What is litestream built with?

Q: Which repos have a stack like litestream's?

The ones that share most of its stack: infiniflow/ragflow, rclone/rclone, and pingcap/tidb.

litestream is a Go repo built with net/http. It stores its data in SQLite, signs people in with github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials and github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, uses AI through mcp-go, connects to Google, is tested with github.com/stretchr/testify and github.com/fsouza/fake-gcs-server, deploys with Prometheus, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore, and github.com/lmittmann/tint, and uses go-sqlite3, s3, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/s3/manager, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob, github.com/studio-b12/gowebdav, and 4 more. It has 82,896 written lines, with 100 test files.

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Backend

The base 1

net/http

Data 8

SQLite4 files · cmd/litestream/main.go, line 25
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/s3/manager1 file
github.com/studio-b12/gowebdav1 file
HashiCorp1 file
NATS.io1 file
s3
github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob1 file
go-sqlite3

Sign-in 2

AI 1

mcp-go

Services 3

Alibaba Cloud1 file · oss/replica_client.go, line 18
Google1 file · gs/replica_client.go, line 18
MCP1 file · cmd/litestream/mcp.go, line 14

Support

Testing 2

github.com/stretchr/testify10 files
github.com/fsouza/fake-gcs-server1 file

Deploy 5

Prometheus5 files
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v22 files
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config1 file
github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore1 file
github.com/lmittmann/tint1 file

Tools 1

github.com/aws/smithy-go2 files

Other 11

github.com/pkg/sftp1 file
golang.org/x/sync6 files
golang.org/x/sys3 files
github.com/dustin/go-humanize2 files
github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify1 file
github.com/mattn/go-isatty1 file
github.com/mattn/go-shellwords1 file
github.com/pierrec/lz4/v41 file
golang.org/x/crypto1 file
golang.org/x/crypto/x509roots/fallback1 file
gopkg.in/yaml.v21 file

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Frequently asked questions

What language is litestream written in?

litestream is written in Go, with 82,896 written lines.

What framework does litestream use?

litestream is built with net/http.

What database does litestream use?

litestream stores its data in SQLite.

The proof: cmd/litestream/main.go, line 25

What does litestream sign people in with?

litestream signs people in with github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials and github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity.

Does litestream use AI?

Yes. litestream uses AI through mcp-go.

What services does litestream use?

litestream connects to Google and uses go-sqlite3, s3, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/s3/manager, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob, github.com/studio-b12/gowebdav, HashiCorp, NATS.io, Alibaba Cloud, and MCP.

The proof: gs/replica_client.go, line 18

Does litestream have tests?

Yes. litestream has 100 test files and is tested with github.com/stretchr/testify and github.com/fsouza/fake-gcs-server.

Which repos have a stack like litestream's?

The ones that share most of its stack:infiniflow/ragflow rclone/rclone pingcap/tidb