Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/AnInsomniacy/rayburst/vs/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/AnInsomniacy/rayburst/vs/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF.md
Description: rayburst and Stirling-PDF share 12 technologies: Vite, Tauri, tauri-plugin-store, @tauri-apps/api, Tokio, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, tauri-plugin-notification, tauri-plugin-window-state, tauri-plugin-dialog, log, and tauri-plugin-log. rayburst is written in Rust and Stirling-PDF in TypeScript.

# rayburst vs Stirling-PDF

rayburst and Stirling-PDF share 12 technologies: Vite, Tauri, tauri-plugin-store, @tauri-apps/api, Tokio, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, tauri-plugin-notification, tauri-plugin-window-state, tauri-plugin-dialog, log, and tauri-plugin-log. rayburst is written in Rust and Stirling-PDF in TypeScript.

- [AnInsomniacy/rayburst](https://seerepo.com/r/AnInsomniacy/rayburst): Redefining the open-source download manager
- [Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF](https://seerepo.com/r/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF): #1 PDF Application on GitHub that lets you edit PDFs on any device anywhere

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Vite, Tauri, tauri-plugin-store, @tauri-apps/api, Tokio, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, tauri-plugin-notification, tauri-plugin-window-state, tauri-plugin-dialog, log, tauri-plugin-log
- Only in rayburst: Vue, vue-router, axum, rusqlite, SQLite, @tauri-apps/plugin-store, gio, @material/material-color-utilities, anstyle, naive-ui, sortablejs, gtk, @formkit/auto-animate, ksni, notify-rust, objc2-quartz-core, tauri-winrt-notification, webkit2gtk, @vicons/ionicons5, dompurify, marked, marked-alert, sanitize-filename, zip, tauri-apps
- Only in Stirling-PDF: org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web, H2 Database, jcache, org.springframework:spring-jdbc, PostgreSQL, s3, spring-boot-starter-cache, spring-boot-starter-data-redis, url-connection-client, com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine, Apache, Postgres, AWS S3, PostHog, Telegram, jetty-http2-server, jakarta.servlet:jakarta.servlet-api, org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-alpn-java-server, org.eclipse.jetty.compression:jetty-compression-server, React, react-router-dom, tiny_http, Supabase, Stripe, core-services, Hibernate, org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa, jjwt-impl, jjwt-jackson, spring-boot-starter-oauth2-resource-server, spring-boot-starter-security-oauth2-client, spring-security-saml2-service-provider, Spring, com.coveo:saml-client, io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-api, onnxruntime, angus-mail, batik-transcoder, commonmark-ext-gfm-tables, imageio-batik, imageio-bmp, imageio-hdr, imageio-icns, imageio-iff, imageio-jpeg, imageio-pcx, imageio-pnm, imageio-psd, imageio-sgi, imageio-tga, imageio-thumbsdb, imageio-tiff, imageio-webp, imageio-xwd, jbig2-imageio, jpdfium, metadata-extractor, org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-mail, outlook-module, owasp-java-html-sanitizer, pdfbox-io, preflight, stirling-office-convert, stirling-office-convert-legacy, stirling-office-convert-pdfa, stirling-office-convert-topdf, org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox, org.verapdf:validation-model, jakarta.mail:jakarta.mail-api, org.apache.pdfbox:xmpbox, org.apache.poi:poi-ooxml, com.google.zxing:core, de.rototor.pdfbox:graphics2d, org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-bridge, org.commonmark:commonmark, technology.tabula:tabula, com.github.junrar:junrar, com.hubspot.jinjava:jinjava, com.opencsv:opencsv, com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-html2md-converter, org.simplejavamail:simple-java-mail, micrometer-registry-prometheus, org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator, spring-boot-starter-jetty, io.micrometer:micrometer-core, ch.qos.logback:logback-core, Tailwind CSS, fontsource, Mantine, @reactour/tour, @dnd-kit/core, tanstack, @atlaskit/pragmatic-drag-and-drop, D3, signature_pad, @tauri-apps/plugin-notification, react-easy-crop, react-rnd, recharts, webview2-com, Lucide, keyring, embedpdf, pdfjs-dist, react-markdown, remark-gfm, @cantoo/pdf-lib, qrcode.react, objc2-pdf-kit, pixelmatch

## Side by side

| | rayburst | Stirling-PDF |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 104,073 lines written, 339 code files | 1,168,066 lines written, 4,452 code files |
| Who writes it | 7.3% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code | 2.1% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Codex |
| Activity | Last push November 10, 2026, 1,633 commits, 11,494 stars | Last push November 12, 2026, 5,787 commits, 96,362 stars |
| Tests | 102 test files. 37.2% of its code files have a test that imports them | 2,168 test files. 49.7% 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, rayburst or Stirling-PDF?

Stirling-PDF, with 1,168,066 lines written; rayburst has 104,073.

The proof: [Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF's code at commit ee8c2b3](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/tree/ee8c2b3a9fc5842f787373c2aeff1431f5ff9d85)

### Which has more GitHub stars, rayburst or Stirling-PDF?

Stirling-PDF, with 96,362 stars; rayburst has 11,494.

The proof: [Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF on GitHub](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF)

### Which has more tests, rayburst or Stirling-PDF?

Stirling-PDF, with 2,168 test files; rayburst has 102.

The proof: [Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF's code at commit ee8c2b3](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/tree/ee8c2b3a9fc5842f787373c2aeff1431f5ff9d85)

### Which was updated more recently, rayburst or Stirling-PDF?

Stirling-PDF: its last push was on November 12, 2026, and rayburst's on November 10, 2026.

The proof: [Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, rayburst or Stirling-PDF?

rayburst: an AI signed 7.3% of its commits, with Claude Code; in Stirling-PDF, 2.1%.

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

## Sources

- AnInsomniacy/rayburst: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit 0c880e5 (https://github.com/AnInsomniacy/rayburst/tree/0c880e53b80c34321f540b76996d67035108bd32)
- Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit ee8c2b3 (https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/tree/ee8c2b3a9fc5842f787373c2aeff1431f5ff9d85)

## 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.
