Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/getzola/zola/vs/xai-org/grok-build
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/getzola/zola/vs/xai-org/grok-build.md
Description: zola and grok-build share 8 technologies: axum, Tokio, anstyle, kamadak-exif, image, pulldown-cmark, log, and env_logger. Both are written in Rust.

# zola vs grok-build

zola and grok-build share 8 technologies: axum, Tokio, anstyle, kamadak-exif, image, pulldown-cmark, log, and env_logger. Both are written in Rust.

- [getzola/zola](https://seerepo.com/r/getzola/zola): A fast static site generator in a single binary with everything built-in. https://www.getzola.org
- [xai-org/grok-build](https://seerepo.com/r/xai-org/grok-build): SpaceXAI's coding agent harness and TUI. Fullscreen, mouse interactive, extensible.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: axum, Tokio, anstyle, kamadak-exif, image, pulldown-cmark, log, env_logger
- Only in zola: console, gh-emoji, markdown, tera, fast_image_resize, ammonia, csv, webp
- Only in grok-build: aws-sdk-s3, rusqlite, SQLite, moka, sqlite-vec, OpenAI, Sentry, tower, axum-server, fontdb, Ratatui, crossterm, alacritty_terminal, ansi-to-tui, ratatui-core, indicatif, tiny-skia, jsonwebtoken, oauth2, hmac, async-openai, agent-client-protocol, rmcp, bm25, minijinja, infer, linkify, zip, htmd, html-escape, pdf_oxide, quick-xml, resvg, scraper, schemars, jsonschema, tracing, tracing-subscriber, prometheus, OpenTelemetry, tracing-appender, tracing-opentelemetry, opentelemetry-otlp, fastrace-opentelemetry, opentelemetry-http, prometheus-parse, tracing-chrome

## Side by side

| | zola | grok-build |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 25,003 lines written, 93 code files | 1,982,128 lines written, 2,511 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI | 0% of its commits signed by AI |
| Activity | Last push November 3, 2026, 2,385 commits, 17,585 stars | Last push September 29, 2026, 51 commits, 27,712 stars |
| Tests | 11 test files | 1,077 test files. 52.1% 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, zola or grok-build?

grok-build, with 1,982,128 lines written; zola has 25,003.

The proof: [xai-org/grok-build's code at commit 2bdd1d6](https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build/tree/2bdd1d6a6369de0e8c68132ea4539e9abd9e14a8)

### Which has more GitHub stars, zola or grok-build?

grok-build, with 27,712 stars; zola has 17,585.

The proof: [xai-org/grok-build on GitHub](https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build)

### Which has more tests, zola or grok-build?

grok-build, with 1,077 test files; zola has 11.

The proof: [xai-org/grok-build's code at commit 2bdd1d6](https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build/tree/2bdd1d6a6369de0e8c68132ea4539e9abd9e14a8)

### Which was updated more recently, zola or grok-build?

zola: its last push was on November 3, 2026, and grok-build's on September 29, 2026.

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

## Sources

- getzola/zola: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 48d4e7a (https://github.com/getzola/zola/tree/48d4e7a9f63bbf5d838b977b6e0403949cac5698)
- xai-org/grok-build: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit 2bdd1d6 (https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build/tree/2bdd1d6a6369de0e8c68132ea4539e9abd9e14a8)

## 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.