Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/benbjohnson/litestream/vs/pingcap/tidb
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/benbjohnson/litestream/vs/pingcap/tidb.md
Description: litestream and tidb share 11 technologies: net/http, s3, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/s3/manager, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob, Google, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, Prometheus, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, and github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore. Both are written in Go.

# litestream vs tidb

litestream and tidb share 11 technologies: net/http, s3, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/s3/manager, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob, Google, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, Prometheus, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, and github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore. Both are written in Go.

- [benbjohnson/litestream](https://seerepo.com/r/benbjohnson/litestream): Streaming replication for SQLite.
- [pingcap/tidb](https://seerepo.com/r/pingcap/tidb): TiDB is built for agentic workloads that grow unpredictably, with ACID guarantees and native support for transactions, analytics, and vector search. No data silos. No noisy neighbors. No infrastructure ceiling.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: net/http, s3, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/s3/manager, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob, Google, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, Prometheus, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore
- Only in litestream: go-sqlite3, SQLite, github.com/studio-b12/gowebdav, HashiCorp, NATS.io, Alibaba Cloud, MCP, mcp-go, github.com/lmittmann/tint
- Only in tidb: Gorilla, TiDB, etcd, MySQL, github.com/cockroachdb/pebble, go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3, go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3, Dgraph, github.com/jellydator/ttlcache/v3, go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3, github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3, github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6, gorm.io/gorm, github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3, golang.org/x/oauth2, openai-go, go.uber.org/zap, go.opencensus.io, github.com/prometheus/client_model, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatch, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts, github.com/grafana/pyroscope-go, github.com/prometheus/common, github.com/prometheus/prometheus, github.com/tencentcloud/tencentcloud-sdk-go/tencentcloud/common

## Side by side

| | litestream | tidb |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 82,896 lines written, 57 code files | 1,752,108 lines written, 1,549 code files |
| Who writes it | 30.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and GitHub Copilot | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 712 commits, 14,589 stars | Last push November 6, 2026, 27,911 commits, 40,711 stars |
| Tests | 100 test files. 78.9% of its code files have a test that imports them | 2,905 test files. 90.3% 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, litestream or tidb?

tidb, with 1,752,108 lines written; litestream has 82,896.

The proof: [pingcap/tidb's code at commit a5a597d](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/tree/a5a597dfb7921e43a43065f197d064b2af92d85e)

### Which has more GitHub stars, litestream or tidb?

tidb, with 40,711 stars; litestream has 14,589.

The proof: [pingcap/tidb on GitHub](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb)

### Which has more tests, litestream or tidb?

tidb, with 2,905 test files; litestream has 100.

The proof: [pingcap/tidb's code at commit a5a597d](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/tree/a5a597dfb7921e43a43065f197d064b2af92d85e)

### Which was updated more recently, litestream or tidb?

Both got their last push on November 6, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, litestream or tidb?

litestream: an AI signed 30.5% of its commits, with Claude Code and GitHub Copilot.

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

## Sources

- benbjohnson/litestream: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit ae54416 (https://github.com/benbjohnson/litestream/tree/ae54416a488918243d86271565d311085a75e757)
- pingcap/tidb: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit a5a597d (https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/tree/a5a597dfb7921e43a43065f197d064b2af92d85e)

## 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.