Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/encoredev/encore/vs/usememos/memos
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/encoredev/encore/vs/usememos/memos.md
Description: encore and memos share 11 technologies: net/http, pq, s3, Postgres, SQLite, Google, MCP, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, and github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config. Both are written in Go.

# encore vs memos

encore and memos share 11 technologies: net/http, pq, s3, Postgres, SQLite, Google, MCP, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, and github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config. Both are written in Go.

- [encoredev/encore](https://seerepo.com/r/encoredev/encore): Infrastructure orchestration from local to your cloud
- [usememos/memos](https://seerepo.com/r/usememos/memos): Memos is an open-source, self-hosted note-taking app that brings your everyday thoughts together in a personal timeline. Your data stays yours, and you choose what to keep private or share.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: net/http, pq, s3, Postgres, SQLite, Google, MCP, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config
- Only in encore: axum, Gorilla, aws-sdk-s3, go-sqlite3, pgvector, pgx, postgres-native-tls, postgres-protocol, tokio-postgres, Redis, github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4, aws-sdk-sns, aws-sdk-sqs, bb8, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs, github.com/nsqio/go-nsq, github.com/bluele/gcache, Google Cloud Storage, AWS S3, Tokio, github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea, github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter, github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss, github.com/briandowns/spinner, github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles, hmac, jsonwebtoken, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, google-cloud-auth, mcp-go, Tailscale, handlebars, github.com/getkin/kin-openapi, email_address, github.com/rs/zerolog, log, tracing, env_logger, metrics, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sns, aws-sdk-cloudwatch, cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatch, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore, github.com/felixge/httpsnoop, google-cloud-googleapis, tracing-subscriber
- Only in memos: MySQL, OpenAI, Vite, React, react-router-dom, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, Model Context Protocol, openai-go, github.com/yuin/goldmark, github.com/disintegration/imaging, github.com/google/jsonschema-go, github.com/moby/moby/api, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Base UI, Leaflet, react-leaflet, @maplibre/maplibre-gl-leaflet, @pierre/highlights, leaflet.markercluster, MapLibre, pele, react-leaflet-cluster, Lucide, dompurify, exifr, html-to-image, katex

## Side by side

| | encore | memos |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 289,424 lines written, 1,022 code files | 188,661 lines written, 719 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and GitHub Copilot | 3.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Jules, and CodeRabbit |
| Activity | Last push November 10, 2026, 2,282 commits, 12,702 stars | Last push November 9, 2026, 4,930 commits, 64,365 stars |
| Tests | 341 test files. 33.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 419 test files. 61.9% 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, encore or memos?

encore, with 289,424 lines written; memos has 188,661.

The proof: [encoredev/encore's code at commit 2559135](https://github.com/encoredev/encore/tree/25591353c34567646847444f7be6cd19730cae8f)

### Which has more GitHub stars, encore or memos?

memos, with 64,365 stars; encore has 12,702.

The proof: [usememos/memos on GitHub](https://github.com/usememos/memos)

### Which has more tests, encore or memos?

memos, with 419 test files; encore has 341.

The proof: [usememos/memos's code at commit e4f3fb2](https://github.com/usememos/memos/tree/e4f3fb2d2d114f6eaea6ec75a10b0a274f57a8a1)

### Which was updated more recently, encore or memos?

encore: its last push was on November 10, 2026, and memos's on November 9, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, encore or memos?

memos: an AI signed 3.1% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Jules, and CodeRabbit; in encore, 0.5%.

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

## Sources

- encoredev/encore: Read on November 10, 2026, at commit 2559135 (https://github.com/encoredev/encore/tree/25591353c34567646847444f7be6cd19730cae8f)
- usememos/memos: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit e4f3fb2 (https://github.com/usememos/memos/tree/e4f3fb2d2d114f6eaea6ec75a10b0a274f57a8a1)

## 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.