Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/ipfs/kubo/vs/istio/istio
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/ipfs/kubo/vs/istio/istio.md
Description: kubo and istio share 9 technologies: net/http, github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, go.uber.org/zap, Prometheus, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, and go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric. Both are written in Go.

# kubo vs istio

kubo and istio share 9 technologies: net/http, github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, go.uber.org/zap, Prometheus, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, and go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric. Both are written in Go.

- [ipfs/kubo](https://seerepo.com/r/ipfs/kubo): IPFS implementation in Go: a daemon that stores and serves content-addressed data, with a CLI, HTTP Gateway, and RPC API
- [istio/istio](https://seerepo.com/r/istio/istio): Connect, secure, control, and observe services.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: net/http, github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, go.uber.org/zap, Prometheus, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric
- Only in kubo: github.com/cockroachdb/pebble/v2, github.com/syndtr/goleveldb, Uber, github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter, go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp, go.opencensus.io, contrib.go.opencensus.io/exporter/prometheus, github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22
- Only in istio: Gorilla, github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2, sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime, k8s.io/apiserver, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3, github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4, google-auth, sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api, github.com/containernetworking/plugins, github.com/containernetworking/cni, go.opentelemetry.io/otel, k8s.io/klog/v2, github.com/prometheus/common, github.com/prometheus/prometheus, cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata, github.com/prometheus/client_model, Helm, github.com/go-logr/logr, github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp, gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2

## Side by side

| | kubo | istio |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 114,754 lines written, 330 code files | 611,468 lines written, 935 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With Devin | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push November 1, 2026, 12,381 commits, 17,174 stars | Last push November 6, 2026, 26,578 commits, 38,490 stars |
| Tests | 240 test files. 50.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,096 test files. 76.6% 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, kubo or istio?

istio, with 611,468 lines written; kubo has 114,754.

The proof: [istio/istio's code at commit 8f35450](https://github.com/istio/istio/tree/8f3545008efbfbe790f2249c9157113c1fb4c364)

### Which has more GitHub stars, kubo or istio?

istio, with 38,490 stars; kubo has 17,174.

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

### Which has more tests, kubo or istio?

istio, with 1,096 test files; kubo has 240.

The proof: [istio/istio's code at commit 8f35450](https://github.com/istio/istio/tree/8f3545008efbfbe790f2249c9157113c1fb4c364)

### Which was updated more recently, kubo or istio?

istio: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and kubo's on November 1, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, kubo or istio?

istio: an AI signed 0.1% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor.

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

## Sources

- ipfs/kubo: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit 833e04a (https://github.com/ipfs/kubo/tree/833e04a240d8c533509ddaaa3c202b39b0bb3024)
- istio/istio: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 8f35450 (https://github.com/istio/istio/tree/8f3545008efbfbe790f2249c9157113c1fb4c364)

## 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.