Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/docker/compose/vs/jaegertracing/jaeger
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/docker/compose/vs/jaegertracing/jaeger.md
Description: compose and jaeger share 6 technologies: go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, and go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp. Both are written in Go.

# compose vs jaeger

compose and jaeger share 6 technologies: go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, and go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp. Both are written in Go.

- [docker/compose](https://seerepo.com/r/docker/compose): Define and run multi-container applications with Docker
- [jaegertracing/jaeger](https://seerepo.com/r/jaegertracing/jaeger): CNCF Jaeger, a Distributed Tracing Platform

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp
- Only in compose: github.com/containerd/console, github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/v2, github.com/moby/moby/client, github.com/moby/moby/api, github.com/sirupsen/logrus, OpenTelemetry, github.com/containerd/containerd/v2
- Only in jaeger: net/http, MCP, otelgrpc, go.uber.org/zap, go.opentelemetry.io/otel, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric, Prometheus, github.com/prometheus/client_model, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus, github.com/prometheus/common

## Side by side

| | compose | jaeger |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 90,228 lines written, 223 code files | 188,919 lines written, 548 code files |
| Who writes it | 2.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Codex | 7.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 4,901 commits, 38,620 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 4,964 commits, 23,372 stars |
| Tests | 204 test files. 63.2% 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, compose or jaeger?

jaeger, with 188,919 lines written; compose has 90,228.

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

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

compose, with 38,620 stars; jaeger has 23,372.

The proof: [docker/compose on GitHub](https://github.com/docker/compose)

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

jaeger, with 680 test files; compose has 204.

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

### Which was updated more recently, compose or jaeger?

compose: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and jaeger's on November 4, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, compose or jaeger?

jaeger: an AI signed 7.2% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor; in compose, 2.1%.

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

## Sources

- docker/compose: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 95bbca7 (https://github.com/docker/compose/tree/95bbca758244b94ec03a83911bb040a45b82e3fb)
- 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.