canal vs kestra

canal and kestra share 15 technologies: H2 Database, kafka-clients, PostgreSQL, MySQL, RabbitMQ, Apache, Postgres, com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine, Vue, vue-router, jcl-over-slf4j, org.slf4j:slf4j-api, ch.qos.logback:logback-classic, Element, and nprogress. Both are written in Java.

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What they share and what sets them apart

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

In common

kestra-io

kestra

Orchestrate everything, everywhere. The open-source control plane for workflows across data, infrastructure, business processes and AI agents. Declarative YAML, event-driven, any language, Git-versioned, scalable to millions of executions.

Java30.2kRead on November 7, 2026, at commit aa4bc75What is kestra built with?

Only in kestra

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
canal100,266 lines written616 code files
kestra694,440 lines written3,088 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
kestra2.7% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Devin
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
canalLast push July 30, 20261,378 commits29,744 stars
kestraLast push November 7, 202613,489 commits30,169 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
kestra1,981 test files60.8% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, canal or kestra?
kestra, with 694,440 lines written; canal has 100,266.

The proof: kestra-io/kestra's code at commit aa4bc75

Which has more GitHub stars, canal or kestra?
kestra, with 30,169 stars; canal has 29,744.

The proof: kestra-io/kestra on GitHub

Which has more tests, canal or kestra?
kestra, with 1,981 test files; canal has 144.

The proof: kestra-io/kestra's code at commit aa4bc75

Which was updated more recently, canal or kestra?
kestra: its last push was on November 7, 2026, and canal's on July 30, 2026.

The proof: kestra-io/kestra's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, canal or kestra?
kestra: an AI signed 2.7% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Devin; in canal, 0.2%.

The proof: the commits each tool signed in kestra-io/kestra

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