Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/influxdata/influxdb/vs/rathole-org/rathole
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/influxdata/influxdb/vs/rathole-org/rathole.md
Description: influxdb and rathole share 4 technologies: Tokio, tracing, tracing-subscriber, and console-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.

# influxdb vs rathole

influxdb and rathole share 4 technologies: Tokio, tracing, tracing-subscriber, and console-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.

- [influxdata/influxdb](https://seerepo.com/r/influxdata/influxdb): Scalable datastore for metrics, events, and real-time analytics
- [rathole-org/rathole](https://seerepo.com/r/rathole-org/rathole): A lightweight and high-performance reverse proxy for NAT traversal, written in Rust. An alternative to frp and ngrok.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Tokio, tracing, tracing-subscriber, console-subscriber
- Only in influxdb: sqlx-sqlite, datafusion, arrow, object_store, arrow-flight, sqlx, SQLite, tower, comfy-table, csv, parquet, tracing-log
- Only in rathole: None

## Side by side

| | influxdb | rathole |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 408,103 lines written, 767 code files | 4,449 lines written, 17 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot | 0% of its commits signed by AI |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 38,967 commits, 31,803 stars | Last push August 23, 2026, 234 commits, 14,432 stars |
| Tests | 228 test files. 36.2% of its code files have a test that imports them | 2 test files |

- 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, influxdb or rathole?

influxdb, with 408,103 lines written; rathole has 4,449.

The proof: [influxdata/influxdb's code at commit 185688a](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/tree/185688a5a813016c0d26ec10abbad2ca770670ed)

### Which has more GitHub stars, influxdb or rathole?

influxdb, with 31,803 stars; rathole has 14,432.

The proof: [influxdata/influxdb on GitHub](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb)

### Which has more tests, influxdb or rathole?

influxdb, with 228 test files; rathole has 2.

The proof: [influxdata/influxdb's code at commit 185688a](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/tree/185688a5a813016c0d26ec10abbad2ca770670ed)

### Which was updated more recently, influxdb or rathole?

influxdb: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and rathole's on August 23, 2026.

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

## Sources

- influxdata/influxdb: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit 185688a (https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/tree/185688a5a813016c0d26ec10abbad2ca770670ed)
- rathole-org/rathole: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit a292f7e (https://github.com/rathole-org/rathole/tree/a292f7ed5402f840415fc6a53827da2f34337856)

## 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.