Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/databendlabs/databend/vs/volcengine/OpenViking
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/databendlabs/databend/vs/volcengine/OpenViking.md
Description: databend and OpenViking share 10 technologies: sqlx-mysql, Redis, lru, sqlx, MySQL, Tokio, jinja2, zip, prometheus-client, and OpenTelemetry. databend is written in Rust and OpenViking in Python.

# databend vs OpenViking

databend and OpenViking share 10 technologies: sqlx-mysql, Redis, lru, sqlx, MySQL, Tokio, jinja2, zip, prometheus-client, and OpenTelemetry. databend is written in Rust and OpenViking in Python.

- [databendlabs/databend](https://seerepo.com/r/databendlabs/databend): Data Agent Ready Warehouse : One for  Analytics, Search, AI, Python Sandbox.  — rebuilt from scratch. Unified architecture on your S3.
- [volcengine/OpenViking](https://seerepo.com/r/volcengine/OpenViking): Self-evolving Context Database for AI Agents. Unify Agent Memory, Knowledge RAG and Skills.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: sqlx-mysql, Redis, lru, sqlx, MySQL, Tokio, jinja2, zip, prometheus-client, OpenTelemetry
- Only in databend: opendal, jsonb, arrow-flight, iceberg, arrow, concurrent-queue, hashlink, iceberg-catalog-glue, iceberg-catalog-rest, Poem, tower, comfy-table, hmac, jsonwebtoken, parquet, apache-avro, csv-core, log, fastrace-opentelemetry, opentelemetry-otlp, prometheus-parse
- Only in OpenViking: FastAPI, AIOHTTP, aws-sdk-s3, fred, postgres-native-tls, rusqlite, sqlx-sqlite, SQLite, Postgres, OpenAI, uvicorn, React, Vite, TanStack, crossterm, Ratatui, indicatif, argon2-cffi, cryptography, hkdf, agent-framework-core, LangChain, MCP, litellm, firecrawl-anydoc, pdfminer-six, pdfplumber, cairosvg, defusedxml, feedparser, image, termimad, viuer, Pydantic, jsonschema, volcengine-python-sdk, tracing, opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc, loguru, opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio, tracing-appender, tracing-subscriber, qrcode-terminal, pino, @ark-design/ui, react-transition-group, CodeMirror, react-focus-lock, react-markdown, remark-gfm, prismjs, yaml, rehype-raw, rehype-sanitize, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, next-themes, @codemirror/theme-one-dark, tailwind-merge, sonner, Base UI, @dagrejs/dagre, @rjsf/core, @streamdown/code, @uiw/react-heat-map, postprocessing, react-dropzone, recharts, three, xyflow, Lucide, streamdown, file-type, highlight.js, qrcode.react, remark-breaks, rjsf

## Side by side

| | databend | OpenViking |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 1,145,859 lines written, 3,334 code files | 1,246,197 lines written, 2,385 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Amp, and Cursor | 8.3% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 15, 2026, 25,604 commits, 9,495 stars | Last push November 13, 2026, 3,295 commits, 42,196 stars |
| Tests | 971 test files. 6.9% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,680 test files. 45.4% 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, databend or OpenViking?

OpenViking, with 1,246,197 lines written; databend has 1,145,859.

The proof: [volcengine/OpenViking's code at commit 90f4edc](https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/tree/90f4edcede4c6a665fccb747417ebe6c1db56f4d)

### Which has more GitHub stars, databend or OpenViking?

OpenViking, with 42,196 stars; databend has 9,495.

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

### Which has more tests, databend or OpenViking?

OpenViking, with 1,680 test files; databend has 971.

The proof: [volcengine/OpenViking's code at commit 90f4edc](https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/tree/90f4edcede4c6a665fccb747417ebe6c1db56f4d)

### Which was updated more recently, databend or OpenViking?

databend: its last push was on November 15, 2026, and OpenViking's on November 13, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, databend or OpenViking?

OpenViking: an AI signed 8.3% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and GitHub Copilot; in databend, 0.1%.

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

## Sources

- databendlabs/databend: Read on November 15, 2026, at commit 2c77ade (https://github.com/databendlabs/databend/tree/2c77ade481cd917fd9f697300449ff412ff93eb3)
- volcengine/OpenViking: Read on November 13, 2026, at commit 90f4edc (https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/tree/90f4edcede4c6a665fccb747417ebe6c1db56f4d)

## 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.