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Description: alibaba/canal is a Java repo with 100,266 lines written. AI signed 0.2% of the 1,378 commits of canal.

# What's inside alibaba/canal

alibaba/canal is a Java repo with 100,266 lines written. canal is built with org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web, Spring Boot, Spring, and 3 more and uses MySQL, Postgres, and Kafka. AI signed 0.2% of the 1,378 commits of canal.

Its description on GitHub: “阿里巴巴 MySQL binlog 增量订阅&消费组件”

Java · Apache-2.0 · 29,744 stars · GitHub: https://github.com/alibaba/canal

Read on November 8, 2026, at commit 87be50e.

## More on this repo

- [What is canal built with?](https://seerepo.com/r/alibaba/canal/built): canal is built with org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web, Spring Boot, Spring, and 3 more and uses MySQL, Postgres, and Kafka.
- [How much of canal did AI write?](https://seerepo.com/r/alibaba/canal/ai): AI signed 0.2% of the 1,378 commits of canal.

## In figures

- 100,266 lines written: The ones people and agents wrote: product, tests, schemas and tooling. Generated code doesn’t count.
- 616 source files: The same as the lines: product, tests, schemas and tooling. What’s generated doesn’t count.
- 144 test files: The files that test the code.
- 43 technologies: Each service with the file and line that prove it.

SeeRepo read the facts in its code and kept none of it. AI only helps sort its packages and folders by their names, and never sees its code.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is alibaba/canal?

alibaba/canal is a Java repo with 100,266 lines written. Its description on GitHub: “阿里巴巴 MySQL binlog 增量订阅&消费组件”

The proof: [its page on GitHub](https://github.com/alibaba/canal)

### What is canal built with?

canal is built with org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web, Spring Boot, Spring, and 3 more and uses MySQL, Postgres, and Kafka.

The proof: [each service with its file and line](https://seerepo.com/r/alibaba/canal/built)

### How much of canal did AI write?

AI signed 0.2% of the 1,378 commits of canal.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed](https://seerepo.com/r/alibaba/canal/ai)

### What license does canal have?

canal is released under the Apache-2.0 license.

The proof: [its page on GitHub](https://github.com/alibaba/canal)

### How many stars does canal have on GitHub?

canal had 29,744 stars on GitHub on November 8, 2026.

The proof: [its page on GitHub](https://github.com/alibaba/canal)

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