Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/labring/sealos/vs/passteque/gluetun
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/labring/sealos/vs/passteque/gluetun.md
Description: sealos and gluetun share 3 technologies: Docker, Prometheus, and github.com/prometheus/client_model. Both are written in Go.

# sealos vs gluetun

sealos and gluetun share 3 technologies: Docker, Prometheus, and github.com/prometheus/client_model. Both are written in Go.

- [labring/sealos](https://seerepo.com/r/labring/sealos): Deploy real projects from GitHub or your AI coding agent, then keep them running with AI-powered operations.
- [passteque/gluetun](https://seerepo.com/r/passteque/gluetun): VPN client in a thin Docker container for multiple VPN providers, written in Go, and using OpenVPN or Wireguard, DNS over TLS, with a few proxy servers built-in.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Docker, Prometheus, github.com/prometheus/client_model
- Only in sealos: Gin, go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver, pq, MongoDB, etcd, MinIO, Postgres, go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3, go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3, github.com/patrickmn/go-cache, Stripe, Alipay, sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime, Next.js, React, github.com/schollz/progressbar/v3, github.com/manifoldco/promptui, gorm.io/gorm, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4, github.com/sirupsen/logrus, github.com/go-logr/logr, Kubernetes, go.uber.org/zap, gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2, Helm, containerd, github.com/prometheus/common, k8s.io/klog/v2, Tailwind CSS, Chakra UI, React Hook Form, boring-avatars, Framer, react-draggable, nprogress, Lucide, @chakra-ui/icons, Prisma, jwt-decode, jsonwebtoken, @marsidev/react-turnstile, js-yaml, dompurify, nodemailer, qrcode.react, sharp, xml2js, Zod, @hookform/resolvers, disposable-email-domains-js, @kubernetes/client-node, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, react-day-picker, sonner, @chakra-ui/react, react-syntax-highlighter, react-markdown, echarts, echarts-for-react, @tanstack/react-table, react-zoom-pan-pinch, @zumer/snapdom
- Only in gluetun: github.com/pquerna/otp

## Side by side

| | sealos | gluetun |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 260,606 lines written, 1,379 code files | 77,547 lines written, 628 code files |
| Who writes it | 1.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor | 0% of its commits signed by AI |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 4,533 commits, 18,392 stars | Last push November 7, 2026, 2,466 commits, 16,001 stars |
| Tests | 325 test files. 24.8% of its code files have a test that imports them | 186 test files. 40.1% 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, sealos or gluetun?

sealos, with 260,606 lines written; gluetun has 77,547.

The proof: [labring/sealos's code at commit 871f713](https://github.com/labring/sealos/tree/871f713df1297feba4ee52c06f230ab265c9d691)

### Which has more GitHub stars, sealos or gluetun?

sealos, with 18,392 stars; gluetun has 16,001.

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

### Which has more tests, sealos or gluetun?

sealos, with 325 test files; gluetun has 186.

The proof: [labring/sealos's code at commit 871f713](https://github.com/labring/sealos/tree/871f713df1297feba4ee52c06f230ab265c9d691)

### Which was updated more recently, sealos or gluetun?

gluetun: its last push was on November 7, 2026, and sealos's on November 6, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, sealos or gluetun?

sealos: an AI signed 1.1% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor.

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

## Sources

- labring/sealos: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 871f713 (https://github.com/labring/sealos/tree/871f713df1297feba4ee52c06f230ab265c9d691)
- passteque/gluetun: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit 47af5ea (https://github.com/passteque/gluetun/tree/47af5ea32fd7eadc588313599a8ecf886d80a4a8)

## 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.