Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/caddyserver/caddy/vs/ipfs/kubo
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/caddyserver/caddy/vs/ipfs/kubo.md
Description: caddy and kubo share 6 technologies: go.uber.org/zap, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, and go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric. Both are written in Go.

# caddy vs kubo

caddy and kubo share 6 technologies: go.uber.org/zap, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, and go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric. Both are written in Go.

- [caddyserver/caddy](https://seerepo.com/r/caddyserver/caddy): Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS
- [ipfs/kubo](https://seerepo.com/r/ipfs/kubo): IPFS implementation in Go: a daemon that stores and serves content-addressed data, with a CLI, HTTP Gateway, and RPC API

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: go.uber.org/zap, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric
- Only in caddy: chi, etcd, github.com/yuin/goldmark, go.opentelemetry.io/otel, github.com/prometheus/client_model, go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/prometheus
- Only in kubo: net/http, github.com/cockroachdb/pebble/v2, github.com/syndtr/goleveldb, Uber, github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter, github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3, go.opencensus.io, contrib.go.opencensus.io/exporter/prometheus, github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk

## Side by side

| | caddy | kubo |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 135,432 lines written, 227 code files | 114,754 lines written, 330 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.9% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, and Amp | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With Devin |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 2,817 commits, 78,770 stars | Last push November 1, 2026, 12,381 commits, 17,174 stars |
| Tests | 193 test files. 65.6% of its code files have a test that imports them | 240 test files. 50.3% 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, caddy or kubo?

caddy, with 135,432 lines written; kubo has 114,754.

The proof: [caddyserver/caddy's code at commit c849256](https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/tree/c8492563eefcb3c5afbc00f25e7b001ffc6c7d11)

### Which has more GitHub stars, caddy or kubo?

caddy, with 78,770 stars; kubo has 17,174.

The proof: [caddyserver/caddy on GitHub](https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy)

### Which has more tests, caddy or kubo?

kubo, with 240 test files; caddy has 193.

The proof: [ipfs/kubo's code at commit 833e04a](https://github.com/ipfs/kubo/tree/833e04a240d8c533509ddaaa3c202b39b0bb3024)

### Which was updated more recently, caddy or kubo?

caddy: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and kubo's on November 1, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, caddy or kubo?

caddy: an AI signed 0.9% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, and Amp.

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

## Sources

- caddyserver/caddy: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit c849256 (https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/tree/c8492563eefcb3c5afbc00f25e7b001ffc6c7d11)
- ipfs/kubo: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit 833e04a (https://github.com/ipfs/kubo/tree/833e04a240d8c533509ddaaa3c202b39b0bb3024)

## 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.