compare
Dependabot vs Renovate
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Dependabot | Renovate |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Ruby | TypeScript |
| Licence | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Stars | 5.8k | 23k |
| Latest | v0.399.0 | 44.140.0 |
| Last push | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-06 |
| Release cadence | about 7 days between releases | about 1 day between releases |
| Active contributors | 41+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 39+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Renovate replaces Dependabot. Alternatives to Dependabot →
Full replacementOpens update pull requests on GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and other forges, with grouping and automerge rules.
Dependabot
- v0.399.02026-10-05Bump pacote from 21.3.1 to 21.5.1 in /npm_and_yarn/helpers by @dependabot[bot] in
- v0.398.02026-09-28Fix NilClass passed to Pub cooldown in_cooldown_period?
- v0.397.02026-09-21Bump js-yaml from 3.14.1 to 3.15.2 in /bun/helpers by @dependabot[bot] in
- v0.396.02026-09-14Remove fully rolled out feature flags
- v0.395.02026-09-07fix: handle nil hash results from unavailable Python package indexes
Renovate
- 44.140.02026-10-06deps: update renovate-base-image to v13.114.0 (main) (#46795) (3c5cf64)
- 44.139.02026-10-06manager/github-actions: update gh-aw-actions/setup-cli with.version (#46766) (191633d)
- 44.138.12026-10-06deps: update cbrgm/pr-size-labeler-action action to v1.4.0 (main) (#46778) (d8d4c43)
- 44.138.02026-10-05deps: update ghcr.io/renovatebot/base-image docker tag to v13.113.0 (main) (#46770) (fa58d21)
- 44.137.02026-10-05deps: update ghcr.io/renovatebot/base-image docker tag to v13.112.0 (main) (#46767) (f730d6a)
Dependabot
✓ signed The latest release, v0.399.0, carries a signature GitHub verified.
Loading the security report
Renovate
✓ signed The latest release, 44.140.0, carries a signature GitHub verified.
Loading the security report