Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/lima-vm/lima/vs/netdata/netdata
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/lima-vm/lima/vs/netdata/netdata.md
Description: lima and netdata share 4 technologies: net/http, MCP, github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6, and github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22. Both are written in Go.

# lima vs netdata

lima and netdata share 4 technologies: net/http, MCP, github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6, 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
- [netdata/netdata](https://seerepo.com/r/netdata/netdata): The fastest path to AI-powered full stack observability, even for lean teams.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: net/http, MCP, github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6, github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22
- Only in lima: github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2, github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2, Model Context Protocol, golang.org/x/image, github.com/invopop/jsonschema, github.com/sirupsen/logrus, github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim
- Only in netdata: axum, go-redis, MySQL, pgx, s3, lru, github.com/maxmind/mmdbwriter, moka, uvicorn, Tokio, github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, jinja2, Pydantic, schemars, tracing-futures, tracing, Prometheus, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore, tracing-subscriber, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/resourcegroupstaggingapi, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/prometheus/client_model

## Side by side

| | lima | netdata |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 68,029 lines written, 333 code files | 1,406,156 lines written, 3,502 code files |
| Who writes it | 1.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and GitHub Copilot | 0.6% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and CodeRabbit |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 3,854 commits, 22,251 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 22,389 commits, 81,270 stars |
| Tests | 123 test files. 47.7% of its code files have a test that imports them | 2,236 test files. 70.9% 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 netdata?

netdata, with 1,406,156 lines written; lima has 68,029.

The proof: [netdata/netdata's code at commit fbd7e0b](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/fbd7e0b4ead68a6f09c34ed2d53cdca1cbd70d7e)

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

netdata, with 81,270 stars; lima has 22,251.

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

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

netdata, with 2,236 test files; lima has 123.

The proof: [netdata/netdata's code at commit fbd7e0b](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/fbd7e0b4ead68a6f09c34ed2d53cdca1cbd70d7e)

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

Both got their last push on November 4, 2026.

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

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

lima: an AI signed 1.1% of its commits, with Claude Code and GitHub Copilot; in netdata, 0.6%.

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)
- netdata/netdata: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit fbd7e0b (https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/fbd7e0b4ead68a6f09c34ed2d53cdca1cbd70d7e)

## 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.