Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/rtk-ai/rtk/vs/vectordotdev/vector
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/rtk-ai/rtk/vs/vectordotdev/vector.md
Description: rtk and vector share 8 technologies: axum, tower, Tokio, crossterm, Ratatui, quick-xml, tracing, and tracing-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.

# rtk vs vector

rtk and vector share 8 technologies: axum, tower, Tokio, crossterm, Ratatui, quick-xml, tracing, and tracing-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.

- [rtk-ai/rtk](https://seerepo.com/r/rtk-ai/rtk): CLI proxy that reduces LLM token consumption by 60-90% on common dev commands. Single Rust binary, zero dependencies
- [vectordotdev/vector](https://seerepo.com/r/vectordotdev/vector): A high-performance observability data pipeline.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: axum, tower, Tokio, crossterm, Ratatui, quick-xml, tracing, tracing-subscriber
- Only in rtk: rusqlite, SQLite, tiktoken-rs, image
- Only in vector: aws-sdk-s3, sqlx-postgres, tokio-postgres, Redis, lru, MongoDB, aws-sdk-kinesis, opendal, Postgres, sqlx, Kafka, AWS S3, warp, Tailwind CSS, indicatif, aws-sdk-sts, azure_identity, parquet, csv, handlebars, jsonschema, metrics, azure_core, log, tracing-core, aws-sdk-iam

## Side by side

| | rtk | vector |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 219,272 lines written, 253 code files | 472,373 lines written, 1,238 code files |
| Who writes it | 33.7% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor | 0.9% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 1,914 commits, 85,563 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 14,656 commits, 22,799 stars |
| Tests | 84 test files. 4% of its code files have a test that imports them | 242 test files. 28% 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, rtk or vector?

vector, with 472,373 lines written; rtk has 219,272.

The proof: [vectordotdev/vector's code at commit 1bac1b8](https://github.com/vectordotdev/vector/tree/1bac1b840fd5071a35cb8a1c66a857c3a555c9ca)

### Which has more GitHub stars, rtk or vector?

rtk, with 85,563 stars; vector has 22,799.

The proof: [rtk-ai/rtk on GitHub](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk)

### Which has more tests, rtk or vector?

vector, with 242 test files; rtk has 84.

The proof: [vectordotdev/vector's code at commit 1bac1b8](https://github.com/vectordotdev/vector/tree/1bac1b840fd5071a35cb8a1c66a857c3a555c9ca)

### Which was updated more recently, rtk or vector?

Both got their last push on November 4, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, rtk or vector?

rtk: an AI signed 33.7% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor; in vector, 0.9%.

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

## Sources

- rtk-ai/rtk: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit b47e05b (https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk/tree/b47e05b5df0c60ba1afbf3ba2492ad9e60fa340a)
- vectordotdev/vector: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 1bac1b8 (https://github.com/vectordotdev/vector/tree/1bac1b840fd5071a35cb8a1c66a857c3a555c9ca)

## 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.