etcd vs vitess
etcd and vitess share 8 technologies: net/http, go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3, etcd, github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc, and go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk. Both are written in Go.
What they share and what sets them apart
etcd-io
etcd
Distributed reliable key-value store for the most critical data of a distributed system
Go52.5kRead on November 5, 2026, at commit cda871cWhat is etcd built with?Only in etcd
- github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3
github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5
- go.uber.org/zap
- go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc
- go.opentelemetry.io/otel
github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22
- github.com/prometheus/client_model
- gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2
In common
- net/http
- go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3
- etcd
- github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter
- Prometheus
- OpenTelemetry
- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc
- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk
vitessio
vitess
Vitess is a database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL.
Go21.4kRead on November 5, 2026, at commit 86a183cWhat is vitess built with?Only in vitess
- Gorilla
s3
- github.com/patrickmn/go-cache
- SQLite
- MySQL
- Vite
- React
react-router-dom
- golang.org/x/oauth2
- log4j-core
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2
- Apache
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config
github.com/golang/glog
- github.com/lmittmann/tint
- github.com/prometheus/common
- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace
- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace
- Tailwind CSS
- classnames
- Headless UI
- xyflow
- D3
downshift
react-json-tree
react-toastify
@bugsnag/js
Side by side
etcdvitess
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
etcd203,445 lines written512 code files
vitess1,290,379 lines written1,900 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
etcd0% of its commits signed by AIWith GitHub Copilot and Claude Code
vitess0.9% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Devin, Codex, and Aider
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
etcdLast push November 5, 202615,934 commits52,462 stars
vitessLast push November 5, 202627,950 commits21,406 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
etcd521 test files69.7% of its code files have a test that imports them
vitess1,515 test files64.7% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, etcd or vitess?
vitess, with 1,290,379 lines written; etcd has 203,445.
The proof: vitessio/vitess's code at commit 86a183c
Which has more GitHub stars, etcd or vitess?
etcd, with 52,462 stars; vitess has 21,406.
The proof: etcd-io/etcd on GitHub
Which has more tests, etcd or vitess?
vitess, with 1,515 test files; etcd has 521.
The proof: vitessio/vitess's code at commit 86a183c
Which was updated more recently, etcd or vitess?
Both got their last push on November 5, 2026.
The proof: etcd-io/etcd's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, etcd or vitess?
vitess: an AI signed 0.9% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Devin, Codex, and Aider.
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