Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/etcd-io/etcd/vs/ipfs/kubo
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/etcd-io/etcd/vs/ipfs/kubo.md
Description: etcd and kubo share 7 technologies: net/http, github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3, go.uber.org/zap, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22, and go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk. Both are written in Go.

# etcd vs kubo

etcd and kubo share 7 technologies: net/http, github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3, go.uber.org/zap, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22, and go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk. Both are written in Go.

- [etcd-io/etcd](https://seerepo.com/r/etcd-io/etcd): Distributed reliable key-value store for the most critical data of a distributed system
- [ipfs/kubo](https://seerepo.com/r/ipfs/kubo): IPFS implementation in Go: a daemon that stores and serves content-addressed data, with a CLI, HTTP Gateway, and RPC API

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: net/http, github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3, go.uber.org/zap, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk
- Only in etcd: go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3, etcd, github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc, go.opentelemetry.io/otel, github.com/prometheus/client_model, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc, gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2
- Only in kubo: github.com/cockroachdb/pebble/v2, github.com/syndtr/goleveldb, Uber, github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp, go.opencensus.io, contrib.go.opencensus.io/exporter/prometheus, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric

## Side by side

| | etcd | kubo |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 203,445 lines written, 512 code files | 114,754 lines written, 330 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot and Claude Code | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With Devin |
| Activity | Last push November 5, 2026, 15,934 commits, 52,462 stars | Last push November 1, 2026, 12,381 commits, 17,174 stars |
| Tests | 521 test files. 69.7% of its code files have a test that imports them | 240 test files. 50.3% 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, etcd or kubo?

etcd, with 203,445 lines written; kubo has 114,754.

The proof: [etcd-io/etcd's code at commit cda871c](https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/tree/cda871cc952195664ebec450b77709c12f2d2a88)

### Which has more GitHub stars, etcd or kubo?

etcd, with 52,462 stars; kubo has 17,174.

The proof: [etcd-io/etcd on GitHub](https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd)

### Which has more tests, etcd or kubo?

etcd, with 521 test files; kubo has 240.

The proof: [etcd-io/etcd's code at commit cda871c](https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/tree/cda871cc952195664ebec450b77709c12f2d2a88)

### Which was updated more recently, etcd or kubo?

etcd: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and kubo's on November 1, 2026.

The proof: [etcd-io/etcd's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/commits)

## Sources

- etcd-io/etcd: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit cda871c (https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/tree/cda871cc952195664ebec450b77709c12f2d2a88)
- ipfs/kubo: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit 833e04a (https://github.com/ipfs/kubo/tree/833e04a240d8c533509ddaaa3c202b39b0bb3024)

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