Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/dgraph-io/dgraph/vs/jaegertracing/jaeger
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/dgraph-io/dgraph/vs/jaegertracing/jaeger.md
Description: 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.

# 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.

- [dgraph-io/dgraph](https://seerepo.com/r/dgraph-io/dgraph): high-performance graph database for real-time use cases
- [jaegertracing/jaeger](https://seerepo.com/r/jaegertracing/jaeger): CNCF Jaeger, a Distributed Tracing Platform

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: net/http, MCP, go.opentelemetry.io/otel, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, go.uber.org/zap, Prometheus
- 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
- 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

| | dgraph | jaeger |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 268,878 lines written, 315 code files | 188,919 lines written, 548 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.6% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code | 7.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push November 3, 2026, 6,323 commits, 21,822 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 4,964 commits, 23,372 stars |
| Tests | 306 test files. 55.9% of its code files have a test that imports them | 680 test files. 83.4% 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, dgraph or jaeger?

dgraph, with 268,878 lines written; jaeger has 188,919.

The proof: [dgraph-io/dgraph's code at commit c587cba](https://github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/tree/c587cba75f60445125459b46b4d81757a73384aa)

### Which has more GitHub stars, dgraph or jaeger?

jaeger, with 23,372 stars; dgraph has 21,822.

The proof: [jaegertracing/jaeger on GitHub](https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger)

### Which has more tests, dgraph or jaeger?

jaeger, with 680 test files; dgraph has 306.

The proof: [jaegertracing/jaeger's code at commit d723f91](https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/tree/d723f91447f29a345c288f37eb8d1ce7807bc0be)

### 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](https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/commits)

### 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](https://seerepo.com/r/jaegertracing/jaeger/ai)

## Sources

- dgraph-io/dgraph: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit c587cba (https://github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/tree/c587cba75f60445125459b46b4d81757a73384aa)
- jaegertracing/jaeger: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit d723f91 (https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/tree/d723f91447f29a345c288f37eb8d1ce7807bc0be)

## 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.