dgraph vs jaeger

dgraph and jaeger share 7 technologies: net/http, MCP, go.opentelemetry.io/otel, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, go.uber.org/zap, and Prometheus. Both are written in Go.

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What they share and what sets them apart

dgraph-io

dgraph

high-performance graph database for real-time use cases

Go21.8kRead on November 5, 2026, at commit c587cbaWhat is dgraph built with?

Only in dgraph

  • Dgraph
  • MySQL
  • Kafka
  • github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5
  • github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4
  • mcp-go
  • github.com/golang/glog
  • OpenTelemetry
  • go.opencensus.io
  • Docker
  • go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc
  • go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp

In common

jaegertracing

jaeger

CNCF Jaeger, a Distributed Tracing Platform

Go23.4kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit d723f91What is jaeger built with?

Only in jaeger

  • otelgrpc
  • go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace
  • go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric
  • go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric
  • go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp
  • github.com/prometheus/client_model
  • go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc
  • go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus
  • github.com/prometheus/common

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
dgraph268,878 lines written315 code files
jaeger188,919 lines written548 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
dgraph0.6% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code
jaeger7.2% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
dgraphLast push November 3, 20266,323 commits21,822 stars
jaegerLast push November 4, 20264,964 commits23,372 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
dgraph306 test files55.9% of its code files have a test that imports them
jaeger680 test files83.4% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, dgraph or jaeger?
dgraph, with 268,878 lines written; jaeger has 188,919.

The proof: dgraph-io/dgraph's code at commit c587cba

Which has more GitHub stars, dgraph or jaeger?
jaeger, with 23,372 stars; dgraph has 21,822.

The proof: jaegertracing/jaeger on GitHub

Which has more tests, dgraph or jaeger?
jaeger, with 680 test files; dgraph has 306.

The proof: jaegertracing/jaeger's code at commit d723f91

Which was updated more recently, dgraph or jaeger?
jaeger: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and dgraph's on November 3, 2026.

The proof: jaegertracing/jaeger's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, dgraph or jaeger?
jaeger: an AI signed 7.2% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor; in dgraph, 0.6%.

The proof: the commits each tool signed in jaegertracing/jaeger

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