Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/denoland/deno/vs/permissionlesstech/bitchat
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/denoland/deno/vs/permissionlesstech/bitchat.md
Description: deno and bitchat share 3 technologies: Tokio, tracing, and tracing-subscriber. deno is written in Rust and bitchat in Swift.

# deno vs bitchat

deno and bitchat share 3 technologies: Tokio, tracing, and tracing-subscriber. deno is written in Rust and bitchat in Swift.

- [denoland/deno](https://seerepo.com/r/denoland/deno): A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript.
- [permissionlesstech/bitchat](https://seerepo.com/r/permissionlesstech/bitchat): bluetooth mesh chat, IRC vibes

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Tokio, tracing, tracing-subscriber
- Only in deno: rusqlite, SQLite, denokv_proto, denokv_remote, denokv_sqlite, hashlink, deno_core, deno_lib, deno_snapshots, tower, laufey, cssparser, deno_terminal, wgpu, crossterm, ed25519-dalek, hmac, keyring, argon2, hkdf, pbkdf2, deno_image, jsonc-parser, image, lcms2, yaml_parser, zip, backhand, cab, cfb, msi, plist, deno_webidl, log, OpenTelemetry, opentelemetry-otlp, tracing-opentelemetry, env_logger, opentelemetry-http, tokio-metrics
- Only in bitchat: None

## Side by side

| | deno | bitchat |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 1,217,014 lines written, 1,347 code files | 164,838 lines written, 318 code files |
| Who writes it | 2.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Codex | 21.8% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push October 29, 2026, 17,392 commits, 108,868 stars | Last push November 1, 2026, 975 commits, 37,082 stars |
| Tests | 4,393 test files. 6.1% of its code files have a test that imports them | 239 test files. 81.1% 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 bitchat?

deno, with 1,217,014 lines written; bitchat has 164,838.

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

### Which has more GitHub stars, deno or bitchat?

deno, with 108,868 stars; bitchat has 37,082.

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

### Which has more tests, deno or bitchat?

deno, with 4,393 test files; bitchat has 239.

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

### Which was updated more recently, deno or bitchat?

bitchat: its last push was on November 1, 2026, and deno's on October 29, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, deno or bitchat?

bitchat: an AI signed 21.8% of its commits, with Claude Code and Cursor; in deno, 2.4%.

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

## Sources

- denoland/deno: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit e7b39eb (https://github.com/denoland/deno/tree/e7b39ebd55c85aaf6a29290c1f5a99e2e21e09dd)
- permissionlesstech/bitchat: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 04995f6 (https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/tree/04995f68e470a18d1fc99f86fa326c2a87bab4f2)

## 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.