Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/ether/etherpad/vs/ruvnet/ruflo
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/ether/etherpad/vs/ruvnet/ruflo.md
Description: etherpad and ruflo share 10 technologies: Vite, React, react-router-dom, Express, Radix UI, React Hook Form, Lucide, jose, htmlparser2, and prom-client. Both are written in TypeScript.

# etherpad vs ruflo

etherpad and ruflo share 10 technologies: Vite, React, react-router-dom, Express, Radix UI, React Hook Form, Lucide, jose, htmlparser2, and prom-client. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [ether/etherpad](https://seerepo.com/r/ether/etherpad): Etherpad: A modern really-real-time collaborative document editor.
- [ruvnet/ruflo](https://seerepo.com/r/ruvnet/ruflo): 🌊 The original agent harness. Deploy intelligent multi-player swarms, coordinate autonomous workflows, and build conversational AI systems. Features adaptive memory, self-learning intelligence, federation, vector RAG integration, and native Claude Code / Codex / Hermes and many more Integrated

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Vite, React, react-router-dom, Express, Radix UI, React Hook Form, Lucide, jose, htmlparser2, prom-client
- Only in etherpad: lru-cache, express-session, oidc-provider, EJS, entities, html-to-docx, mammoth, nodemailer, pdfkit, rehype
- Only in ruflo: sql.js, Google Cloud, MCP, Svelte, SvelteKit, MongoDB, Postgres, Hugging Face, OpenAI, Tokio, SQLite, Supabase, js-yaml, Zod, Tailwind CSS, bits-ui, web-haptics, marked, katex, file-type, handlebars, highlight.js, isomorphic-dompurify, satori, sharp, pino, helmet, Ajv, tracing, @xenova/transformers, yaml, hmac, bcryptjs, class-variance-authority, next-themes, tailwind-merge, cmdk, embla-carousel-react, input-otp, react-day-picker, react-resizable-panels, reactflow, recharts, sonner, vaul

## Side by side

| | etherpad | ruflo |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 97,129 lines written, 276 code files | 1,153,806 lines written, 2,525 code files |
| Who writes it | 3.8% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and GitHub Copilot | 35.9% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and Codex |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 8,883 commits, 18,621 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 9,037 commits, 80,870 stars |
| Tests | 294 test files. 40.6% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,805 test files. 49.3% 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, etherpad or ruflo?

ruflo, with 1,153,806 lines written; etherpad has 97,129.

The proof: [ruvnet/ruflo's code at commit 1c0d63c](https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo/tree/1c0d63c79aa2879d7029cc793501d7086d06f124)

### Which has more GitHub stars, etherpad or ruflo?

ruflo, with 80,870 stars; etherpad has 18,621.

The proof: [ruvnet/ruflo on GitHub](https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo)

### Which has more tests, etherpad or ruflo?

ruflo, with 1,805 test files; etherpad has 294.

The proof: [ruvnet/ruflo's code at commit 1c0d63c](https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo/tree/1c0d63c79aa2879d7029cc793501d7086d06f124)

### Which was updated more recently, etherpad or ruflo?

etherpad: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and ruflo's on November 4, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, etherpad or ruflo?

ruflo: an AI signed 35.9% of its commits, with Claude Code and Codex; in etherpad, 3.8%.

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

## Sources

- ether/etherpad: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 4aec490 (https://github.com/ether/etherpad/tree/4aec49099bd7dd97f1133a232f693a4080176a80)
- ruvnet/ruflo: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 1c0d63c (https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo/tree/1c0d63c79aa2879d7029cc793501d7086d06f124)

## 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.