Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/googleapis/mcp-toolbox/vs/hashicorp/vault Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/googleapis/mcp-toolbox/vs/hashicorp/vault.md Description: mcp-toolbox and vault share 11 technologies: MySQL, pgx, Postgres, cloud.google.com/go/cloudsqlconn, github.com/gocql/gocql, github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach-go/v2, Google, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, OpenTelemetry, and go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk. Both are written in Go. # mcp-toolbox vs vault mcp-toolbox and vault share 11 technologies: MySQL, pgx, Postgres, cloud.google.com/go/cloudsqlconn, github.com/gocql/gocql, github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach-go/v2, Google, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, OpenTelemetry, and go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk. 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. - [hashicorp/vault](https://seerepo.com/r/hashicorp/vault): A tool for secrets management, encryption as a service, and privileged access management ## What they share and what sets them apart - In common: MySQL, pgx, Postgres, cloud.google.com/go/cloudsqlconn, github.com/gocql/gocql, github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach-go/v2, Google, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk - Only in mcp-toolbox: chi, github.com/go-chi/render, go-redis, SQLite, Neo4j, github.com/apache/cassandra-gocql-driver/v2, github.com/valkey-io/valkey-go, ClickHouse, cloud.google.com/go/alloydbconn, 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, github.com/jmoiron/sqlx, github.com/MicahParks/jwkset, github.com/MicahParks/keyfunc/v3, github.com/go-playground/validator/v10, 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/metric - Only in vault: MongoDB, s3, github.com/hashicorp/go-memdb, github.com/jellydator/ttlcache/v3, Consul, etcd, github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru, github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2, github.com/denisenkom/go-mssqldb, github.com/influxdata/influxdb1-client, github.com/aliyun/aliyun-oss-go-sdk, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/dynamodb, github.com/Azure/azure-storage-blob-go, github.com/go-zookeeper/zk, github.com/hashicorp/raft-boltdb/v2, github.com/patrickmn/go-cache, github.com/SAP/go-hdb, go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3, go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3, approle, github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4, github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/pquerna/otp, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4, github.com/jcmturner/gokrb5/v8, github.com/pavlo-v-chernykh/keystore-go/v4, github.com/asaskevich/govalidator, HashiCorp, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts, github.com/moby/moby/client, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2, github.com/moby/moby/api, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/ec2/imds, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, Nomad, cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata, github.com/aliyun/alibaba-cloud-sdk-go, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore, github.com/coreos/go-systemd, github.com/prometheus/common, go.opencensus.io, Prometheus ## Side by side | | mcp-toolbox | vault | |---|---|---| | Size | 287,166 lines written, 507 code files | 1,007,660 lines written, 2,745 code files | | Who writes it | 4.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Gemini CLI, Jules, and Claude Code | 0.3% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot | | Activity | Last push November 7, 2026, 2,381 commits, 16,819 stars | Last push November 6, 2026, 22,414 commits, 36,472 stars | | Tests | 579 test files. 92.9% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,904 test files. 33.7% 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 vault? vault, with 1,007,660 lines written; mcp-toolbox has 287,166. The proof: [hashicorp/vault's code at commit f1c357b](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/tree/f1c357b1d5d802a8ec0e1b7af82351f869ff80aa) ### Which has more GitHub stars, mcp-toolbox or vault? vault, with 36,472 stars; mcp-toolbox has 16,819. The proof: [hashicorp/vault on GitHub](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault) ### Which has more tests, mcp-toolbox or vault? vault, with 1,904 test files; mcp-toolbox has 579. The proof: [hashicorp/vault's code at commit f1c357b](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/tree/f1c357b1d5d802a8ec0e1b7af82351f869ff80aa) ### Which was updated more recently, mcp-toolbox or vault? mcp-toolbox: its last push was on November 7, 2026, and vault's on November 6, 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 vault? mcp-toolbox: an AI signed 4.2% of its commits, with Gemini CLI, Jules, and Claude Code; in vault, 0.3%. The proof: [the commits each tool signed in googleapis/mcp-toolbox](https://seerepo.com/r/googleapis/mcp-toolbox/ai) ## Sources - googleapis/mcp-toolbox: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit 8d54da0 (https://github.com/googleapis/mcp-toolbox/tree/8d54da0d2c4069937f62654f3262f3f46fae850d) - hashicorp/vault: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit f1c357b (https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/tree/f1c357b1d5d802a8ec0e1b7af82351f869ff80aa) ## 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.