Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/getsops/sops/vs/knadh/listmonk
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/getsops/sops/vs/knadh/listmonk.md
Description: sops and listmonk share 3 technologies: pq, Postgres, and golang.org/x/oauth2. Both are written in Go.

# sops vs listmonk

sops and listmonk share 3 technologies: pq, Postgres, and golang.org/x/oauth2. Both are written in Go.

- [getsops/sops](https://seerepo.com/r/getsops/sops): Simple and flexible tool for managing secrets
- [knadh/listmonk](https://seerepo.com/r/knadh/listmonk): High performance, self-hosted, newsletter and mailing list manager with a modern dashboard. Single binary app.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: pq, Postgres, golang.org/x/oauth2
- Only in sops: s3, Google, AWS S3, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, github.com/sirupsen/logrus, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore
- Only in listmonk: Echo, Alpine.js, github.com/jmoiron/sqlx, github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3, OpenAI, Chart.js, CodeMirror, @lezer/highlight

## Side by side

| | sops | listmonk |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 26,757 lines written, 53 code files | 39,387 lines written, 177 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code |
| Activity | Last push November 3, 2026, 1,731 commits, 23,610 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 2,068 commits, 24,139 stars |
| Tests | 30 test files. 54.7% of its code files have a test that imports them | 15 test files. 2.3% 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, sops or listmonk?

listmonk, with 39,387 lines written; sops has 26,757.

The proof: [knadh/listmonk's code at commit 517b461](https://github.com/knadh/listmonk/tree/517b46169e2d7b7b6a544b3caa9ce8970ac5028c)

### Which has more GitHub stars, sops or listmonk?

listmonk, with 24,139 stars; sops has 23,610.

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

### Which has more tests, sops or listmonk?

sops, with 30 test files; listmonk has 15.

The proof: [getsops/sops's code at commit cbb1216](https://github.com/getsops/sops/tree/cbb1216640c95c11f55a7e091ffa2748a319d4d8)

### Which was updated more recently, sops or listmonk?

listmonk: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and sops's on November 3, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, sops or listmonk?

In both, an AI signed 0.1% of their commits.

## Sources

- getsops/sops: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit cbb1216 (https://github.com/getsops/sops/tree/cbb1216640c95c11f55a7e091ffa2748a319d4d8)
- knadh/listmonk: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 517b461 (https://github.com/knadh/listmonk/tree/517b46169e2d7b7b6a544b3caa9ce8970ac5028c)

## 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.