Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/higress-group/higress/vs/QuantumNous/new-api
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/higress-group/higress/vs/QuantumNous/new-api.md
Description: higress and new-api share 7 technologies: Redis, MySQL, Postgres, gorm.io/driver/clickhouse, gorm.io/gorm, openai-go, and Prometheus. Both are written in Go.

# higress vs new-api

higress and new-api share 7 technologies: Redis, MySQL, Postgres, gorm.io/driver/clickhouse, gorm.io/gorm, openai-go, and Prometheus. Both are written in Go.

- [higress-group/higress](https://seerepo.com/r/higress-group/higress): 🤖 AI Gateway | AI Native API Gateway
- [QuantumNous/new-api](https://seerepo.com/r/QuantumNous/new-api): Open-source AI gateway. Self-hosted LLM gateway with OpenAI-, Claude- and Gemini-compatible APIs, model routing, access control, usage tracking and cost accounting.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Redis, MySQL, Postgres, gorm.io/driver/clickhouse, gorm.io/gorm, openai-go, Prometheus
- Only in higress: net/http, Milvus, SQLite, Consul, MCP, OpenAI, sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime, github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2, github.com/manifoldco/promptui, hmac-sha256, mcp-go, sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension, github.com/pkoukk/tiktoken-go, jieba-rs, github.com/antchfx/xmlquery, github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v5, github.com/invopop/jsonschema, sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api, Knative, Helm, github.com/compose-spec/compose-go, github.com/distribution/distribution/v3, github.com/docker/compose/v2, github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus, go.uber.org/zap
- Only in new-api: Gin, pgx, github.com/samber/hot, ClickHouse, github.com/glebarez/go-sqlite, github.com/glebarez/sqlite, Stripe, github.com/MoeForge/moejs, github.com/gin-contrib/static, Electron, React, tanstack, github.com/go-webauthn/webauthn, github.com/casbin/casbin/v2, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/Azure/go-ntlmssp, github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3, github.com/pquerna/otp, golang.org/x/oauth2, relaykit, tokenkit, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/bedrockruntime, github.com/tiktoken-go/tokenizer, golang.org/x/image, github.com/abema/go-mp4, github.com/go-audio/aiff, github.com/go-audio/wav, github.com/jfreymuth/oggvorbis, github.com/ledongthuc/pdf, github.com/mewkiz/flac, github.com/tcolgate/mp3, github.com/yapingcat/gomedia, github.com/go-playground/validator/v10, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/grafana/pyroscope-go, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, sonner, React Hook Form, @tanstack/react-table, Base UI, motion, visactor, xyflow, CodeMirror, react-day-picker, @lezer/highlight, yace, auto-skeleton-react, cmdk, embla-carousel-react, input-otp, react-resizable-panels, react-top-loading-bar, recharts, use-stick-to-bottom, vaul, Lucide, hugeicons, @lobehub/icons, react-icons, ai, tokenlens, stream-markdown-parser, marked, dompurify, shiki, katex, qrcode.react, yaml, Zod, @hookform/resolvers

## Side by side

| | higress | new-api |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 349,215 lines written, 617 code files | 639,527 lines written, 2,070 code files |
| Who writes it | 1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and Cursor | 0.7% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, CodeRabbit, Codex, Jules, and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push November 13, 2026, 2,019 commits, 9,766 stars | Last push November 13, 2026, 5,444 commits, 51,856 stars |
| Tests | 509 test files. 50.1% of its code files have a test that imports them | 571 test files. 41.4% 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, higress or new-api?

new-api, with 639,527 lines written; higress has 349,215.

The proof: [QuantumNous/new-api's code at commit b20e056](https://github.com/QuantumNous/new-api/tree/b20e0566b235716383da42450c6c536689de9b43)

### Which has more GitHub stars, higress or new-api?

new-api, with 51,856 stars; higress has 9,766.

The proof: [QuantumNous/new-api on GitHub](https://github.com/QuantumNous/new-api)

### Which has more tests, higress or new-api?

new-api, with 571 test files; higress has 509.

The proof: [QuantumNous/new-api's code at commit b20e056](https://github.com/QuantumNous/new-api/tree/b20e0566b235716383da42450c6c536689de9b43)

### Which was updated more recently, higress or new-api?

Both got their last push on November 13, 2026.

The proof: [higress-group/higress's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/higress-group/higress/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, higress or new-api?

higress: an AI signed 1% of its commits, with Claude Code and Cursor; in new-api, 0.7%.

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

## Sources

- higress-group/higress: Read on November 14, 2026, at commit 0316bc9 (https://github.com/higress-group/higress/tree/0316bc904789ab25a9cd42db58eafca11f6a2205)
- QuantumNous/new-api: Read on November 13, 2026, at commit b20e056 (https://github.com/QuantumNous/new-api/tree/b20e0566b235716383da42450c6c536689de9b43)

## 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.