shardingsphere vs ragflow

shardingsphere and ragflow share 4 technologies: Postgres, MySQL, Redis, and OpenTelemetry. shardingsphere is written in Java and ragflow in Go.

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What they share and what sets them apart

apache

shardingsphere

Empowering Data Intelligence with Distributed SQL for Sharding, Scalability, and Security Across All Databases.

Java20.8kRead on November 5, 2026, at commit a6dfa0cWhat is shardingsphere built with?

Only in shardingsphere

  • ClickHouse
  • com.mysql:mysql-connector-j
  • curator-recipes
  • H2 Database
  • jakarta.jms-api
  • jedis
  • MariaDB
  • mssql-jdbc
  • org.apache.commons:commons-pool2
  • PostgreSQL
  • com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine
  • etcd
  • org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper
  • com.zaxxer:HikariCP
  • JetBrains
  • polyglot
  • tomcat-embed-core
  • jakarta.persistence-api
  • org.apache.commons:commons-csv
  • org.freemarker:freemarker
  • jakarta.validation-api
  • commons-logging
  • io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-exporter-otlp
  • jul-to-slf4j
  • Prometheus
  • ch.qos.logback:logback-classic
  • org.slf4j:slf4j-api
  • io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk

In common

infiniflow

ragflow

RAGFlow is an agent-native database: a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) engine that grew into context infrastructure.

Go93.5kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit 8cab68aWhat is ragflow built with?

Only in ragflow

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
shardingsphere841,860 lines written5,280 code files
ragflow1,294,372 lines written2,843 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.
shardingsphere0.1% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code and GitHub Copilot
ragflow2.1% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, Kilo Code, Codex, OpenHands, Gemini CLI, and Factory
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
shardingsphereLast push November 5, 202647,227 commits20,817 stars
ragflowLast push November 4, 202610,792 commits93,494 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
shardingsphere4,621 test files75.3% of its code files have a test that imports them
ragflow1,962 test files50.8% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, shardingsphere or ragflow?
ragflow, with 1,294,372 lines written; shardingsphere has 841,860.

The proof: infiniflow/ragflow's code at commit 8cab68a

Which has more GitHub stars, shardingsphere or ragflow?
ragflow, with 93,494 stars; shardingsphere has 20,817.

The proof: infiniflow/ragflow on GitHub

Which has more tests, shardingsphere or ragflow?
shardingsphere, with 4,621 test files; ragflow has 1,962.

The proof: apache/shardingsphere's code at commit a6dfa0c

Which was updated more recently, shardingsphere or ragflow?
shardingsphere: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and ragflow's on November 4, 2026.

The proof: apache/shardingsphere's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, shardingsphere or ragflow?
ragflow: an AI signed 2.1% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, Kilo Code, Codex, OpenHands, Gemini CLI, and Factory; in shardingsphere, 0.1%.

The proof: the commits each tool signed in infiniflow/ragflow

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