Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/instantdb/instant/vs/ruvnet/ruflo
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/instantdb/instant/vs/ruvnet/ruflo.md
Description: instant and ruflo share 11 technologies: React, Express, MCP, Svelte, Tailwind CSS, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, sonner, Lucide, Zod, and pino. Both are written in TypeScript.

# instant vs ruflo

instant and ruflo share 11 technologies: React, Express, MCP, Svelte, Tailwind CSS, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, sonner, Lucide, Zod, and pino. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [instantdb/instant](https://seerepo.com/r/instantdb/instant): Instant is the best backend for AI-coded apps.  You get auth, permissions, storage, presence, and streams — everything you need to ship apps your users will love.
- [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: React, Express, MCP, Svelte, Tailwind CSS, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, sonner, Lucide, Zod, pino
- Only in instant: @effect/platform, expo-sqlite, react-native-mmkv, @react-native-async-storage/async-storage, Next.js, Solid, Vue, cryptography, boxen, Headless UI, TanStack, @monaco-editor/react, dnd-kit, prism-react-renderer, react-copy-to-clipboard, @heroicons/react, export-to-csv, markdown-table, @clack/prompts, pino-http
- Only in ruflo: @ruvector/core, Google Cloud, SvelteKit, Hono, MongoDB, bson-objectid, Postgres, Hugging Face, OpenAI, Tokio, sql.js, SQLite, Vite, react-router-dom, Supabase, jose, bits-ui, web-haptics, openid-client, @huggingface/hub, marked, katex, @resvg/resvg-js, file-type, handlebars, highlight.js, htmlparser2, isomorphic-dompurify, parquetjs, satori, satori-html, sharp, 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, cmdk, embla-carousel-react, input-otp, React Hook Form, react-day-picker, react-resizable-panels, reactflow, recharts, vaul

## Side by side

| | instant | ruflo |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 322,833 lines written, 902 code files | 1,181,633 lines written, 2,537 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and CodeRabbit | 35.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and Codex |
| Activity | Last push November 5, 2026, 2,544 commits, 10,561 stars | Last push November 12, 2026, 9,279 commits, 81,534 stars |
| Tests | 88 test files. 9.4% 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, instant or ruflo?

ruflo, with 1,181,633 lines written; instant has 322,833.

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

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

ruflo, with 81,534 stars; instant has 10,561.

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

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

ruflo, with 1,952 test files; instant has 88.

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

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

ruflo: its last push was on November 12, 2026, and instant's on November 5, 2026.

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

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

ruflo: an AI signed 35.1% of its commits, with Claude Code and Codex; in instant, 0.5%.

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

## Sources

- instantdb/instant: Read on November 13, 2026, at commit 15358ad (https://github.com/instantdb/instant/tree/15358ad712df6879b8953ee8289af0e891d4dde8)
- 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.