Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/elastic/beats/vs/pingcap/tidb Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/elastic/beats/vs/pingcap/tidb.md Description: beats and tidb share 20 technologies: net/http, MySQL, s3, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob, etcd, Dgraph, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/s3/manager, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, go.uber.org/zap, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2, Prometheus, github.com/prometheus/prometheus, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, and github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatch. Both are written in Go. # beats vs tidb beats and tidb share 20 technologies: net/http, MySQL, s3, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob, etcd, Dgraph, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/s3/manager, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, go.uber.org/zap, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2, Prometheus, github.com/prometheus/prometheus, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, and github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatch. Both are written in Go. - [elastic/beats](https://seerepo.com/r/elastic/beats): :tropical_fish: Beats - Lightweight shippers for Elasticsearch & Logstash - [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: net/http, MySQL, s3, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob, etcd, Dgraph, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/s3/manager, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, go.uber.org/zap, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2, Prometheus, github.com/prometheus/prometheus, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatch - Only in beats: go-sqlite3, MongoDB, pq, redigo, s3transfer, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs, HashiCorp, Redis, github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.golang, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/messaging/azeventhubs/v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/rds, github.com/godror/godror, github.com/twmb/franz-go, SQLite, github.com/Azure/azure-event-hubs-go/v3, github.com/Azure/azure-storage-blob-go, github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8, github.com/microsoft/go-mssqldb, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componentstatus, go.opentelemetry.io/collector/otelcol, go.opentelemetry.io/collector/service, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/extensionauth, github.com/Azure/go-ntlmssp, github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4, github.com/icholy/digest, github.com/xdg-go/scram, go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configauth, docutils, github.com/gocarina/gocsv, github.com/richardlehane/mscfb, howett.net/plist, botocore, github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics, github.com/moby/moby/api, github.com/moby/moby/client, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/monitor/armmonitor, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/resources/armresources, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatchlogs, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/monitor/query/azmetrics, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/elasticloadbalancingv2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/resourcegroupstaggingapi, github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22, github.com/moby/moby/v2, go.opentelemetry.io/otel, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, Nomad, github.com/digitalocean/go-libvirt, go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/ec2/imds, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/iam, github.com/docker/go-plugins-helpers, github.com/go-logr/logr, github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/kafkaexporter, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp, go.uber.org/zap/exp - Only in tidb: Gorilla, TiDB, github.com/cockroachdb/pebble, go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3, go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3, github.com/jellydator/ttlcache/v3, go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3, Google, github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3, github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6, gorm.io/gorm, openai-go, go.opencensus.io, github.com/prometheus/client_model, github.com/grafana/pyroscope-go, github.com/prometheus/common, github.com/tencentcloud/tencentcloud-sdk-go/tencentcloud/common ## Side by side | | beats | tidb | |---|---|---| | Size | 1,003,521 lines written, 3,000 code files | 1,752,108 lines written, 1,549 code files | | Who writes it | 1.3% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and CodeRabbit | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot | | Activity | Last push November 10, 2026, 19,114 commits, 12,652 stars | Last push November 6, 2026, 27,911 commits, 40,711 stars | | Tests | 2,472 test files. 64.4% 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, beats or tidb? tidb, with 1,752,108 lines written; beats has 1,003,521. The proof: [pingcap/tidb's code at commit a5a597d](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/tree/a5a597dfb7921e43a43065f197d064b2af92d85e) ### Which has more GitHub stars, beats or tidb? tidb, with 40,711 stars; beats has 12,652. The proof: [pingcap/tidb on GitHub](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb) ### Which has more tests, beats or tidb? tidb, with 2,905 test files; beats has 2,472. The proof: [pingcap/tidb's code at commit a5a597d](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/tree/a5a597dfb7921e43a43065f197d064b2af92d85e) ### Which was updated more recently, beats or tidb? beats: its last push was on November 10, 2026, and tidb's on November 6, 2026. The proof: [elastic/beats's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/beats/commits) ### Which has more commits signed by AI, beats or tidb? beats: an AI signed 1.3% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and CodeRabbit. The proof: [the commits each tool signed in elastic/beats](https://seerepo.com/r/elastic/beats/ai) ## Sources - elastic/beats: Read on November 10, 2026, at commit 81f8463 (https://github.com/elastic/beats/tree/81f8463d79579b806cdc77340aa164d27ba0b476) - pingcap/tidb: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit a5a597d (https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/tree/a5a597dfb7921e43a43065f197d064b2af92d85e) ## 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.