atuin vs jj
atuin and jj share 7 technologies: Tokio, Ratatui, crossterm, ansi-to-tui, rpassword, tracing, and tracing-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.
What they share and what sets them apart
atuinsh
atuin
✨ Making your shell magical
Rust32.2kRead on November 7, 2026, at commit 28fcb3dWhat is atuin built with?Only in atuin
- axum
rusqlite
- sqlx-mysql
- sqlx-postgres
- sqlx-sqlite
- sqlx
- SQLite
libsqlite3-sys
- MySQL
- Postgres
- tower
objc2-foundation
- ratatui-core
- indicatif
- sql-builder
- argon2
- rmcp
- pulldown-cmark
minijinja
- plist
- yaml-rust2
- schemars
- metrics
- listenfd
- metrics-exporter-prometheus
- OpenTelemetry
opentelemetry-otlp
tracing-appender
tracing-futures
- tracing-opentelemetry
In common
jj-vcs
jj
A Git-compatible VCS that is both simple and powerful
Rust32.4kRead on November 7, 2026, at commit 7fdb0d1What is jj built with?Only in jj
- clru
sapling-renderdag
- tracing-chrome
Side by side
atuinjj
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
atuin240,516 lines written561 code files
jj284,964 lines written313 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.
atuin1.2% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code
jj0.1% of its commits signed by AIWith Gemini CLI and Claude Code
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
atuinLast push November 7, 20262,555 commits32,230 stars
jjLast push November 7, 202612,142 commits32,392 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
atuin64 test files15.3% of its code files have a test that imports them
jj128 test files
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, atuin or jj?
jj, with 284,964 lines written; atuin has 240,516.
The proof: jj-vcs/jj's code at commit 7fdb0d1
Which has more GitHub stars, atuin or jj?
jj, with 32,392 stars; atuin has 32,230.
The proof: jj-vcs/jj on GitHub
Which has more tests, atuin or jj?
jj, with 128 test files; atuin has 64.
The proof: jj-vcs/jj's code at commit 7fdb0d1
Which was updated more recently, atuin or jj?
Both got their last push on November 7, 2026.
The proof: jj-vcs/jj's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, atuin or jj?
atuin: an AI signed 1.2% of its commits, with Claude Code; in jj, 0.1%.
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