Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/vs/vxcontrol/pentagi
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/vs/vxcontrol/pentagi.md
Description: crowdsec and pentagi share 10 technologies: Gin, go-sqlite3, pgx, SQLite, Postgres, github.com/sirupsen/logrus, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/moby/moby/client, and github.com/moby/moby/api. Both are written in Go.

# crowdsec vs pentagi

crowdsec and pentagi share 10 technologies: Gin, go-sqlite3, pgx, SQLite, Postgres, github.com/sirupsen/logrus, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/moby/moby/client, and github.com/moby/moby/api. Both are written in Go.

- [crowdsecurity/crowdsec](https://seerepo.com/r/crowdsecurity/crowdsec): Open-source IDS/IPS, WAF and bot detection for Linux, Windows, Docker and Kubernetes, with a crowdsourced blocklist of malicious IPs.
- [vxcontrol/pentagi](https://seerepo.com/r/vxcontrol/pentagi): Fully autonomous AI Agents system capable of performing complex penetration testing tasks

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Gin, go-sqlite3, pgx, SQLite, Postgres, github.com/sirupsen/logrus, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/moby/moby/client, github.com/moby/moby/api
- Only in crowdsec: kafka-go, s3, github.com/bluele/gcache, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/kinesis, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs, MySQL, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/s3/manager, k8s.io/apiserver, github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6, github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2, entgo.io/ent, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4, github.com/beevik/etree, validate, github.com/getkin/kin-openapi, github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6, Prometheus, github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog, github.com/prometheus/client_model, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatchlogs, gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2, github.com/prometheus/common
- Only in pentagi: pq, HashiCorp, github.com/pgvector/pgvector-go, github.com/pressly/goose/v3, github.com/sqlc-dev/pqtype, Google, github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea, github.com/gin-contrib/static, Vite, React, react-router-dom, lru-cache, github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss, github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles, github.com/charmbracelet/ultraviolet, github.com/muesli/termenv, github.com/gin-contrib/sessions, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/bedrockruntime, Ollama, github.com/charmbracelet/glamour, github.com/go-playground/validator/v10, github.com/invopop/jsonschema, github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploggrpc, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, sonner, Radix UI, tiptap, React Hook Form, TanStack, xterm, motion, cmdk, lowlight, recharts, react-day-picker, react-diff-viewer-continued, react-resizable-panels, react-textarea-autosize, Lucide, marked, @react-pdf/renderer, @tiptap/markdown, highlight.js, react-markdown, rehype-highlight, rehype-slug, remark-gfm, Zod, @hookform/resolvers

## Side by side

| | crowdsec | pentagi |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 136,939 lines written, 588 code files | 330,671 lines written, 725 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and GitHub Copilot | 67.8% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 2,773 commits, 15,498 stars | Last push October 22, 2026, 878 commits, 33,572 stars |
| Tests | 238 test files. 57.5% of its code files have a test that imports them | 489 test files. 54.8% 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, crowdsec or pentagi?

pentagi, with 330,671 lines written; crowdsec has 136,939.

The proof: [vxcontrol/pentagi's code at commit cffed94](https://github.com/vxcontrol/pentagi/tree/cffed9485aa1cca70762cd08a57ac62a80406258)

### Which has more GitHub stars, crowdsec or pentagi?

pentagi, with 33,572 stars; crowdsec has 15,498.

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

### Which has more tests, crowdsec or pentagi?

pentagi, with 489 test files; crowdsec has 238.

The proof: [vxcontrol/pentagi's code at commit cffed94](https://github.com/vxcontrol/pentagi/tree/cffed9485aa1cca70762cd08a57ac62a80406258)

### Which was updated more recently, crowdsec or pentagi?

crowdsec: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and pentagi's on October 22, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, crowdsec or pentagi?

pentagi: an AI signed 67.8% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot; in crowdsec, 0.2%.

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

## Sources

- crowdsecurity/crowdsec: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit 849c7a2 (https://github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/tree/849c7a28d0bde8c0d3bb45c33041014c69e7e771)
- vxcontrol/pentagi: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit cffed94 (https://github.com/vxcontrol/pentagi/tree/cffed9485aa1cca70762cd08a57ac62a80406258)

## 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.
