Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/alibaba/druid/vs/apolloconfig/apollo
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/alibaba/druid/vs/apolloconfig/apollo.md
Description: druid and apollo share 11 technologies: com.mysql:mysql-connector-j, H2 Database, PostgreSQL, Postgres, MySQL, spring-cloud-dependencies, spring-cloud-starter-alibaba-nacos-discovery, Spring, org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa, org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation, and org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator. Both are written in Java.

# druid vs apollo

druid and apollo share 11 technologies: com.mysql:mysql-connector-j, H2 Database, PostgreSQL, Postgres, MySQL, spring-cloud-dependencies, spring-cloud-starter-alibaba-nacos-discovery, Spring, org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa, org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation, and org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator. Both are written in Java.

- [alibaba/druid](https://seerepo.com/r/alibaba/druid): 阿里云计算平台DataWorks(https://help.aliyun.com/document_detail/137663.html) 团队出品，为监控而生的数据库连接池
- [apolloconfig/apollo](https://seerepo.com/r/apolloconfig/apollo): Apollo is a reliable configuration management system suitable for microservice configuration management scenarios.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: com.mysql:mysql-connector-j, H2 Database, PostgreSQL, Postgres, MySQL, spring-cloud-dependencies, spring-cloud-starter-alibaba-nacos-discovery, Spring, org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa, org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation, org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator
- Only in druid: cache-api, curator-recipes, DmJdbcDriver18, druid, druid-spring-boot-starter, ehcache, kylin-jdbc, MariaDB, org.apache.derby:derby, org.springframework:spring-jdbc, simple-jndi, spring-boot-starter-cache, tomcat-jdbc, Trino, org.apache.commons:commons-dbcp2, net.sourceforge.jtds:jtds, com.oceanbase:oceanbase-client, ru.yandex.clickhouse:clickhouse-jdbc, dubbo, org.springframework:spring-beans, spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf, javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api, jakarta.servlet:jakarta.servlet-api, mybatis, mybatis-spring, org.springframework:spring-orm, Hibernate, commons-logging, log4j-core, slf4j-log4j12, spring-cloud-starter-consul-discovery, spring-cloud-starter-netflix-eureka-client, org.slf4j:slf4j-api, Apache, io.kubernetes:client-java, log4j:log4j
- Only in apollo: org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jdbc, guice, spring-boot-jackson2, spring-cloud-alibaba-dependencies, spring-cloud-starter-netflix-eureka-server, org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server, org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons, org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-security, spring-boot-starter-oauth2-resource-server, org.springframework.security:spring-security-core, freemarker, com.sun.mail:jakarta.mail, logback-classic, micrometer-registry-prometheus, io.micrometer:micrometer-core

## Side by side

| | druid | apollo |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 598,346 lines written, 1,732 code files | 104,090 lines written, 521 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.6% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and Qwen Code | 0.4% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, and CodeRabbit |
| Activity | Last push August 1, 2026, 6,240 commits, 28,149 stars | Last push November 7, 2026, 2,252 commits, 29,815 stars |
| Tests | 3,613 test files. 34.1% of its code files have a test that imports them | 251 test files. 71.8% 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, druid or apollo?

druid, with 598,346 lines written; apollo has 104,090.

The proof: [alibaba/druid's code at commit fa8dc99](https://github.com/alibaba/druid/tree/fa8dc9912637a2f729eef9f55356621fec18d40e)

### Which has more GitHub stars, druid or apollo?

apollo, with 29,815 stars; druid has 28,149.

The proof: [apolloconfig/apollo on GitHub](https://github.com/apolloconfig/apollo)

### Which has more tests, druid or apollo?

druid, with 3,613 test files; apollo has 251.

The proof: [alibaba/druid's code at commit fa8dc99](https://github.com/alibaba/druid/tree/fa8dc9912637a2f729eef9f55356621fec18d40e)

### Which was updated more recently, druid or apollo?

apollo: its last push was on November 7, 2026, and druid's on August 1, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, druid or apollo?

druid: an AI signed 0.6% of its commits, with Claude Code and Qwen Code; in apollo, 0.4%.

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

## Sources

- alibaba/druid: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit fa8dc99 (https://github.com/alibaba/druid/tree/fa8dc9912637a2f729eef9f55356621fec18d40e)
- apolloconfig/apollo: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit 5b663c5 (https://github.com/apolloconfig/apollo/tree/5b663c5f8f0af20b532da26bd6b6eb85b11ff780)

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