Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/denoland/deno/vs/PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/denoland/deno/vs/PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent.md
Description: deno and prime-agent share 4 technologies: Tokio, crossterm, hmac, and tracing. Both are written in Rust.

# deno vs prime-agent

deno and prime-agent share 4 technologies: Tokio, crossterm, hmac, and tracing. Both are written in Rust.

- [denoland/deno](https://seerepo.com/r/denoland/deno): A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript.
- [PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent](https://seerepo.com/r/PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent): A self-improving RLM agent for coding workflows and long-running autonomous tasks.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Tokio, crossterm, hmac, tracing
- Only in deno: React, rusqlite, SQLite, tower, wgpu, ed25519-dalek, keyring, argon2, hkdf, image, zip, plist, log, opentelemetry, tracing-opentelemetry, env_logger, tracing-subscriber
- Only in prime-agent: Ratatui, MCP, pillow

## Side by side

| | deno | prime-agent |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 1,217,015 lines written, 1,355 code files | 685,422 lines written, 872 code files |
| Who writes it | 2.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Codex | 0.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and Amp |
| Activity | Last push October 29, 2026, 17,392 commits, 108,801 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 5,064 commits, 22,571 stars |
| Tests | 4,394 test files. 6.1% of its code files have a test that imports them | 479 test files. 41.5% 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, deno or prime-agent?

deno, with 1,217,015 lines written; prime-agent has 685,422.

The proof: [denoland/deno's code at commit e7b39eb](https://github.com/denoland/deno/tree/e7b39ebd55c85aaf6a29290c1f5a99e2e21e09dd)

### Which has more GitHub stars, deno or prime-agent?

deno, with 108,801 stars; prime-agent has 22,571.

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

### Which has more tests, deno or prime-agent?

deno, with 4,394 test files; prime-agent has 479.

The proof: [denoland/deno's code at commit e7b39eb](https://github.com/denoland/deno/tree/e7b39ebd55c85aaf6a29290c1f5a99e2e21e09dd)

### Which was updated more recently, deno or prime-agent?

prime-agent: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and deno's on October 29, 2026.

The proof: [PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, deno or prime-agent?

deno: an AI signed 2.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Codex; in prime-agent, 0.4%.

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

## Sources

- denoland/deno: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit e7b39eb (https://github.com/denoland/deno/tree/e7b39ebd55c85aaf6a29290c1f5a99e2e21e09dd)
- PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 74591cd (https://github.com/PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent/tree/74591cddef28d11249c3171112114fc4755375d7)

## 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.