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The fork is better than upstream in 68 of 76 benchmark comparisons, about the same in 5 and worse in 3, measured 2026-10-12 on a quiet host. This updates the README's results and adds a chart and a dated benchmark doc.

What changed

  • README "Measured results": new tables for upstream 6560052a against fork ce6120be on Node 24.21.0 and Bun 1.4.3, a results chart, and the "Node or Bun" paragraph and "What it costs" list re-derived from the new numbers. The stale "table predates three fixes" paragraph is gone, since the tables now include them.
  • docs/benchmarks/fork-vs-upstream-node-bun-2026-10-12.md: method, all four arms, graph sizes, MCP and CLI tables, a heatmap of every result, a comparison with 2026-10-03, and how runs were accepted or rejected.
  • scripts/benchmarks/runtime/render-charts.mjs: builds the chart, heatmap and every table from the raw run output, so no figure is typed by hand. A second run produces identical files.
  • CHANGELOG: one sentence added to the perf(resolve): faster small-project index; ASCII fast path for minified one-line files #477 entry with the measured Node figures for Alamofire and gin.

Results (Node, two runs per arm, medians)

Measure Upstream Fork Benefit
Index n8n 163.6 s 71.8 s 56% less (2.3 times faster)
Index CPython 95.3 s 41.6 s 56% less
Index discourse 26.6 s 22.7 s 14% less
Index n8n, peak memory 9.66 GiB 6.38 GiB 34% less
One-file sync on n8n 12.8 s 4.39 s 66% less
Warm explore on n8n 693 ms 214 ms 69% less (3.2 times faster)
Index gin 1.13 s 1.15 s +2%, no clear change (within 3%)
Index Alamofire 1.73 s 1.81 s +5% worse; the two runs per arm overlap
Warm explore on gin 24 ms 26 ms +8% worse (2 ms; Bun +4%)

The 3% reporting band is a convention, not a statistical margin. Results near it are labelled no clear change.

README rows checked

"About this fork" and "Measured results": the intro paragraph, the full index, one-file sync, MCP and CLI tables, the two prose paragraphs and the cost list were updated. The "Measured separately" table (worktree seeding, call-link precision) and the upstream-benchmark disclaimers were left, because they are not part of this run. The upstream merge point in "About this fork" is unchanged. __tests__/readme-sync.test.ts passes (6 tests).

Limits

  • Other work on the host during a run was observed only by the load before it and the Windows CPU before and after it, not continuously.
  • The n8n index attempt 1 was rejected (Windows CPU read 32% before it) and attempt 2 is reported; the two agreed within about 4%. Four earlier attempts were re-evaluated after a rejection rule that counted the benchmark's own CPU was dropped. Both are described in the doc.
  • The fork's pretix graph has 74,462 edges against 77,554 on 2026-10-03. The cause was not investigated.
  • The full suite was not re-run on Bun 1.4.3 or Node 26 for this measurement.

Summary by cubic

Re-runs the fork-vs-upstream benchmark on Node 24.21.0 and Bun 1.4.3 and refreshes the README's results, replacing the tables that predated three fixes and dropping the note that said so. The fork is better in 68 of 76 comparisons, about the same in 5 and worse in 3.

What changed

  • The README leads with a new results chart; the benchmark doc gains a heatmap of every result and a comparison with the 2026-10-03 run.
  • render-charts.mjs builds the chart, heatmap and all tables from the raw run output, so no figure is typed by hand and a second run produces identical files.
  • The CHANGELOG entry for the minified-JavaScript fix quotes the new measured figures for Alamofire and gin.
  • The only worse results are indexing Alamofire on Node (+5%, overlapping runs) and warm explores on gin (+8% Node, +4% Bun, 1–2 ms).

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  • Documentation
    • Updated published performance measurements with results from the October 12, 2026 benchmark run, including comparisons across Node.js and Bun.
    • Added a benchmark report comparing indexing time, memory use, graph size, file synchronization, MCP behavior, and CLI startup across seven repositories.
    • Updated benchmark documentation with run details, measurement limitations, and selected results.
    • Added options for generating benchmark charts and summary tables from accepted results.

Re-measured upstream 6560052 against fork ce6120b on Node 24.21.0 and
Bun 1.4.3 on a quiet host. The fork is better in 68 of 76 comparisons, about
the same in 5 and worse in 3 (Alamofire index on Node, warm explore on gin).

README results tables, the cost list and the Node-or-Bun paragraph now quote
that run, with a new chart. A dated benchmark doc holds the method, every
table and a heatmap. render-charts.mjs builds the chart, heatmap and tables
from the raw output.
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The pull request adds a script that reads accepted runtime benchmark attempts and generates SVG charts and Markdown tables. It adds a report for the 2026-10-12 Node.js and Bun measurements, then updates benchmark figures and links in the README and changelog.

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Runtime benchmark reporting

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Load attempts and calculate metrics
scripts/benchmarks/runtime/render-charts.mjs, scripts/benchmarks/runtime/README.md
The script validates required arguments, selects accepted attempts, loads index, sync, MCP, and CLI measurements, and calculates comparisons for Node and Bun.
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scripts/benchmarks/runtime/render-charts.mjs
The script generates summary-card and heatmap SVGs, plus Markdown tables. It writes SVGs to optional paths and writes Markdown to a supplied path or standard output.
Document benchmark method and measurements
docs/benchmarks/fork-vs-upstream-node-bun-2026-10-12.md, scripts/benchmarks/runtime/README.md
The report documents the benchmark setup, accepted-attempt rules, runtime results, graph comparisons, and test-suite results. The runtime README adds run duration and selected measurement times.
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README.md, CHANGELOG.md
The README and changelog update benchmark figures with 2026-10-12 results.

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  • observed — Modified behavior in CHANGELOG.md: The indexing-performance entry now includes 2026-10-12 Node full-index comparisons for Alamofire and gin against upstream, with a link to the benchmark results.
  • observed — Modified behavior in README.md: Updates the benchmark run metadata to October 12, 2026, identifies fork revision ce6120be and Bun 1.4.3, and links to the updated benchmark report. The chart caption and comparison notes now describe the current results, including the three cases where the fork is slower.
  • observed — Modified behavior in README.md: Replaces the full-index timings and peak memory values for all seven corpora with the new run’s measurements. The Python comparison changes from a 2.3–2.7× upstream slowdown to 2.0–2.7× and references the updated benchmark report.
  • observed — Modified behavior in README.md: Updates one-file sync timings for each corpus across upstream Node, fork Node, and fork Bun.

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- Line 258: Update the “Larger database” sentence to say “the other six corpora
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State that the host-quiet rule differs from the 2026-10-03 run, describe the
two-line sync edit, say what --tables writes, sort attempts by number, handle a
zero baseline, and fail on a missing watcher-sync value instead of dropping it.
Reword the database-size bullet so supabase is not counted in both groups.
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