Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/etcd-io/etcd/vs/temporalio/temporal
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/etcd-io/etcd/vs/temporalio/temporal.md
Description: etcd and temporal share 8 technologies: go.uber.org/zap, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, 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, and go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk. Both are written in Go.

# etcd vs temporal

etcd and temporal share 8 technologies: go.uber.org/zap, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, 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, 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
- [temporalio/temporal](https://seerepo.com/r/temporalio/temporal): Temporal service

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: go.uber.org/zap, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, 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, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk
- Only in etcd: net/http, go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3, etcd, github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter, github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22, gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2
- Only in temporal: Gorilla, Postgres, MySQL, SQLite, AWS S3, Google, tablewriter, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric, github.com/felixge/httpsnoop, go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc

## Side by side

| | etcd | temporal |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 203,445 lines written, 512 code files | 952,127 lines written, 1,359 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot and Claude Code | 2.9% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 5, 2026, 15,934 commits, 52,462 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 10,123 commits, 24,182 stars |
| Tests | 521 test files. 69.7% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,385 test files. 85.7% 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 temporal?

temporal, with 952,127 lines written; etcd has 203,445.

The proof: [temporalio/temporal's code at commit d167000](https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/tree/d167000789d70a4b3750590008e005747e11c6ce)

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

etcd, with 52,462 stars; temporal has 24,182.

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

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

temporal, with 1,385 test files; etcd has 521.

The proof: [temporalio/temporal's code at commit d167000](https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/tree/d167000789d70a4b3750590008e005747e11c6ce)

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

etcd: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and temporal's on November 4, 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 temporal?

temporal: an AI signed 2.9% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot.

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

## Sources

- etcd-io/etcd: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit cda871c (https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/tree/cda871cc952195664ebec450b77709c12f2d2a88)
- temporalio/temporal: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit d167000 (https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/tree/d167000789d70a4b3750590008e005747e11c6ce)

## 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.