Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/go-gitea/gitea/vs/googleapis/mcp-toolbox
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/go-gitea/gitea/vs/googleapis/mcp-toolbox.md
Description: gitea and mcp-toolbox share 8 technologies: chi, go-redis, MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, github.com/microsoft/go-mssqldb, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, and golang.org/x/oauth2. Both are written in Go.

# gitea vs mcp-toolbox

gitea and mcp-toolbox share 8 technologies: chi, go-redis, MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, github.com/microsoft/go-mssqldb, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, and golang.org/x/oauth2. Both are written in Go.

- [go-gitea/gitea](https://seerepo.com/r/go-gitea/gitea): Git with a cup of tea! Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service, including Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package registry and CI/CD
- [googleapis/mcp-toolbox](https://seerepo.com/r/googleapis/mcp-toolbox): MCP Toolbox for Databases is an open source MCP server for databases.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: chi, go-redis, MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, github.com/microsoft/go-mssqldb, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, golang.org/x/oauth2
- Only in gitea: Vite, Vue, go-sqlite3, pq, github.com/blevesearch/bleve/v2, Redis, github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2, github.com/syndtr/goleveldb, GitHub, MinIO, Tailwind CSS, tippy.js, CodeMirror, Chart.js, sortablejs, @lezer/highlight, codemirror-lang-elixir, cropperjs, Mermaid, Replit, Swagger, github.com/Azure/go-ntlmssp, github.com/pquerna/otp, github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3, github.com/yuin/goldmark, github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery, github.com/gorilla/feeds, github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday, golang.org/x/image, github.com/niklasfasching/go-org, js-yaml, katex, pdfobject, kin-openapi, github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6, Prometheus
- Only in mcp-toolbox: github.com/go-chi/render, pgx, cloud.google.com/go/cloudsqlconn, Neo4j, github.com/apache/cassandra-gocql-driver/v2, github.com/gocql/gocql, github.com/valkey-io/valkey-go, ClickHouse, cloud.google.com/go/alloydbconn, github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach-go/v2, github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8, github.com/godror/godror, github.com/nakagami/firebirdsql, github.com/sijms/go-ora/v2, github.com/snowflakedb/gosnowflake/v2, Google, github.com/jmoiron/sqlx, github.com/MicahParks/jwkset, github.com/MicahParks/keyfunc/v3, github.com/go-playground/validator/v10, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric, cloud.google.com/go/logging, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric

## Side by side

| | gitea | mcp-toolbox |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 564,991 lines written, 2,821 code files | 287,166 lines written, 507 code files |
| Who writes it | 1.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Codex | 4.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Gemini CLI, Jules, and Claude Code |
| Activity | Last push November 5, 2026, 20,898 commits, 58,901 stars | Last push November 7, 2026, 2,381 commits, 16,819 stars |
| Tests | 1,193 test files. 47.6% of its code files have a test that imports them | 579 test files. 92.9% 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, gitea or mcp-toolbox?

gitea, with 564,991 lines written; mcp-toolbox has 287,166.

The proof: [go-gitea/gitea's code at commit 565f1b7](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/tree/565f1b7d52f79b5858eeb8255e9ba1b810dab0be)

### Which has more GitHub stars, gitea or mcp-toolbox?

gitea, with 58,901 stars; mcp-toolbox has 16,819.

The proof: [go-gitea/gitea on GitHub](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea)

### Which has more tests, gitea or mcp-toolbox?

gitea, with 1,193 test files; mcp-toolbox has 579.

The proof: [go-gitea/gitea's code at commit 565f1b7](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/tree/565f1b7d52f79b5858eeb8255e9ba1b810dab0be)

### Which was updated more recently, gitea or mcp-toolbox?

mcp-toolbox: its last push was on November 7, 2026, and gitea's on November 5, 2026.

The proof: [googleapis/mcp-toolbox's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/googleapis/mcp-toolbox/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, gitea or mcp-toolbox?

mcp-toolbox: an AI signed 4.2% of its commits, with Gemini CLI, Jules, and Claude Code; in gitea, 1.5%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in googleapis/mcp-toolbox](https://seerepo.com/r/googleapis/mcp-toolbox/ai)

## Sources

- go-gitea/gitea: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 565f1b7 (https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/tree/565f1b7d52f79b5858eeb8255e9ba1b810dab0be)
- googleapis/mcp-toolbox: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit 8d54da0 (https://github.com/googleapis/mcp-toolbox/tree/8d54da0d2c4069937f62654f3262f3f46fae850d)

## 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.