Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/googleapis/mcp-toolbox/vs/The-Vibe-Company/quivr
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/googleapis/mcp-toolbox/vs/The-Vibe-Company/quivr.md
Description: mcp-toolbox and quivr share 9 technologies: pgx, Postgres, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, and go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric. Both are written in Go.

# mcp-toolbox vs quivr

mcp-toolbox and quivr share 9 technologies: pgx, Postgres, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, and go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric. Both are written in Go.

- [googleapis/mcp-toolbox](https://seerepo.com/r/googleapis/mcp-toolbox): MCP Toolbox for Databases is an open source MCP server for databases.
- [The-Vibe-Company/quivr](https://seerepo.com/r/The-Vibe-Company/quivr): An open-source engine that turns continuous content streams into search and monitoring. Durable ingestion, hybrid search, alerts, and plugins for formats, models and business rules.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: pgx, Postgres, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric, 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
- Only in mcp-toolbox: chi, github.com/go-chi/render, go-redis, MySQL, SQLite, 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/microsoft/go-mssqldb, github.com/nakagami/firebirdsql, github.com/sijms/go-ora/v2, github.com/snowflakedb/gosnowflake/v2, Google, github.com/jmoiron/sqlx, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/MicahParks/jwkset, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, github.com/MicahParks/keyfunc/v3, github.com/go-playground/validator/v10, cloud.google.com/go/logging
- Only in quivr: net/http, psycopg, pyarrow, s3, MCP, Temporal, Vite, React, cryptography, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, Model Context Protocol, Optuna, sentence-transformers, tokenizers, defusedxml, pypdf, annotated-types, jsonschema-path, jsonschema-specifications, openapi-schema-validator, Pydantic, rfc3339-validator, github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6, jsonschema, openapi-spec-validator, referencing, boto3, opentelemetry-api, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc, @phosphor-icons/react

## Side by side

| | mcp-toolbox | quivr |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 287,166 lines written, 507 code files | 274,640 lines written, 613 code files |
| Who writes it | 4.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Gemini CLI, Jules, and Claude Code | 9.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code |
| Activity | Last push November 7, 2026, 2,381 commits, 16,819 stars | Last push November 2, 2026, 2,835 commits, 39,633 stars |
| Tests | 579 test files. 92.9% of its code files have a test that imports them | 567 test files. 65.1% 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, mcp-toolbox or quivr?

mcp-toolbox, with 287,166 lines written; quivr has 274,640.

The proof: [googleapis/mcp-toolbox's code at commit 8d54da0](https://github.com/googleapis/mcp-toolbox/tree/8d54da0d2c4069937f62654f3262f3f46fae850d)

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

quivr, with 39,633 stars; mcp-toolbox has 16,819.

The proof: [The-Vibe-Company/quivr on GitHub](https://github.com/The-Vibe-Company/quivr)

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

mcp-toolbox, with 579 test files; quivr has 567.

The proof: [googleapis/mcp-toolbox's code at commit 8d54da0](https://github.com/googleapis/mcp-toolbox/tree/8d54da0d2c4069937f62654f3262f3f46fae850d)

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

mcp-toolbox: its last push was on November 7, 2026, and quivr's on November 2, 2026.

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

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

quivr: an AI signed 9.1% of its commits, with Claude Code; in mcp-toolbox, 4.2%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in The-Vibe-Company/quivr](https://seerepo.com/r/The-Vibe-Company/quivr/ai)

## Sources

- googleapis/mcp-toolbox: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit 8d54da0 (https://github.com/googleapis/mcp-toolbox/tree/8d54da0d2c4069937f62654f3262f3f46fae850d)
- The-Vibe-Company/quivr: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit bb1b19e (https://github.com/The-Vibe-Company/quivr/tree/bb1b19ecf4094dbd1e309e521ce8b5fed4fb539f)

## 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.
