Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/kubernetes/kops/vs/pingcap/tidb
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/kubernetes/kops/vs/pingcap/tidb.md
Description: kops and tidb share 13 technologies: net/http, s3, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob, Google, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts, and Prometheus. Both are written in Go.

# kops vs tidb

kops and tidb share 13 technologies: net/http, s3, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob, Google, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts, and Prometheus. Both are written in Go.

- [kubernetes/kops](https://seerepo.com/r/kubernetes/kops): Kubernetes Operations (kOps) - Production Grade k8s Installation, Upgrades and Management
- [pingcap/tidb](https://seerepo.com/r/pingcap/tidb): TiDB is built for agentic workloads that grow unpredictably, with ACID guarantees and native support for transactions, analytics, and vector search. No data silos. No noisy neighbors. No infrastructure ceiling.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: net/http, s3, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob, Google, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts, Prometheus
- Only in kops: github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs, Scaleway, DigitalOcean, AWS S3, sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime, mkdocs-material, github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4, k8s.io/klog/v2, github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/iam, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/route53, github.com/hetznercloud/hcloud-go/v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/ec2/imds, OpenTelemetry, github.com/go-logr/logr, cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ssm, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, k8s.io/kubelet
- Only in tidb: Gorilla, TiDB, etcd, MySQL, github.com/cockroachdb/pebble, go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3, go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/s3/manager, Dgraph, github.com/jellydator/ttlcache/v3, go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3, github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3, github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6, gorm.io/gorm, github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3, openai-go, go.uber.org/zap, go.opencensus.io, github.com/prometheus/client_model, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatch, github.com/grafana/pyroscope-go, github.com/prometheus/common, github.com/prometheus/prometheus, github.com/tencentcloud/tencentcloud-sdk-go/tencentcloud/common

## Side by side

| | kops | tidb |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 283,094 lines written, 1,103 code files | 1,752,108 lines written, 1,549 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 15,144 commits, 16,701 stars | Last push November 6, 2026, 27,911 commits, 40,711 stars |
| Tests | 384 test files. 48.4% of its code files have a test that imports them | 2,905 test files. 90.3% 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, kops or tidb?

tidb, with 1,752,108 lines written; kops has 283,094.

The proof: [pingcap/tidb's code at commit a5a597d](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/tree/a5a597dfb7921e43a43065f197d064b2af92d85e)

### Which has more GitHub stars, kops or tidb?

tidb, with 40,711 stars; kops has 16,701.

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

### Which has more tests, kops or tidb?

tidb, with 2,905 test files; kops has 384.

The proof: [pingcap/tidb's code at commit a5a597d](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/tree/a5a597dfb7921e43a43065f197d064b2af92d85e)

### Which was updated more recently, kops or tidb?

Both got their last push on November 6, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, kops or tidb?

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

## Sources

- kubernetes/kops: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit e1b3f28 (https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/tree/e1b3f284e9d8f26e7ec9cc0eceae3ae0e80570cb)
- pingcap/tidb: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit a5a597d (https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/tree/a5a597dfb7921e43a43065f197d064b2af92d85e)

## What is your repo built with?

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