Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/rathole-org/rathole/vs/vercel/next.js
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/rathole-org/rathole/vs/vercel/next.js.md
Description: rathole and next.js share 4 technologies: Tokio, tracing, console-subscriber, and tracing-subscriber. rathole is written in Rust and next.js in JavaScript.

# rathole vs next.js

rathole and next.js share 4 technologies: Tokio, tracing, console-subscriber, and tracing-subscriber. rathole is written in Rust and next.js in JavaScript.

- [rathole-org/rathole](https://seerepo.com/r/rathole-org/rathole): A lightweight and high-performance reverse proxy for NAT traversal, written in Rust. An alternative to frp and ngrok.
- [vercel/next.js](https://seerepo.com/r/vercel/next.js): The React Framework

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Tokio, tracing, console-subscriber, tracing-subscriber
- Only in rathole: None
- Only in next.js: React, Express, concurrent-queue, quick_cache, @azure/cosmos, scheduler, Next.js, react-server-dom-webpack, styled-components, lightningcss, styled-jsx, emotion, Tailwind CSS, PostCSS, @picocss/pico, cssparser, geist, plotters, tabled, MUI, react-virtualized, Framer, Headless UI, @heroicons/react, Lucide, Passport, Cheerio, js-yaml, mdxjs, sharp, jsonc-parser, shiki, image, imagesize, markdown, remark-parse, unified, prop-types, Ajv, Vercel, pino-pretty, tracing-chrome, class-variance-authority, next-themes, polished, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, cmdk, react-virtuoso, prompts, validate-npm-package-name, fontkit, @capsizecss/metrics, @base-ui-components/react, Sass

## Side by side

| | rathole | next.js |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 4,449 lines written, 17 code files | 2,412,034 lines written, 3,309 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI | 0.8% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Devin |
| Activity | Last push August 23, 2026, 234 commits, 14,432 stars | Last push November 9, 2026, 36,476 commits, 143,429 stars |
| Tests | 2 test files | 19,260 test files. 11.3% 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, rathole or next.js?

next.js, with 2,412,034 lines written; rathole has 4,449.

The proof: [vercel/next.js's code at commit 798f6f3](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/tree/798f6f3fab2a194cdb6b96240de3c4ff92b08d2a)

### Which has more GitHub stars, rathole or next.js?

next.js, with 143,429 stars; rathole has 14,432.

The proof: [vercel/next.js on GitHub](https://github.com/vercel/next.js)

### Which has more tests, rathole or next.js?

next.js, with 19,260 test files; rathole has 2.

The proof: [vercel/next.js's code at commit 798f6f3](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/tree/798f6f3fab2a194cdb6b96240de3c4ff92b08d2a)

### Which was updated more recently, rathole or next.js?

next.js: its last push was on November 9, 2026, and rathole's on August 23, 2026.

The proof: [vercel/next.js's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, rathole or next.js?

next.js: an AI signed 0.8% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Devin.

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

## Sources

- rathole-org/rathole: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit a292f7e (https://github.com/rathole-org/rathole/tree/a292f7ed5402f840415fc6a53827da2f34337856)
- vercel/next.js: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit 798f6f3 (https://github.com/vercel/next.js/tree/798f6f3fab2a194cdb6b96240de3c4ff92b08d2a)

## 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.