl-over-slf4j, logback-core, org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api, Prometheus, simpleclient_hotspot, ch.qos.logback:logback-classic, Normalize.css, Element, nprogress
- Only in hutool: ClickHouse, com.mysql:mysql-connector-j, DmJdbcDriver18, hsqldb, hutool-cache, jedis, ngdbc, ojdbc8, org.mongodb:mongodb-driver-sync, sqlite-jdbc, Redis, com.zaxxer:HikariCP, MongoDB, org.apache.commons:commons-dbcp2, SQLite, org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter, jakarta.servlet:jakarta.servlet-api, javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api, hutool-jwt, jjwt-impl, org.apache.poi:poi-ooxml, jakarta.mail:jakarta.mail-api, com.google.zxing:core, org.apache.velocity:velocity-engine-core, org.freemarker:freemarker, Thymeleaf, Hibernate, jakarta.validation:jakarta.validation-api, commons-logging, logback-classic, slf4j-simple, log4j:log4j, org.jboss.logging:jboss-logging

## Side by side

| | canal | hutool |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 100,266 lines written, 616 code files | 305,773 lines written, 1,557 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code | 0% of its commits signed by AI |
| Activity | Last push July 30, 2026, 1,378 commits, 29,744 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 5,118 commits, 30,226 stars |
| Tests | 144 test files. 26.5% of its code files have a test that imports them | 717 test files. 41.6% 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, canal or hutool?

hutool, with 305,773 lines written; canal has 100,266.

The proof: [chinabugotech/hutool's code at commit 87ec118](https://github.com/chinabugotech/hutool/tree/87ec11862baae72914df703e25939eb44a8a843c)

### Which has more GitHub stars, canal or hutool?

hutool, with 30,226 stars; canal has 29,744.

The proof: [chinabugotech/hutool on GitHub](https://github.com/chinabugotech/hutool)

### Which has more tests, canal or hutool?

hutool, with 717 test files; canal has 144.

The proof: [chinabugotech/hutool's code at commit 87ec118](https://github.com/chinabugotech/hutool/tree/87ec11862baae72914df703e25939eb44a8a843c)

### Which was updated more recently, canal or hutool?

hutool: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and canal's on July 30, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, canal or hutool?

canal: an AI signed 0.2% of its commits, with Claude Code.

## Sources

- alibaba/canal: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit 87be50e (https://github.com/alibaba/canal/tree/87be50e87686a3e8af08c368d0e1ffd1f59eb04a)
- chinabugotech/hutool: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit 87ec118 (https://github.com/chinabugotech/hutool/tree/87ec11862baae72914df703e25939eb44a8a843c)

## 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.