Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/chaitin/SafeLine/vs/photoprism/photoprism
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/chaitin/SafeLine/vs/photoprism/photoprism.md
Description: SafeLine and photoprism share 3 technologies: Gin, Postgres, and MCP. Both are written in Go.

# SafeLine vs photoprism

SafeLine and photoprism share 3 technologies: Gin, Postgres, and MCP. Both are written in Go.

- [chaitin/SafeLine](https://seerepo.com/r/chaitin/SafeLine): SafeLine is a self-hosted WAF(Web Application Firewall) / reverse proxy to protect your web apps from attacks and exploits.
- [photoprism/photoprism](https://seerepo.com/r/photoprism/photoprism): AI-Powered Photos App 🌈💎✨

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Gin, Postgres, MCP
- Only in SafeLine: gorm.io/gorm, github.com/pquerna/otp, github.com/sirupsen/logrus, go.uber.org/zap
- Only in photoprism: Vue, Vite

## Side by side

| | SafeLine | photoprism |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 14,197 lines written, 109 code files | 683,821 lines written, 1,852 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex and Claude Code |
| Activity | Last push October 22, 2026, 783 commits, 23,167 stars | Last push October 29, 2026, 15,410 commits, 40,381 stars |
| Tests | 12 test files. 12.8% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,695 test files. 78.5% 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, SafeLine or photoprism?

photoprism, with 683,821 lines written; SafeLine has 14,197.

The proof: [photoprism/photoprism's code at commit fe94b42](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/tree/fe94b42adfca96677be97269b5f0c47f535f009c)

### Which has more GitHub stars, SafeLine or photoprism?

photoprism, with 40,381 stars; SafeLine has 23,167.

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

### Which has more tests, SafeLine or photoprism?

photoprism, with 1,695 test files; SafeLine has 12.

The proof: [photoprism/photoprism's code at commit fe94b42](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/tree/fe94b42adfca96677be97269b5f0c47f535f009c)

### Which was updated more recently, SafeLine or photoprism?

photoprism: its last push was on October 29, 2026, and SafeLine's on October 22, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, SafeLine or photoprism?

SafeLine: an AI signed 0.4% of its commits, with Codex.

## Sources

- chaitin/SafeLine: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 9b72ba6 (https://github.com/chaitin/SafeLine/tree/9b72ba6ad4d7e042e7a79ee2e062305179312c98)
- photoprism/photoprism: Read on October 31, 2026, at commit fe94b42 (https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/tree/fe94b42adfca96677be97269b5f0c47f535f009c)

## 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.