mastodon vs zipkin
mastodon and zipkin share 6 technologies: React, react-router-dom, Vite, history, classnames, and prop-types. mastodon is written in Ruby and zipkin in Java.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
mastodon
mastodon
Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community
Ruby50.5kRead on November 5, 2026, at commit 4971068What is mastodon built with?Only in mastodon
- React Router
- Rails
aws-sdk-s3
- pg
- pghero
- Sidekiq
- Redis
- Postgres
- connection_pool
- idb
- propshaft
- Express
- inline_svg
@react-spring/web
dnd-kit
@use-gesture/react
emoji-mart
@floating-ui/react-dom
- react-textarea-autosize
- react-easy-crop
- react-select
- @phosphor-icons/react
emojibase-data
- omniauth-rails_csrf_protection
devise
omniauth
- pundit
tesseract.js
nokogiri
- csv
- escape-html
- ruby-vips
- fastimage
- redcarpet
- js-yaml
- puma
- pino
pino-http
In common
openzipkin
zipkin
Zipkin is a distributed tracing system
Java17.5kRead on November 6, 2026, at commit 878ce2aWhat is zipkin built with?Only in zipkin
- caffeine
- kafka-clients
- MariaDB
- org.apache.cassandra:java-driver-core
- spring-boot-starter-cache
- Apache
- MySQL
- org.apache.pulsar:pulsar-client
- RabbitMQ
- com.zaxxer:HikariCP
- Spring
- org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-netflix-eureka-server
- org.jooq:jooq
- jcl-over-slf4j
- jul-to-slf4j
- log4j-1.2-api
- log4j-core
- micrometer-bom
- micrometer-registry-prometheus
- micrometer-registry-prometheus-simpleclient
- org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-jul
- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator
- slf4j-simple
- spring-boot-starter-log4j2
- zipkin-reporter-brave
- org.slf4j:slf4j-api
- io.micrometer:micrometer-core
- styled-components
- @material-ui/styles
- material-ui
react-virtualized-auto-sizer
react-window
recharts
- @material-ui/icons
- Font Awesome
Side by side
mastodonzipkin
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
mastodon313,029 lines written3,303 code files
zipkin73,675 lines written326 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
mastodon0% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code
zipkin0% of its commits signed by AI
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
mastodonLast push November 5, 202622,532 commits50,491 stars
zipkinLast push August 6, 20262,780 commits17,473 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
mastodon1,315 test files25.5% of its code files have a test that imports them
zipkin231 test files54.9% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, mastodon or zipkin?
mastodon, with 313,029 lines written; zipkin has 73,675.
The proof: mastodon/mastodon's code at commit 4971068
Which has more GitHub stars, mastodon or zipkin?
mastodon, with 50,491 stars; zipkin has 17,473.
The proof: mastodon/mastodon on GitHub
Which has more tests, mastodon or zipkin?
mastodon, with 1,315 test files; zipkin has 231.
The proof: mastodon/mastodon's code at commit 4971068
Which was updated more recently, mastodon or zipkin?
mastodon: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and zipkin's on August 6, 2026.
The proof: mastodon/mastodon's commits on GitHub
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