beads vs ragflow
beads and ragflow share 5 technologies: net/http, MySQL, github.com/yuin/goldmark, OpenTelemetry, and go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace. Both are written in Go.
What they share and what sets them apart
gastownhall
beads
Beads - A memory upgrade for your coding agent
Go28.6kRead on November 8, 2026, at commit 2edea9cWhat is beads built with?Only in beads
- go-sqlite3
- SQLite
- Anthropic
fastmcp
- charm.land/lipgloss/v2
- charm.land/glamour/v2
- charm.land/huh/v2
github.com/JohannesKaufmann/html-to-markdown/v2
github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday
- Pydantic
github.com/invopop/jsonschema
- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric
- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp
- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric
- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk
- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric
In common
infiniflow
ragflow
RAGFlow is an agent-native database: a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) engine that grew into context infrastructure.
Go93.8kRead on November 9, 2026, at commit 4ba8d80What is ragflow built with?Only in ragflow
- Gin
elasticsearch-dsl
- go-redis
mysql-connector-python
- pgx
- pq
s3
- github.com/glebarez/sqlite
- Postgres
- NATS.io
- Redis
github.com/infiniflow/infinity-go-sdk
- github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/protocol/eventstream
- github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob
- github.com/denisenkom/go-mssqldb
Google
AWS S3- MCP
- Alibaba Cloud
- MinIO
- AIOHTTP
werkzeug
- React
- React Router
OpenAIpeewee
- gorm.io/gorm
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials
- golang.org/x/oauth2
github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5
- Model Context Protocol
github.com/cloudwego/eino
github.com/infiniflow/onnxruntime_go
- github.com/pkoukk/tiktoken-go
- github.com/eric642/e2b-go-sdk
github.com/LuxorLabs/tenki-sdk-go/sandbox
github.com/xuri/excelize/v2
- github.com/ledongthuc/pdf
- github.com/gomarkdown/markdown
- github.com/jloor/go-excel-reader
github.com/yfedoseev/office_oxide/go
- github.com/AkmalOt/gomsg
- github.com/emersion/go-imap/v2
- github.com/emersion/go-message
github.com/JohannesKaufmann/html-to-markdown
github.com/nikolalohinski/gonja
- github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery
- github.com/richardlehane/mscfb
- github.com/signintech/gopdf
- github.com/yfedoseev/pdf_oxide/go
- golang.org/x/image
- reportlab
- github.com/eino-contrib/jsonschema
beartype
- go.uber.org/zap
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts
- go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp
- github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore
github.com/ucloud/ucloud-sandbox-sdk-go
- gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2
- qrcode
- Tailwind CSS
- classnames
class-variance-authority
tailwind-merge
- next-themes
- React Hook Form
- xyflow
- Radix UI
lexical
- tanstack
@monaco-editor/react
react-syntax-highlighter
react18-json-view
sonner
- AntV
- react-force-graph-2d
react-day-picker
- react-photo-view
- react-copy-to-clipboard
recharts
@floating-ui/react
- cmdk
- D3
embla-carousel-react
jsoneditor
- Mermaid
- react-audio-voice-recorder
react-dropzone
react-resizable-panels
- Lucide
- Ant Design
@lexical/markdown
- dompurify
- react-markdown
- react-pdf-highlighter
rehype-katex
rehype-raw
- unist-util-visit-parents
xlsx
papaparse
remark-gfm
@extend-ai/react-docx
- @js-preview/excel
@uiw/react-markdown-preview
- epubjs
- hast-util-sanitize
- pptx-preview
rehype-sanitize
remark-breaks
remark-math
- Zod
@hookform/resolvers
- Ajv
- ajv-formats
Side by side
beadsragflow
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
beads1,299,687 lines written1,440 code files
ragflow1,311,499 lines written2,858 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.
beads41.4% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Amp, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codex, Factory, Devin, and Kilo Code
ragflow2.1% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, Kilo Code, Codex, OpenHands, and Factory
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
beadsLast push November 8, 202610,396 commits28,583 stars
ragflowLast push November 9, 202610,898 commits93,816 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
beads2,621 test files86.1% of its code files have a test that imports them
ragflow2,014 test files51.5% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, beads or ragflow?
ragflow, with 1,311,499 lines written; beads has 1,299,687.
The proof: infiniflow/ragflow's code at commit 4ba8d80
Which has more GitHub stars, beads or ragflow?
ragflow, with 93,816 stars; beads has 28,583.
The proof: infiniflow/ragflow on GitHub
Which has more tests, beads or ragflow?
beads, with 2,621 test files; ragflow has 2,014.
The proof: gastownhall/beads's code at commit 2edea9c
Which was updated more recently, beads or ragflow?
ragflow: its last push was on November 9, 2026, and beads's on November 8, 2026.
The proof: infiniflow/ragflow's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, beads or ragflow?
beads: an AI signed 41.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, Amp, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codex, Factory, Devin, and Kilo Code; in ragflow, 2.1%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in gastownhall/beads
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