Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/cadence-workflow/cadence/vs/usememos/memos
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/cadence-workflow/cadence/vs/usememos/memos.md
Description: cadence and memos share 5 technologies: pq, MySQL, Postgres, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, and golang.org/x/oauth2. Both are written in Go.

# cadence vs memos

cadence and memos share 5 technologies: pq, MySQL, Postgres, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, and golang.org/x/oauth2. Both are written in Go.

- [cadence-workflow/cadence](https://seerepo.com/r/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.
- [usememos/memos](https://seerepo.com/r/usememos/memos): Memos is an open-source, self-hosted note-taking app that brings your everyday thoughts together in a personal timeline. Your data stays yours, and you choose what to keep private or share.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: pq, MySQL, Postgres, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, golang.org/x/oauth2
- Only in cadence: go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver, sarama, github.com/gocql/gocql, MongoDB, github.com/olivere/elastic, github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3, OpenSearch, Kafka, Elastic, go.uber.org/fx, github.com/jmoiron/sqlx, github.com/xdg/scram, mcp-go, gopkg.in/validator.v2, go.uber.org/zap, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go
- Only in memos: net/http, s3, SQLite, Google, MCP, OpenAI, Vite, React, react-router-dom, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, Model Context Protocol, openai-go, github.com/yuin/goldmark, github.com/disintegration/imaging, github.com/google/jsonschema-go, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Base UI, Leaflet, react-leaflet, @maplibre/maplibre-gl-leaflet, @pierre/highlights, leaflet.markercluster, MapLibre, pele, react-leaflet-cluster, Lucide, dompurify, exifr, html-to-image, katex

## Side by side

| | cadence | memos |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 777,783 lines written, 1,051 code files | 190,005 lines written, 722 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.2% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Cursor | 3.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Jules, and CodeRabbit |
| Activity | Last push November 14, 2026, 5,945 commits, 9,556 stars | Last push November 12, 2026, 4,940 commits, 64,426 stars |
| Tests | 872 test files. 83.6% of its code files have a test that imports them | 421 test files. 62% 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, cadence or memos?

cadence, with 777,783 lines written; memos has 190,005.

The proof: [cadence-workflow/cadence's code at commit c2a373c](https://github.com/cadence-workflow/cadence/tree/c2a373c2b1ba246110658d03dc3be22438575692)

### Which has more GitHub stars, cadence or memos?

memos, with 64,426 stars; cadence has 9,556.

The proof: [usememos/memos on GitHub](https://github.com/usememos/memos)

### Which has more tests, cadence or memos?

cadence, with 872 test files; memos has 421.

The proof: [cadence-workflow/cadence's code at commit c2a373c](https://github.com/cadence-workflow/cadence/tree/c2a373c2b1ba246110658d03dc3be22438575692)

### Which was updated more recently, cadence or memos?

cadence: its last push was on November 14, 2026, and memos's on November 12, 2026.

The proof: [cadence-workflow/cadence's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/cadence-workflow/cadence/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, cadence or memos?

memos: an AI signed 3.2% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Jules, and CodeRabbit; in cadence, 0.2%.

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

## Sources

- cadence-workflow/cadence: Read on November 14, 2026, at commit c2a373c (https://github.com/cadence-workflow/cadence/tree/c2a373c2b1ba246110658d03dc3be22438575692)
- usememos/memos: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit 30f8bad (https://github.com/usememos/memos/tree/30f8bad87d586228381c54beea686162cd8c5265)

## 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.