cadence vs ragflow

cadence and ragflow share 7 technologies: pq, OpenSearch, MySQL, Postgres, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, golang.org/x/oauth2, and go.uber.org/zap. Both are written in Go.

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What they share and what sets them apart

cadence-workflow

cadence

Cadence is a distributed, scalable, durable, and highly available orchestration engine to execute asynchronous long-running business logic in a scalable and resilient way.

Go9.6kRead on November 14, 2026, at commit c2a373cWhat is cadence built with?

Only in cadence

In common

infiniflow

ragflow

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

Go94.1kRead on November 12, 2026, at commit 292e171What is ragflow built with?

Only in ragflow

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
cadence777,783 lines written1,051 code files
ragflow1,329,577 lines written2,879 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.
cadence0.2% of its commits signed by AIWith GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Cursor
ragflow2.1% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, Kilo Code, Codex, OpenHands, and Factory
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
cadenceLast push November 14, 20265,945 commits9,556 stars
ragflowLast push November 12, 202610,946 commits94,073 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
cadence872 test files83.6% of its code files have a test that imports them
ragflow2,084 test files51.7% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, cadence or ragflow?
ragflow, with 1,329,577 lines written; cadence has 777,783.

The proof: infiniflow/ragflow's code at commit 292e171

Which has more GitHub stars, cadence or ragflow?
ragflow, with 94,073 stars; cadence has 9,556.

The proof: infiniflow/ragflow on GitHub

Which has more tests, cadence or ragflow?
ragflow, with 2,084 test files; cadence has 872.

The proof: infiniflow/ragflow's code at commit 292e171

Which was updated more recently, cadence or ragflow?
cadence: its last push was on November 14, 2026, and ragflow's on November 12, 2026.

The proof: cadence-workflow/cadence's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, cadence or ragflow?
ragflow: an AI signed 2.1% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, Kilo Code, Codex, OpenHands, and Factory; in cadence, 0.2%.

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

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