Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/alibaba/canal/vs/kestra-io/kestra
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/alibaba/canal/vs/kestra-io/kestra.md
Description: 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.

# 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.

- [alibaba/canal](https://seerepo.com/r/alibaba/canal): 阿里巴巴 MySQL binlog 增量订阅&消费组件 
- [kestra-io/kestra](https://seerepo.com/r/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.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: 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, nprogress
- Only in canal: org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web, clickhouse-jdbc, mssql-jdbc, mysql:mysql-connector-java, org.elasticsearch.client:elasticsearch-rest-client, org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jdbc, phoenix-core, tablestore, com.alibaba:druid, Elasticsearch, org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper, org.apache.curator:curator-recipes, org.apache.kudu:kudu-client, org.apache.pulsar:pulsar-client, org.apache.hbase:hbase-client, Kafka, Spring Boot, Spring, org.jboss.netty:netty, mybatis, mybatis-spring, org.springframework:spring-orm, log4j-core, logback-core, org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api, Prometheus, simpleclient_hotspot, Normalize.css
- Only in kestra: Micronaut, com.mysql:mysql-connector-j, lettuce-core, micronaut-cache-caffeine, org.apache.commons:commons-pool2, io.micronaut.cache:micronaut-cache-core, Redis, PostHog, io.grpc:grpc-services, io.micronaut:micronaut-management, Vite, org.jooq:jooq, langchain4j-google-ai-gemini, langchain4j-mcp, Model Context Protocol, flying-saucer-pdf, jakarta.mail, jakarta.mail-api, jsoup, de.siegmar:fastcsv, jakarta.validation:jakarta.validation-api, com.networknt:json-schema-validator, docker-java-transport-httpclient5, io.opentelemetry.proto:opentelemetry-proto, jul-to-slf4j, OpenTelemetry, monaco-editor, vue-virtual-scroller, echarts, vue-flow, monaco-yaml, rapidoc, vue-material-design-icons, yaml, ansi-to-html, pdfjs-dist, shiki, xss, mailchecker, Mermaid, vue-echarts, remark-directive, remark-frontmatter, remark-gfm, remark-parse, unified, @expressive-code/core, Zod, dagre, html-to-image, js-yaml

## Side by side

| | canal | kestra |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 100,266 lines written, 616 code files | 694,440 lines written, 3,088 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code | 2.7% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Devin |
| Activity | Last push July 30, 2026, 1,378 commits, 29,744 stars | Last push November 7, 2026, 13,489 commits, 30,169 stars |
| Tests | 144 test files. 26.5% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,981 test files. 60.8% 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 kestra?

kestra, with 694,440 lines written; canal has 100,266.

The proof: [kestra-io/kestra's code at commit aa4bc75](https://github.com/kestra-io/kestra/tree/aa4bc758a3f02ba628f8cb57d9a8a6ab08359ab3)

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

kestra, with 30,169 stars; canal has 29,744.

The proof: [kestra-io/kestra on GitHub](https://github.com/kestra-io/kestra)

### 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](https://github.com/kestra-io/kestra/tree/aa4bc758a3f02ba628f8cb57d9a8a6ab08359ab3)

### 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](https://github.com/kestra-io/kestra/commits)

### 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](https://seerepo.com/r/kestra-io/kestra/ai)

## Sources

- alibaba/canal: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit 87be50e (https://github.com/alibaba/canal/tree/87be50e87686a3e8af08c368d0e1ffd1f59eb04a)
- kestra-io/kestra: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit aa4bc75 (https://github.com/kestra-io/kestra/tree/aa4bc758a3f02ba628f8cb57d9a8a6ab08359ab3)

## 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.