Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/twpayne/chezmoi/vs/vitessio/vitess
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/twpayne/chezmoi/vs/vitessio/vitess.md
Description: chezmoi and vitess share 4 technologies: etcd, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, and github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config. Both are written in Go.

# chezmoi vs vitess

chezmoi and vitess share 4 technologies: etcd, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, and github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config. Both are written in Go.

- [twpayne/chezmoi](https://seerepo.com/r/twpayne/chezmoi): Manage your dotfiles across multiple diverse machines, securely.
- [vitessio/vitess](https://seerepo.com/r/vitessio/vitess): Vitess is a database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: etcd, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config
- Only in chezmoi: GitHub, github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea, mkdocs-material, soupsieve, github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss, github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles, github.com/muesli/termenv, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, pymdown-extensions
- Only in vitess: net/http, Gorilla, s3, github.com/patrickmn/go-cache, go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3, SQLite, MySQL, Google, Vite, React, react-router-dom, github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter, log4j-core, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Apache, github.com/golang/glog, github.com/lmittmann/tint, github.com/prometheus/common, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, Tailwind CSS, classnames, Headless UI, xyflow, D3, downshift, react-json-tree, react-toastify, @bugsnag/js

## Side by side

| | chezmoi | vitess |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 47,815 lines written, 209 code files | 1,290,379 lines written, 1,900 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code | 0.9% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Devin, Codex, and Aider |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 5,116 commits, 22,169 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 27,950 commits, 21,406 stars |
| Tests | 99 test files. 77.5% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,515 test files. 64.7% 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, chezmoi or vitess?

vitess, with 1,290,379 lines written; chezmoi has 47,815.

The proof: [vitessio/vitess's code at commit 86a183c](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/tree/86a183cf51764440b075f467886616fa5b9ab43b)

### Which has more GitHub stars, chezmoi or vitess?

chezmoi, with 22,169 stars; vitess has 21,406.

The proof: [twpayne/chezmoi on GitHub](https://github.com/twpayne/chezmoi)

### Which has more tests, chezmoi or vitess?

vitess, with 1,515 test files; chezmoi has 99.

The proof: [vitessio/vitess's code at commit 86a183c](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/tree/86a183cf51764440b075f467886616fa5b9ab43b)

### Which was updated more recently, chezmoi or vitess?

vitess: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and chezmoi's on November 4, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, chezmoi or vitess?

vitess: an AI signed 0.9% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Devin, Codex, and Aider.

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

## Sources

- twpayne/chezmoi: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 745ad56 (https://github.com/twpayne/chezmoi/tree/745ad561962c3b47742e715f13bd2ff51c06e7dd)
- vitessio/vitess: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 86a183c (https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/tree/86a183cf51764440b075f467886616fa5b9ab43b)

## 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.