Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/lima-vm/lima/vs/moby/moby
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/lima-vm/lima/vs/moby/moby.md
Description: lima and moby share 3 technologies: net/http, github.com/sirupsen/logrus, and github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22. Both are written in Go.

# lima vs moby

lima and moby share 3 technologies: net/http, github.com/sirupsen/logrus, and github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22. Both are written in Go.

- [lima-vm/lima](https://seerepo.com/r/lima-vm/lima): Linux virtual machines, with a focus on running containers
- [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, github.com/sirupsen/logrus, github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22
- Only in lima: MCP, github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2, github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2, Model Context Protocol, golang.org/x/image, github.com/invopop/jsonschema, github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6, github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim
- Only in moby: Gorilla, etcd, Postgres, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, api, client, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp, go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, 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, Prometheus

## Side by side

| | lima | moby |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 68,029 lines written, 333 code files | 386,490 lines written, 1,266 code files |
| Who writes it | 1.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and GitHub Copilot | 0.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 3,854 commits, 22,251 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 35,909 commits, 72,241 stars |
| Tests | 123 test files. 47.7% 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, lima or moby?

moby, with 386,490 lines written; lima has 68,029.

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

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

moby, with 72,241 stars; lima has 22,251.

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

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

moby, with 973 test files; lima has 123.

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

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

moby: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and lima's on November 4, 2026.

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

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

lima: an AI signed 1.1% of its commits, with Claude Code and GitHub Copilot; in moby, 0.2%.

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

## Sources

- lima-vm/lima: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 0b60dc9 (https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/tree/0b60dc91f92af162e7d0daa74b378d758354d40c)
- 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.