onyx vs salt

onyx and salt share 11 technologies: pyzmq, tornado, AIOHTTP, cryptography, jinja2, lxml, markdown-it-py, markupsafe, OpenTelemetry, psutil, and docker. Both are written in Python.

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What they share and what sets them apart

onyx-dot-app

onyx

Open Source AI Platform - AI Chat with advanced features that works with every LLM

Python33.4kRead on November 14, 2026, at commit 82c169cWhat is onyx built with?

Only in onyx

In common

saltstack

salt

Software to automate the management and configuration of infrastructure and applications at scale.

Python15.7kRead on November 8, 2026, at commit 944a95dWhat is salt built with?

Only in salt

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
onyx1,761,418 lines written4,062 code files
salt1,064,745 lines written999 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.
onyx12.3% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Devin, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and Sweep
salt0.1% of its commits signed by AIWith Cursor, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
onyxLast push November 14, 202611,587 commits33,395 stars
saltLast push November 7, 202689,855 commits15,747 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
onyx3,403 test files47.3% of its code files have a test that imports them
salt2,106 test files70.1% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, onyx or salt?
onyx, with 1,761,418 lines written; salt has 1,064,745.

The proof: onyx-dot-app/onyx's code at commit 82c169c

Which has more GitHub stars, onyx or salt?
onyx, with 33,395 stars; salt has 15,747.

The proof: onyx-dot-app/onyx on GitHub

Which has more tests, onyx or salt?
onyx, with 3,403 test files; salt has 2,106.

The proof: onyx-dot-app/onyx's code at commit 82c169c

Which was updated more recently, onyx or salt?
onyx: its last push was on November 14, 2026, and salt's on November 7, 2026.

The proof: onyx-dot-app/onyx's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, onyx or salt?
onyx: an AI signed 12.3% of its commits, with Claude Code, Devin, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and Sweep; in salt, 0.1%.

The proof: the commits each tool signed in onyx-dot-app/onyx

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