Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/etcd-io/etcd/vs/micro/go-micro
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/etcd-io/etcd/vs/micro/go-micro.md
Description: etcd and go-micro share 9 technologies: net/http, etcd, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, go.uber.org/zap, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel, github.com/prometheus/client_model, and go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk. Both are written in Go.

# etcd vs go-micro

etcd and go-micro share 9 technologies: net/http, etcd, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, go.uber.org/zap, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel, github.com/prometheus/client_model, 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
- [micro/go-micro](https://seerepo.com/r/micro/go-micro): A framework for agents, tools and services

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: net/http, etcd, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, go.uber.org/zap, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel, github.com/prometheus/client_model, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk
- Only in etcd: go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3, github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter, github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3, go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc, github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc, gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2
- Only in go-micro: go-redis, go-sqlite3, pgx, pq, NATS.io, github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2, Postgres, RabbitMQ, Redis, github.com/patrickmn/go-cache, MySQL, SQLite, charm.land/glamour/v2, LangChain, Pydantic

## Side by side

| | etcd | go-micro |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 203,445 lines written, 512 code files | 138,184 lines written, 500 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot and Claude Code | 20.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 5, 2026, 15,934 commits, 52,462 stars | Last push October 29, 2026, 4,427 commits, 23,083 stars |
| Tests | 521 test files. 69.7% of its code files have a test that imports them | 286 test files. 62.8% 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 go-micro?

etcd, with 203,445 lines written; go-micro has 138,184.

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 go-micro?

etcd, with 52,462 stars; go-micro has 23,083.

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

### Which has more tests, etcd or go-micro?

etcd, with 521 test files; go-micro has 286.

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 go-micro?

etcd: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and go-micro's on October 29, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, etcd or go-micro?

go-micro: an AI signed 20.5% of its commits, with Codex, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot.

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

## Sources

- etcd-io/etcd: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit cda871c (https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/tree/cda871cc952195664ebec450b77709c12f2d2a88)
- micro/go-micro: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 65cbacb (https://github.com/micro/go-micro/tree/65cbacb498749e38b33fdf31f8cab8458e0235be)

## 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.