Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/higress-group/higress/vs/usememos/memos
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/higress-group/higress/vs/usememos/memos.md
Description: higress and memos share 7 technologies: net/http, MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, MCP, OpenAI, and openai-go. Both are written in Go.

# higress vs memos

higress and memos share 7 technologies: net/http, MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, MCP, OpenAI, and openai-go. Both are written in Go.

- [higress-group/higress](https://seerepo.com/r/higress-group/higress): 🤖 AI Gateway | AI Native API Gateway
- [usememos/memos](https://seerepo.com/r/usememos/memos): Memos is an open-source, self-hosted note-taking app that brings your everyday thoughts together in a personal timeline. Your data stays yours, and you choose what to keep private or share.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: net/http, MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, MCP, OpenAI, openai-go
- Only in higress: Redis, Milvus, Consul, sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime, github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2, github.com/manifoldco/promptui, gorm.io/driver/clickhouse, gorm.io/gorm, 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, Prometheus, 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 memos: pq, s3, Google, Vite, React, react-router-dom, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, golang.org/x/oauth2, Model Context Protocol, github.com/yuin/goldmark, github.com/disintegration/imaging, github.com/google/jsonschema-go, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Base UI, Leaflet, react-leaflet, @maplibre/maplibre-gl-leaflet, @pierre/highlights, leaflet.markercluster, MapLibre, pele, react-leaflet-cluster, Lucide, dompurify, exifr, html-to-image, katex

## Side by side

| | higress | memos |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 349,215 lines written, 617 code files | 190,005 lines written, 722 code files |
| Who writes it | 1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and Cursor | 3.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Jules, and CodeRabbit |
| Activity | Last push November 13, 2026, 2,019 commits, 9,766 stars | Last push November 12, 2026, 4,940 commits, 64,426 stars |
| Tests | 509 test files. 50.1% of its code files have a test that imports them | 421 test files. 62% 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 memos?

higress, with 349,215 lines written; memos has 190,005.

The proof: [higress-group/higress's code at commit 0316bc9](https://github.com/higress-group/higress/tree/0316bc904789ab25a9cd42db58eafca11f6a2205)

### Which has more GitHub stars, higress or memos?

memos, with 64,426 stars; higress has 9,766.

The proof: [usememos/memos on GitHub](https://github.com/usememos/memos)

### Which has more tests, higress or memos?

higress, with 509 test files; memos has 421.

The proof: [higress-group/higress's code at commit 0316bc9](https://github.com/higress-group/higress/tree/0316bc904789ab25a9cd42db58eafca11f6a2205)

### Which was updated more recently, higress or memos?

higress: its last push was on November 13, 2026, and memos's on November 12, 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 memos?

memos: an AI signed 3.2% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Jules, and CodeRabbit; in higress, 1%.

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

## Sources

- higress-group/higress: Read on November 14, 2026, at commit 0316bc9 (https://github.com/higress-group/higress/tree/0316bc904789ab25a9cd42db58eafca11f6a2205)
- usememos/memos: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit 30f8bad (https://github.com/usememos/memos/tree/30f8bad87d586228381c54beea686162cd8c5265)

## 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.