Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/drakkan/sftpgo/vs/pingcap/tidb
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/drakkan/sftpgo/vs/pingcap/tidb.md
Description: sftpgo and tidb share 13 technologies: s3, MySQL, etcd, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob, Google, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore, and Prometheus. Both are written in Go.

# sftpgo vs tidb

sftpgo and tidb share 13 technologies: s3, MySQL, etcd, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob, Google, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore, and Prometheus. Both are written in Go.

- [drakkan/sftpgo](https://seerepo.com/r/drakkan/sftpgo): Full-featured and highly configurable SFTP, HTTP/S, FTP/S and WebDAV server - S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob
- [pingcap/tidb](https://seerepo.com/r/pingcap/tidb): TiDB is built for agentic workloads that grow unpredictably, with ACID guarantees and native support for transactions, analytics, and vector search. No data silos. No noisy neighbors. No infrastructure ceiling.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: s3, MySQL, etcd, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob, Google, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore, Prometheus
- Only in sftpgo: chi, go-sqlite3, pgx, github.com/studio-b12/gowebdav, Postgres, SQLite, github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach-go/v2, github.com/jlaffaye/ftp, gocloud.dev, github.com/go-chi/render, github.com/alexedwards/argon2id, github.com/wagslane/go-password-validator, github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4, github.com/pquerna/otp, github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3, github.com/wneessen/go-mail, github.com/rs/zerolog, HashiCorp, github.com/go-acme/lego/v5, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/ec2/imds, gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2
- Only in tidb: net/http, Gorilla, TiDB, github.com/cockroachdb/pebble, go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3, go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/s3/manager, Dgraph, github.com/jellydator/ttlcache/v3, go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3, github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3, github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6, gorm.io/gorm, github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3, openai-go, go.uber.org/zap, go.opencensus.io, github.com/prometheus/client_model, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatch, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2, github.com/grafana/pyroscope-go, github.com/prometheus/common, github.com/prometheus/prometheus, github.com/tencentcloud/tencentcloud-sdk-go/tencentcloud/common

## Side by side

| | sftpgo | tidb |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 211,396 lines written, 263 code files | 1,752,108 lines written, 1,549 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 9, 2026, 2,560 commits, 12,788 stars | Last push November 6, 2026, 27,911 commits, 40,711 stars |
| Tests | 38 test files. 41.4% of its code files have a test that imports them | 2,905 test files. 90.3% 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, sftpgo or tidb?

tidb, with 1,752,108 lines written; sftpgo has 211,396.

The proof: [pingcap/tidb's code at commit a5a597d](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/tree/a5a597dfb7921e43a43065f197d064b2af92d85e)

### Which has more GitHub stars, sftpgo or tidb?

tidb, with 40,711 stars; sftpgo has 12,788.

The proof: [pingcap/tidb on GitHub](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb)

### Which has more tests, sftpgo or tidb?

tidb, with 2,905 test files; sftpgo has 38.

The proof: [pingcap/tidb's code at commit a5a597d](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/tree/a5a597dfb7921e43a43065f197d064b2af92d85e)

### Which was updated more recently, sftpgo or tidb?

sftpgo: its last push was on November 9, 2026, and tidb's on November 6, 2026.

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

## Sources

- drakkan/sftpgo: Read on November 10, 2026, at commit a2bc33e (https://github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/tree/a2bc33e5a3e7c65493595ea5c379b2f5f371feb6)
- pingcap/tidb: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit a5a597d (https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/tree/a5a597dfb7921e43a43065f197d064b2af92d85e)

## What is your repo built with?

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