Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/modelcontextprotocol/inspector/vs/ruvnet/ruflo
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/modelcontextprotocol/inspector/vs/ruvnet/ruflo.md
Description: inspector and ruflo share 9 technologies: Vite, React, Express, Hono, MCP, yaml, Zod, Ajv, and pino. Both are written in TypeScript.

# inspector vs ruflo

inspector and ruflo share 9 technologies: Vite, React, Express, Hono, MCP, yaml, Zod, Ajv, and pino. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [modelcontextprotocol/inspector](https://seerepo.com/r/modelcontextprotocol/inspector): Deterministic testing tools for MCP servers
- [ruvnet/ruflo](https://seerepo.com/r/ruvnet/ruflo): 🌊 The original agent harness. Deploy intelligent multi-player swarms, coordinate autonomous workflows, and build conversational AI systems. Features adaptive memory, self-learning intelligence, federation, vector RAG integration, and native Claude Code / Codex / Hermes and many more Integrated

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Vite, React, Express, Hono, MCP, yaml, Zod, Ajv, pino
- Only in inspector: ink, ink-scroll-view, Mantine, dnd-kit, ace-builds, react-ace, react-icons, papaparse, react-markdown, remark-gfm, @hono/node-server
- Only in ruflo: @ruvector/core, Google Cloud, Svelte, SvelteKit, MongoDB, bson-objectid, Postgres, Hugging Face, OpenAI, Tokio, sql.js, SQLite, react-router-dom, Supabase, jose, Tailwind CSS, bits-ui, web-haptics, openid-client, @huggingface/hub, marked, katex, @resvg/resvg-js, file-type, handlebars, highlight.js, htmlparser2, isomorphic-dompurify, parquetjs, satori, satori-html, sharp, prom-client, helmet, aimds-core, agentic-flow, tracing, @xenova/transformers, ruvector, agentdb, hmac, @ruvector/sona, @ruvector/attention, @cognitum-one/sdk, @ruvector/ruvllm, bcryptjs, class-variance-authority, next-themes, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, cmdk, embla-carousel-react, input-otp, React Hook Form, react-day-picker, react-resizable-panels, reactflow, recharts, sonner, vaul, Lucide

## Side by side

| | inspector | ruflo |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 465,914 lines written, 637 code files | 1,181,633 lines written, 2,537 code files |
| Who writes it | 54.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Devin, and Cursor | 35.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and Codex |
| Activity | Last push November 12, 2026, 3,407 commits, 11,283 stars | Last push November 12, 2026, 9,279 commits, 81,534 stars |
| Tests | 717 test files. 88.9% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,952 test files. 51.3% 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, inspector or ruflo?

ruflo, with 1,181,633 lines written; inspector has 465,914.

The proof: [ruvnet/ruflo's code at commit dc25dd9](https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo/tree/dc25dd9b522bf1f3761f0d061a0bd0deb1900ba1)

### Which has more GitHub stars, inspector or ruflo?

ruflo, with 81,534 stars; inspector has 11,283.

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

### Which has more tests, inspector or ruflo?

ruflo, with 1,952 test files; inspector has 717.

The proof: [ruvnet/ruflo's code at commit dc25dd9](https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo/tree/dc25dd9b522bf1f3761f0d061a0bd0deb1900ba1)

### Which was updated more recently, inspector or ruflo?

Both got their last push on November 12, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, inspector or ruflo?

inspector: an AI signed 54.5% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Devin, and Cursor; in ruflo, 35.1%.

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

## Sources

- modelcontextprotocol/inspector: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit 488c30d (https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector/tree/488c30d9d16e4993bc548ad298eb7450f5125c93)
- ruvnet/ruflo: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit dc25dd9 (https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo/tree/dc25dd9b522bf1f3761f0d061a0bd0deb1900ba1)

## 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.