Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/gastownhall/beads/vs/traefik/traefik
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/gastownhall/beads/vs/traefik/traefik.md
Description: beads and traefik share 5 technologies: OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, and go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric. Both are written in Go.

# beads vs traefik

beads and traefik share 5 technologies: OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, and go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric. Both are written in Go.

- [gastownhall/beads](https://seerepo.com/r/gastownhall/beads): Beads - A memory upgrade for your coding agent
- [traefik/traefik](https://seerepo.com/r/traefik/traefik): The Cloud Native Application Proxy

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric
- Only in beads: net/http, go-sqlite3, MySQL, 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, github.com/yuin/goldmark, Pydantic, github.com/invopop/jsonschema, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric
- Only in traefik: Gorilla, go-redis, github.com/patrickmn/go-cache, Redis, Consul, GitHub, sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime, github.com/spiffe/go-spiffe/v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/rs/zerolog, github.com/moby/moby/api, github.com/moby/moby/client, github.com/sirupsen/logrus, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ecs, github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22, github.com/go-kit/log, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/prometheus/client_model, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log, gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2, Nomad, Prometheus

## Side by side

| | beads | traefik |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 1,299,687 lines written, 1,440 code files | 263,964 lines written, 512 code files |
| Who writes it | 41.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Amp, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codex, Factory, Devin, and Kilo Code | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 8, 2026, 10,396 commits, 28,583 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 5,644 commits, 65,469 stars |
| Tests | 2,621 test files. 86.1% of its code files have a test that imports them | 329 test files. 63.7% 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, beads or traefik?

beads, with 1,299,687 lines written; traefik has 263,964.

The proof: [gastownhall/beads's code at commit 2edea9c](https://github.com/gastownhall/beads/tree/2edea9ced8c6f6124b6c157896ae53a0e09ff7be)

### Which has more GitHub stars, beads or traefik?

traefik, with 65,469 stars; beads has 28,583.

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

### Which has more tests, beads or traefik?

beads, with 2,621 test files; traefik has 329.

The proof: [gastownhall/beads's code at commit 2edea9c](https://github.com/gastownhall/beads/tree/2edea9ced8c6f6124b6c157896ae53a0e09ff7be)

### Which was updated more recently, beads or traefik?

beads: its last push was on November 8, 2026, and traefik's on November 4, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, beads or traefik?

beads: an AI signed 41.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, Amp, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codex, Factory, Devin, and Kilo Code.

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

## Sources

- gastownhall/beads: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit 2edea9c (https://github.com/gastownhall/beads/tree/2edea9ced8c6f6124b6c157896ae53a0e09ff7be)
- traefik/traefik: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 38d53dd (https://github.com/traefik/traefik/tree/38d53dd06c53c7e9bd08e57b217e72686d823610)

## 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.