Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/alibaba/canal/vs/conductor-oss/conductor
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/alibaba/canal/vs/conductor-oss/conductor.md
Description: canal and conductor share 15 technologies: org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web, kafka-clients, mysql:mysql-connector-java, org.elasticsearch.client:elasticsearch-rest-client, org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jdbc, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, MySQL, RabbitMQ, Postgres, com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine, Kafka, Spring, org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api, and org.slf4j:slf4j-api. Both are written in Java.

# canal vs conductor

canal and conductor share 15 technologies: org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web, kafka-clients, mysql:mysql-connector-java, org.elasticsearch.client:elasticsearch-rest-client, org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jdbc, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, MySQL, RabbitMQ, Postgres, com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine, Kafka, Spring, org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api, 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 
- [conductor-oss/conductor](https://seerepo.com/r/conductor-oss/conductor): Conductor is an event driven agentic workflow engine providing durable and highly resilient execution engine for applications and AI Agents

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web, kafka-clients, mysql:mysql-connector-java, org.elasticsearch.client:elasticsearch-rest-client, org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jdbc, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, MySQL, RabbitMQ, Postgres, com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine, Kafka, Spring, org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api, org.slf4j:slf4j-api
- Only in canal: clickhouse-jdbc, H2 Database, mssql-jdbc, phoenix-core, tablestore, com.alibaba:druid, org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper, Apache, org.apache.curator:curator-recipes, org.apache.kudu:kudu-client, org.apache.pulsar:pulsar-client, org.apache.hbase:hbase-client, Spring Boot, org.jboss.netty:netty, Vue, vue-router, mybatis, mybatis-spring, org.springframework:spring-orm, jcl-over-slf4j, log4j-core, logback-core, Prometheus, simpleclient_hotspot, ch.qos.logback:logback-classic, Normalize.css, Element, nprogress
- Only in conductor: aws-java-sdk-sqs, jedis, org.mongodb:mongodb-driver-sync, redisson, s3, sqlite-jdbc, Redis, DataStax, Flyway, org.apache.commons:commons-pool2, com.azure:azure-storage-blob, com.zaxxer:HikariCP, org.springframework.data:spring-data-redis, SQLite, MongoDB, AWS S3, Google, Google Cloud Storage, grpc-services, tomcat-embed-core, truffle-runtime, org.graalvm.polyglot:polyglot, React, React Router, Vite, react-router-dom, mkdocs-material, sts, com.google.auth:google-auth-library-oauth2-http, org.springframework.security:spring-security-core, spring-ai-client-chat, jsoup, tika-core, org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox, com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-all, com.github.jknack:handlebars, com.networknt:json-schema-validator, log4j-slf4j-impl, logback-classic, micrometer-registry-prometheus, org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-jul, org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator, spring-boot-starter-log4j2, io.micrometer:micrometer-core, io.micrometer:micrometer-registry-otlp, org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core, @mui/system, classnames, MUI, reaflow, monaco-editor, React Hook Form, react-hotkeys-hook, jsonforms, @dnd-kit/core, react-data-table-component, recharts, @use-gesture/react, react-highlight, react-datepicker, react-number-format, react-player, TanStack, @phosphor-icons/react, @mui/icons-material, react-markdown, remark-gfm, prismjs, dom-to-image, highlight.js, @hookform/resolvers, yup, Ajv, ajv-errors, ajv-formats, cron-validate, @material-ui/styles, material-ui, @monaco-editor/react, Formik, D3, react-resize-detector, @material-ui/icons, prop-types

## Side by side

| | canal | conductor |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 100,266 lines written, 616 code files | 569,400 lines written, 2,324 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code | 2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push July 30, 2026, 1,378 commits, 29,744 stars | Last push November 6, 2026, 4,763 commits, 32,443 stars |
| Tests | 144 test files. 26.5% of its code files have a test that imports them | 710 test files. 34.5% 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 conductor?

conductor, with 569,400 lines written; canal has 100,266.

The proof: [conductor-oss/conductor's code at commit b65a5c9](https://github.com/conductor-oss/conductor/tree/b65a5c9f1c5b125ea19034cc420a35b997214c8f)

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

conductor, with 32,443 stars; canal has 29,744.

The proof: [conductor-oss/conductor on GitHub](https://github.com/conductor-oss/conductor)

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

conductor, with 710 test files; canal has 144.

The proof: [conductor-oss/conductor's code at commit b65a5c9](https://github.com/conductor-oss/conductor/tree/b65a5c9f1c5b125ea19034cc420a35b997214c8f)

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

conductor: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and canal's on July 30, 2026.

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

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

conductor: an AI signed 2% of its commits, with Claude Code and Cursor; in canal, 0.2%.

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

## Sources

- alibaba/canal: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit 87be50e (https://github.com/alibaba/canal/tree/87be50e87686a3e8af08c368d0e1ffd1f59eb04a)
- conductor-oss/conductor: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit b65a5c9 (https://github.com/conductor-oss/conductor/tree/b65a5c9f1c5b125ea19034cc420a35b997214c8f)

## 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.