Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/hectorqin/reader/vs/ruvnet/ruflo
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/hectorqin/reader/vs/ruvnet/ruflo.md
Description: reader and ruflo share 5 technologies: Vite, React, react-router-dom, htmlparser2, and Lucide. Both are written in TypeScript.

# reader vs ruflo

reader and ruflo share 5 technologies: Vite, React, react-router-dom, htmlparser2, and Lucide. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [hectorqin/reader](https://seerepo.com/r/hectorqin/reader)
- [ruvnet/ruflo](https://seerepo.com/r/ruvnet/ruflo): 🌊 The original agent harness. Deploy intelligent multi-player swarms, coordinate autonomous workflows, and build conversational AI systems. Features adaptive memory, self-learning intelligence, federation, vector RAG integration, and native Claude Code / Codex / Hermes and many more Integrated

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Vite, React, react-router-dom, htmlparser2, Lucide
- Only in reader: androidx.core:core-ktx, androidx.activity:activity-ktx, Fastify, @fastify/multipart, androidx.appcompat:appcompat, androidx.media3:media3-ui, fast-xml-parser, sanitize-html, pdfjs-dist
- Only in ruflo: Express, @ruvector/core, Google Cloud, MCP, Svelte, SvelteKit, Hono, MongoDB, bson-objectid, Postgres, Hugging Face, OpenAI, Tokio, sql.js, SQLite, Supabase, Zod, jose, Tailwind CSS, bits-ui, web-haptics, openid-client, @huggingface/hub, marked, katex, @resvg/resvg-js, file-type, handlebars, highlight.js, isomorphic-dompurify, parquetjs, satori, satori-html, sharp, pino, prom-client, helmet, aimds-core, agentic-flow, Ajv, tracing, @xenova/transformers, ruvector, agentdb, yaml, hmac, @ruvector/sona, @ruvector/attention, @cognitum-one/sdk, @ruvector/ruvllm, bcryptjs, class-variance-authority, next-themes, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, cmdk, embla-carousel-react, input-otp, React Hook Form, react-day-picker, react-resizable-panels, reactflow, recharts, sonner, vaul

## Side by side

| | reader | ruflo |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 89,233 lines written, 379 code files | 1,181,633 lines written, 2,537 code files |
| Who writes it | 30.8% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code | 35.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and Codex |
| Activity | Last push November 12, 2026, 321 commits, 11,094 stars | Last push November 12, 2026, 9,279 commits, 81,534 stars |
| Tests | 229 test files. 68.9% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,952 test files. 51.3% 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, reader or ruflo?

ruflo, with 1,181,633 lines written; reader has 89,233.

The proof: [ruvnet/ruflo's code at commit dc25dd9](https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo/tree/dc25dd9b522bf1f3761f0d061a0bd0deb1900ba1)

### Which has more GitHub stars, reader or ruflo?

ruflo, with 81,534 stars; reader has 11,094.

The proof: [ruvnet/ruflo on GitHub](https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo)

### Which has more tests, reader or ruflo?

ruflo, with 1,952 test files; reader has 229.

The proof: [ruvnet/ruflo's code at commit dc25dd9](https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo/tree/dc25dd9b522bf1f3761f0d061a0bd0deb1900ba1)

### Which was updated more recently, reader or ruflo?

Both got their last push on November 12, 2026.

The proof: [hectorqin/reader's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/hectorqin/reader/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, reader or ruflo?

ruflo: an AI signed 35.1% of its commits, with Claude Code and Codex; in reader, 30.8%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in ruvnet/ruflo](https://seerepo.com/r/ruvnet/ruflo/ai)

## Sources

- hectorqin/reader: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit b9901fb (https://github.com/hectorqin/reader/tree/b9901fb0c5359c218b9fb1bf680a3ef25af8a442)
- ruvnet/ruflo: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit dc25dd9 (https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo/tree/dc25dd9b522bf1f3761f0d061a0bd0deb1900ba1)

## 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.