Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/alibaba/open-code-review/vs/zeromicro/go-zero
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/alibaba/open-code-review/vs/zeromicro/go-zero.md
Description: open-code-review and go-zero share 7 technologies: MCP, Model Context Protocol, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc, and go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp. Both are written in Go.

# open-code-review vs go-zero

open-code-review and go-zero share 7 technologies: MCP, Model Context Protocol, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc, and go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp. Both are written in Go.

- [alibaba/open-code-review](https://seerepo.com/r/alibaba/open-code-review): Secure, fast, efficient, battle-tested at Alibaba's scale. Hybrid architecture code review tool: deterministic pipelines + LLM Agent, precise line-level comments, built-in multi-language ruleset (NPE, thread-safety, XSS, SQL injection), OpenAI & Anthropic compatible.
- [zeromicro/go-zero](https://seerepo.com/r/zeromicro/go-zero): A cloud-native Go microservices framework with cli tool for productivity.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: MCP, Model Context Protocol, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp
- Only in open-code-review: net/http, OpenAI, Anthropic, Preact, React, react-router-dom, charm.land/lipgloss/v2, charm.land/bubbletea/v2, charm.land/bubbles/v2, openai-go, Coder, github.com/pkoukk/tiktoken-go, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric, Tailwind CSS, Mermaid, three, dompurify, marked, @opencode-ai/plugin
- Only in go-zero: go-redis, MySQL, pgx, etcd, go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4, Prometheus, github.com/grafana/pyroscope-go, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/zipkin

## Side by side

| | open-code-review | go-zero |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 184,408 lines written, 317 code files | 152,572 lines written, 352 code files |
| Who writes it | 2.3% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Warp | 1.1% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 5, 2026, 829 commits, 49,499 stars | Last push November 6, 2026, 3,101 commits, 33,421 stars |
| Tests | 381 test files. 69.4% of its code files have a test that imports them | 399 test files. 94.6% 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, open-code-review or go-zero?

open-code-review, with 184,408 lines written; go-zero has 152,572.

The proof: [alibaba/open-code-review's code at commit 891df1b](https://github.com/alibaba/open-code-review/tree/891df1b63f380845d882a289a67a6e36c331120c)

### Which has more GitHub stars, open-code-review or go-zero?

open-code-review, with 49,499 stars; go-zero has 33,421.

The proof: [alibaba/open-code-review on GitHub](https://github.com/alibaba/open-code-review)

### Which has more tests, open-code-review or go-zero?

go-zero, with 399 test files; open-code-review has 381.

The proof: [zeromicro/go-zero's code at commit 4363735](https://github.com/zeromicro/go-zero/tree/43637355a69d11d2cb9241eabc71e85733faff0b)

### Which was updated more recently, open-code-review or go-zero?

go-zero: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and open-code-review's on November 5, 2026.

The proof: [zeromicro/go-zero's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/zeromicro/go-zero/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, open-code-review or go-zero?

open-code-review: an AI signed 2.3% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Warp; in go-zero, 1.1%.

## Sources

- alibaba/open-code-review: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 891df1b (https://github.com/alibaba/open-code-review/tree/891df1b63f380845d882a289a67a6e36c331120c)
- zeromicro/go-zero: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit 4363735 (https://github.com/zeromicro/go-zero/tree/43637355a69d11d2cb9241eabc71e85733faff0b)

## 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.