Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/pingcap/tidb/vs/trufflesecurity/trufflehog
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/pingcap/tidb/vs/trufflesecurity/trufflehog.md
Description: tidb and trufflehog share 12 technologies: s3, MySQL, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/s3/manager, Google, github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, golang.org/x/oauth2, go.uber.org/zap, Prometheus, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, and github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts. Both are written in Go.

# tidb vs trufflehog

tidb and trufflehog share 12 technologies: s3, MySQL, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/s3/manager, Google, github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, golang.org/x/oauth2, go.uber.org/zap, Prometheus, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, and github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts. Both are written in Go.

- [pingcap/tidb](https://seerepo.com/r/pingcap/tidb): TiDB is built for agentic workloads that grow unpredictably, with ACID guarantees and native support for transactions, analytics, and vector search. No data silos. No noisy neighbors. No infrastructure ceiling.
- [trufflesecurity/trufflehog](https://seerepo.com/r/trufflesecurity/trufflehog): Find, verify, and analyze leaked credentials

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: s3, MySQL, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/s3/manager, Google, github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, golang.org/x/oauth2, go.uber.org/zap, Prometheus, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts
- Only in tidb: net/http, Gorilla, TiDB, etcd, github.com/cockroachdb/pebble, go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3, go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3, Dgraph, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob, github.com/jellydator/ttlcache/v3, go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3, github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3, gorm.io/gorm, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3, openai-go, go.opencensus.io, github.com/prometheus/client_model, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatch, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore, github.com/grafana/pyroscope-go, github.com/prometheus/common, github.com/prometheus/prometheus, github.com/tencentcloud/tencentcloud-sdk-go/tencentcloud/common
- Only in trufflehog: MongoDB, pgx, pq, Redis, github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2, github.com/microsoft/go-mssqldb, github.com/jlaffaye/ftp, github.com/maypok86/otter/v2, github.com/patrickmn/go-cache, RabbitMQ, Sentry, github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea, github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss, github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles, github.com/schollz/progressbar/v3, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation/v2, github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/v3, github.com/bodgit/sevenzip, github.com/charmbracelet/glamour, protoc-gen-validate, github.com/go-logr/logr, github.com/go-logr/zapr, github.com/moby/moby/client

## Side by side

| | tidb | trufflehog |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 1,752,108 lines written, 1,549 code files | 443,658 lines written, 1,276 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot | 1.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Cursor and Claude Code |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 27,911 commits, 40,711 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 4,711 commits, 28,948 stars |
| Tests | 2,905 test files. 90.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 2,041 test files. 90% 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, tidb or trufflehog?

tidb, with 1,752,108 lines written; trufflehog has 443,658.

The proof: [pingcap/tidb's code at commit a5a597d](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/tree/a5a597dfb7921e43a43065f197d064b2af92d85e)

### Which has more GitHub stars, tidb or trufflehog?

tidb, with 40,711 stars; trufflehog has 28,948.

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

### Which has more tests, tidb or trufflehog?

tidb, with 2,905 test files; trufflehog has 2,041.

The proof: [pingcap/tidb's code at commit a5a597d](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/tree/a5a597dfb7921e43a43065f197d064b2af92d85e)

### Which was updated more recently, tidb or trufflehog?

tidb: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and trufflehog's on November 5, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, tidb or trufflehog?

trufflehog: an AI signed 1.2% of its commits, with Cursor and Claude Code.

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

## Sources

- pingcap/tidb: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit a5a597d (https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/tree/a5a597dfb7921e43a43065f197d064b2af92d85e)
- trufflesecurity/trufflehog: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit f8221ca (https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/tree/f8221ca52ac51bf66228d6ec3691f3ea0782ae15)

## 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.
