gofr vs temporal

gofr and temporal share 14 technologies: Gorilla, SQLite, MySQL, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc, and Prometheus. Both are written in Go.

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What they share and what sets them apart

gofr-dev

gofr

An opinionated GoLang framework for accelerated microservice development. Built in support for databases and observability.

Go20.8kRead on November 5, 2026, at commit b8747c3What is gofr built with?

Only in gofr

  • go-redis
  • pgx
  • pq
  • s3
  • 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
  • go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric
  • go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp
  • github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore
  • go.opencensus.io
  • go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp
  • go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus

In common

Only in temporal

  • Postgres
  • AWS S3
  • Google
  • tablewriter
  • github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4
  • go.uber.org/zap
  • github.com/felixge/httpsnoop
  • github.com/prometheus/client_model
  • go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc
  • go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
gofr203,252 lines written381 code files
temporal952,127 lines written1,359 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
gofr0.9% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code and Codex
temporal2.9% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
gofrLast push November 5, 20263,178 commits20,819 stars
temporalLast push November 4, 202610,123 commits24,182 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
gofr362 test files90.6% of its code files have a test that imports them
temporal1,385 test files85.7% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, gofr or temporal?
temporal, with 952,127 lines written; gofr has 203,252.

The proof: temporalio/temporal's code at commit d167000

Which has more GitHub stars, gofr or temporal?
temporal, with 24,182 stars; gofr has 20,819.

The proof: temporalio/temporal on GitHub

Which has more tests, gofr or temporal?
temporal, with 1,385 test files; gofr has 362.

The proof: temporalio/temporal's code at commit d167000

Which was updated more recently, gofr or temporal?
gofr: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and temporal's on November 4, 2026.

The proof: gofr-dev/gofr's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, gofr or temporal?
temporal: an AI signed 2.9% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot; in gofr, 0.9%.

The proof: the commits each tool signed in temporalio/temporal

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