Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/googleapis/mcp-toolbox/vs/infiniflow/ragflow
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/googleapis/mcp-toolbox/vs/infiniflow/ragflow.md
Description: mcp-toolbox and ragflow share 8 technologies: go-redis, MySQL, pgx, Postgres, Google, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, and OpenTelemetry. Both are written in Go.

# mcp-toolbox vs ragflow

mcp-toolbox and ragflow share 8 technologies: go-redis, MySQL, pgx, Postgres, Google, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, and OpenTelemetry. 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.
- [infiniflow/ragflow](https://seerepo.com/r/infiniflow/ragflow): RAGFlow is an agent-native database: a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) engine that grew into context infrastructure.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: go-redis, MySQL, pgx, Postgres, Google, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, OpenTelemetry
- Only in mcp-toolbox: chi, github.com/go-chi/render, 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, 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, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric
- Only in ragflow: net/http, Gin, mysql-connector-python, pq, s3, Redis, AWS S3, MCP, AIOHTTP, werkzeug, React, React Router, OpenAI, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, Model Context Protocol, github.com/yuin/goldmark, github.com/ledongthuc/pdf, github.com/gomarkdown/markdown, github.com/emersion/go-message, golang.org/x/image, reportlab, go.uber.org/zap, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts, go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore, qrcode, Tailwind CSS, classnames, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, next-themes, React Hook Form, xyflow, Radix UI, lexical, tanstack, @monaco-editor/react, react-syntax-highlighter, sonner, react-force-graph-2d, react-day-picker, react-copy-to-clipboard, recharts, @floating-ui/react, cmdk, D3, embla-carousel-react, Mermaid, react-dropzone, react-resizable-panels, Lucide, Ant Design, @lexical/markdown, dompurify, react-markdown, react-pdf-highlighter, rehype-katex, rehype-raw, unist-util-visit-parents, xlsx, papaparse, remark-gfm, rehype-sanitize, remark-breaks, remark-math, Zod, @hookform/resolvers, Ajv, ajv-formats

## Side by side

| | mcp-toolbox | ragflow |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 287,166 lines written, 507 code files | 1,294,372 lines written, 2,843 code files |
| Who writes it | 4.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Gemini CLI, Jules, and Claude Code | 2.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, Kilo Code, Codex, OpenHands, Gemini CLI, and Factory |
| Activity | Last push November 7, 2026, 2,381 commits, 16,819 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 10,792 commits, 93,494 stars |
| Tests | 579 test files. 92.9% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,962 test files. 50.8% 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 ragflow?

ragflow, with 1,294,372 lines written; mcp-toolbox has 287,166.

The proof: [infiniflow/ragflow's code at commit 8cab68a](https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/tree/8cab68a9a3b083da95abb2ea0789b0a5623defaf)

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

ragflow, with 93,494 stars; mcp-toolbox has 16,819.

The proof: [infiniflow/ragflow on GitHub](https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow)

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

ragflow, with 1,962 test files; mcp-toolbox has 579.

The proof: [infiniflow/ragflow's code at commit 8cab68a](https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/tree/8cab68a9a3b083da95abb2ea0789b0a5623defaf)

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

mcp-toolbox: its last push was on November 7, 2026, and ragflow's on November 4, 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 ragflow?

mcp-toolbox: an AI signed 4.2% of its commits, with Gemini CLI, Jules, and Claude Code; in ragflow, 2.1%.

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)
- infiniflow/ragflow: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 8cab68a (https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/tree/8cab68a9a3b083da95abb2ea0789b0a5623defaf)

## 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.