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.

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What they share and what sets them apart

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

Side by side

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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