Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/ipfs/kubo/vs/moby/moby
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/ipfs/kubo/vs/moby/moby.md
Description: kubo and moby share 7 technologies: net/http, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp, Prometheus, github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22, and go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk. Both are written in Go.

# kubo vs moby

kubo and moby share 7 technologies: net/http, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp, Prometheus, github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22, and go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk. 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
- [moby/moby](https://seerepo.com/r/moby/moby): The Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: net/http, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp, Prometheus, github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk
- Only in kubo: github.com/cockroachdb/pebble/v2, github.com/syndtr/goleveldb, Uber, github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter, github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3, go.opencensus.io, go.uber.org/zap, contrib.go.opencensus.io/exporter/prometheus, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric
- Only in moby: Gorilla, etcd, Postgres, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, api, client, go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc, github.com/sirupsen/logrus, cloud.google.com/go/logging, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp

## Side by side

| | kubo | moby |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 114,754 lines written, 330 code files | 386,490 lines written, 1,266 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With Devin | 0.2% 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 5, 2026, 35,909 commits, 72,241 stars |
| Tests | 240 test files. 50.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 973 test files. 70.6% 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 moby?

moby, with 386,490 lines written; kubo has 114,754.

The proof: [moby/moby's code at commit b3b7197](https://github.com/moby/moby/tree/b3b7197adfc8f056dd50b74317ed3c26d1abb82f)

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

moby, with 72,241 stars; kubo has 17,174.

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

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

moby, with 973 test files; kubo has 240.

The proof: [moby/moby's code at commit b3b7197](https://github.com/moby/moby/tree/b3b7197adfc8f056dd50b74317ed3c26d1abb82f)

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

moby: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and kubo's on November 1, 2026.

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

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

moby: an AI signed 0.2% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor.

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

## Sources

- ipfs/kubo: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit 833e04a (https://github.com/ipfs/kubo/tree/833e04a240d8c533509ddaaa3c202b39b0bb3024)
- moby/moby: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit b3b7197 (https://github.com/moby/moby/tree/b3b7197adfc8f056dd50b74317ed3c26d1abb82f)

## 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.