Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/lexmount/moli/vs/rust-lang/mdBook
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/lexmount/moli/vs/rust-lang/mdBook.md
Description: moli and mdBook share 5 technologies: axum, Tokio, html5ever, tracing, and tracing-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.

# moli vs mdBook

moli and mdBook share 5 technologies: axum, Tokio, html5ever, tracing, and tracing-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.

- [lexmount/moli](https://seerepo.com/r/lexmount/moli): Best headless browser for AI agents. Lite, Fast, High-Compatibility. Built in Rust
- [rust-lang/mdBook](https://seerepo.com/r/rust-lang/mdBook): Create book from markdown files. Like Gitbook but implemented in Rust

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: axum, Tokio, html5ever, tracing, tracing-subscriber
- Only in moli: rusqlite, SQLite, hashlink, tower, Angular, React, Vue, cssparser, selectors, font8x8, fontique, skrifa, taffy, anyrender, parley, markup5ever, image, jpeg-decoder, jpeg-encoder, pillow, png, log, pypdf, tinycss2
- Only in mdBook: handlebars, pulldown-cmark, listenfd

## Side by side

| | moli | mdBook |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 2,698,767 lines written, 3,710 code files | 20,533 lines written, 66 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Devin and Claude Code | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 2,899 commits, 22,596 stars | Last push November 2, 2026, 2,281 commits, 22,266 stars |
| Tests | 3,885 test files. 28.5% of its code files have a test that imports them | 73 test files. 10.6% 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, moli or mdBook?

moli, with 2,698,767 lines written; mdBook has 20,533.

The proof: [lexmount/moli's code at commit 3cd910a](https://github.com/lexmount/moli/tree/3cd910a4e5939a68215557bcf9d996765f23316c)

### Which has more GitHub stars, moli or mdBook?

moli, with 22,596 stars; mdBook has 22,266.

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

### Which has more tests, moli or mdBook?

moli, with 3,885 test files; mdBook has 73.

The proof: [lexmount/moli's code at commit 3cd910a](https://github.com/lexmount/moli/tree/3cd910a4e5939a68215557bcf9d996765f23316c)

### Which was updated more recently, moli or mdBook?

moli: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and mdBook's on November 2, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, moli or mdBook?

In both, an AI signed 0.1% of their commits.

## Sources

- lexmount/moli: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 3cd910a (https://github.com/lexmount/moli/tree/3cd910a4e5939a68215557bcf9d996765f23316c)
- rust-lang/mdBook: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 7fb5bc8 (https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/tree/7fb5bc8ee83366ba5170d1f303e74b1151f32731)

## 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.