Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/gastownhall/gastown/vs/gofr-dev/gofr
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/gastownhall/gastown/vs/gofr-dev/gofr.md
Description: gastown and gofr share 6 technologies: MySQL, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, and go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric. Both are written in Go.

# gastown vs gofr

gastown and gofr share 6 technologies: MySQL, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, and go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric. Both are written in Go.

- [gastownhall/gastown](https://seerepo.com/r/gastownhall/gastown): Gas Town - multi-agent workspace manager
- [gofr-dev/gofr](https://seerepo.com/r/gofr-dev/gofr): An opinionated GoLang framework for accelerated microservice development. Built in support for databases and observability.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: MySQL, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric
- Only in gastown: net/http, github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea, github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss, github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles, github.com/muesli/termenv, github.com/charmbracelet/glamour, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log, gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2
- Only in gofr: Gorilla, go-redis, pgx, pq, s3, SQLite, NATS.io, Redis, github.com/gocql/gocql, ClickHouse, github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2, Dgraph, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azfile, github.com/jlaffaye/ftp, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, go.opentelemetry.io/otel, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc, Prometheus, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore, go.opencensus.io, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus

## Side by side

| | gastown | gofr |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 484,221 lines written, 676 code files | 203,252 lines written, 381 code files |
| Who writes it | 58.6% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Warp | 0.9% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and Codex |
| Activity | Last push October 28, 2026, 6,662 commits, 18,712 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 3,178 commits, 20,819 stars |
| Tests | 576 test files. 73.4% of its code files have a test that imports them | 362 test files. 90.6% 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, gastown or gofr?

gastown, with 484,221 lines written; gofr has 203,252.

The proof: [gastownhall/gastown's code at commit 466aa41](https://github.com/gastownhall/gastown/tree/466aa41c83ee73b1fa0eb79eb9d172fb1eca9476)

### Which has more GitHub stars, gastown or gofr?

gofr, with 20,819 stars; gastown has 18,712.

The proof: [gofr-dev/gofr on GitHub](https://github.com/gofr-dev/gofr)

### Which has more tests, gastown or gofr?

gastown, with 576 test files; gofr has 362.

The proof: [gastownhall/gastown's code at commit 466aa41](https://github.com/gastownhall/gastown/tree/466aa41c83ee73b1fa0eb79eb9d172fb1eca9476)

### Which was updated more recently, gastown or gofr?

gofr: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and gastown's on October 28, 2026.

The proof: [gofr-dev/gofr's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/gofr-dev/gofr/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, gastown or gofr?

gastown: an AI signed 58.6% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Warp; in gofr, 0.9%.

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

## Sources

- gastownhall/gastown: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 466aa41 (https://github.com/gastownhall/gastown/tree/466aa41c83ee73b1fa0eb79eb9d172fb1eca9476)
- gofr-dev/gofr: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit b8747c3 (https://github.com/gofr-dev/gofr/tree/b8747c3233e7a05d89d60ae2fdaf5bf3b40fb812)

## 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.