Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/orhun/git-cliff/vs/xai-org/grok-build
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/orhun/git-cliff/vs/xai-org/grok-build.md
Description: git-cliff and grok-build share 5 technologies: Tokio, indicatif, pulldown-cmark, tracing, and tracing-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.

# git-cliff vs grok-build

git-cliff and grok-build share 5 technologies: Tokio, indicatif, pulldown-cmark, tracing, and tracing-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.

- [orhun/git-cliff](https://seerepo.com/r/orhun/git-cliff): A highly customizable Changelog Generator that follows Conventional Commit specifications ⛰️ 
- [xai-org/grok-build](https://seerepo.com/r/xai-org/grok-build): SpaceXAI's coding agent harness and TUI. Fullscreen, mouse interactive, extensible.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Tokio, indicatif, pulldown-cmark, tracing, tracing-subscriber
- Only in git-cliff: tera, pulldown-cmark-to-cmark
- Only in grok-build: axum, aws-sdk-s3, rusqlite, SQLite, moka, sqlite-vec, OpenAI, Sentry, tower, axum-server, anstyle, fontdb, Ratatui, crossterm, alacritty_terminal, ansi-to-tui, ratatui-core, tiny-skia, jsonwebtoken, oauth2, hmac, async-openai, agent-client-protocol, rmcp, bm25, kamadak-exif, image, minijinja, infer, linkify, zip, htmd, html-escape, pdf_oxide, quick-xml, resvg, scraper, schemars, jsonschema, prometheus, OpenTelemetry, tracing-appender, tracing-opentelemetry, log, opentelemetry-otlp, fastrace-opentelemetry, opentelemetry-http, env_logger, prometheus-parse, tracing-chrome

## Side by side

| | git-cliff | grok-build |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 18,178 lines written, 42 code files | 1,982,128 lines written, 2,511 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.3% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code | 0% of its commits signed by AI |
| Activity | Last push November 2, 2026, 1,574 commits, 12,531 stars | Last push September 29, 2026, 51 commits, 27,712 stars |
| Tests | 2 test files | 1,077 test files. 52.1% 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, git-cliff or grok-build?

grok-build, with 1,982,128 lines written; git-cliff has 18,178.

The proof: [xai-org/grok-build's code at commit 2bdd1d6](https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build/tree/2bdd1d6a6369de0e8c68132ea4539e9abd9e14a8)

### Which has more GitHub stars, git-cliff or grok-build?

grok-build, with 27,712 stars; git-cliff has 12,531.

The proof: [xai-org/grok-build on GitHub](https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build)

### Which has more tests, git-cliff or grok-build?

grok-build, with 1,077 test files; git-cliff has 2.

The proof: [xai-org/grok-build's code at commit 2bdd1d6](https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build/tree/2bdd1d6a6369de0e8c68132ea4539e9abd9e14a8)

### Which was updated more recently, git-cliff or grok-build?

git-cliff: its last push was on November 2, 2026, and grok-build's on September 29, 2026.

The proof: [orhun/git-cliff's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, git-cliff or grok-build?

git-cliff: an AI signed 0.3% of its commits, with Claude Code.

## Sources

- orhun/git-cliff: Read on November 11, 2026, at commit 4f65432 (https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff/tree/4f65432ba95ad97147da655fac4071b4bbccb1db)
- xai-org/grok-build: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit 2bdd1d6 (https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build/tree/2bdd1d6a6369de0e8c68132ea4539e9abd9e14a8)

## 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.