diesel vs spacedrive

diesel and spacedrive share 7 technologies: rusqlite, sqlx, SQLite, Tokio, sea-orm, tracing, and tracing-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.

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What they share and what sets them apart

diesel-rs

diesel

A safe, extensible ORM and Query Builder for Rust

Rust14.2kRead on November 9, 2026, at commit 545b6a1What is diesel built with?

Only in diesel

In common

spacedriveapp

spacedrive

Spacedrive is an open source cross-platform file explorer, powered by a virtual distributed filesystem written in Rust.

Rust39.4kRead on November 6, 2026, at commit 11523b2What is spacedrive built with?

Only in spacedrive

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
diesel192,214 lines written407 code files
spacedrive359,902 lines written1,504 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.
diesel0.3% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code and Codex
spacedrive6.3% of its commits signed by AIWith Cursor and Claude Code
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
dieselLast push November 7, 20266,187 commits14,227 stars
spacedriveLast push November 6, 20264,778 commits39,443 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
diesel378 test files4.2% of its code files have a test that imports them
spacedrive128 test files5.3% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, diesel or spacedrive?
spacedrive, with 359,902 lines written; diesel has 192,214.

The proof: spacedriveapp/spacedrive's code at commit 11523b2

Which has more GitHub stars, diesel or spacedrive?
spacedrive, with 39,443 stars; diesel has 14,227.

The proof: spacedriveapp/spacedrive on GitHub

Which has more tests, diesel or spacedrive?
diesel, with 378 test files; spacedrive has 128.

The proof: diesel-rs/diesel's code at commit 545b6a1

Which was updated more recently, diesel or spacedrive?
diesel: its last push was on November 7, 2026, and spacedrive's on November 6, 2026.

The proof: diesel-rs/diesel's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, diesel or spacedrive?
spacedrive: an AI signed 6.3% of its commits, with Cursor and Claude Code; in diesel, 0.3%.

The proof: the commits each tool signed in spacedriveapp/spacedrive

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