Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/postalserver/postal/vs/rapid7/metasploit-framework
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/postalserver/postal/vs/rapid7/metasploit-framework.md
Description: postal and metasploit-framework share 3 technologies: Rails, bcrypt, and puma. Both are written in Ruby.

# postal vs metasploit-framework

postal and metasploit-framework share 3 technologies: Rails, bcrypt, and puma. Both are written in Ruby.

- [postalserver/postal](https://seerepo.com/r/postalserver/postal): 📮 A fully featured open source mail delivery platform for incoming & outgoing e-mail
- [rapid7/metasploit-framework](https://seerepo.com/r/rapid7/metasploit-framework): Metasploit Framework

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Rails, bcrypt, puma
- Only in postal: mysql2, MySQL, Sentry, rackup, jquery-rails, omniauth_openid_connect, omniauth-rails_csrf_protection, jwt, mail, sentry-rails, logger
- Only in metasploit-framework: Sinatra, aws-sdk-s3, pg, sqlite3, SQLite, Postgres, AWS S3, GitHub, rack, actionpack, activerecord, warden, net-ldap, nokogiri, rexml, chunky_png, pdf-reader, redcarpet

## Side by side

| | postal | metasploit-framework |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 26,678 lines written, 321 code files | 1,488,819 lines written, 7,572 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 640 commits, 16,928 stars | Last push November 6, 2026, 68,380 commits, 39,322 stars |
| Tests | 78 test files. 15.6% of its code files have a test that imports them | 974 test files. 11.5% 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, postal or metasploit-framework?

metasploit-framework, with 1,488,819 lines written; postal has 26,678.

The proof: [rapid7/metasploit-framework's code at commit 6962ae6](https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/tree/6962ae62c99a202f2775d977ab8ab7b44121e858)

### Which has more GitHub stars, postal or metasploit-framework?

metasploit-framework, with 39,322 stars; postal has 16,928.

The proof: [rapid7/metasploit-framework on GitHub](https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework)

### Which has more tests, postal or metasploit-framework?

metasploit-framework, with 974 test files; postal has 78.

The proof: [rapid7/metasploit-framework's code at commit 6962ae6](https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/tree/6962ae62c99a202f2775d977ab8ab7b44121e858)

### Which was updated more recently, postal or metasploit-framework?

metasploit-framework: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and postal's on November 4, 2026.

The proof: [rapid7/metasploit-framework's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, postal or metasploit-framework?

metasploit-framework: an AI signed 0.1% of its commits, with GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Cursor.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in rapid7/metasploit-framework](https://seerepo.com/r/rapid7/metasploit-framework/ai)

## Sources

- postalserver/postal: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit d96eddb (https://github.com/postalserver/postal/tree/d96eddbadeda600595d6247486f9ceb8e99cbc15)
- rapid7/metasploit-framework: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 6962ae6 (https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/tree/6962ae62c99a202f2775d977ab8ab7b44121e858)

## 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.