Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/ClickHouse/ClickStack/vs/TryGhost/Ghost Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/ClickHouse/ClickStack/vs/TryGhost/Ghost.md Description: ClickStack and Ghost share 14 technologies: Express, React, express-session, handlebars, Zod, React Hook Form, react-error-boundary, recharts, @uiw/react-codemirror, CodeMirror, dnd-kit, xyflow, papaparse, and @hookform/resolvers. Both are written in TypeScript. # ClickStack vs Ghost ClickStack and Ghost share 14 technologies: Express, React, express-session, handlebars, Zod, React Hook Form, react-error-boundary, recharts, @uiw/react-codemirror, CodeMirror, dnd-kit, xyflow, papaparse, and @hookform/resolvers. Both are written in TypeScript. - [ClickHouse/ClickStack](https://seerepo.com/r/ClickHouse/ClickStack): Resolve production issues, fast. An open source observability platform unifying session replays, logs, metrics, traces and errors powered by ClickHouse and OpenTelemetry. - [TryGhost/Ghost](https://seerepo.com/r/TryGhost/Ghost): Independent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters. ## What they share and what sets them apart - In common: Express, React, express-session, handlebars, Zod, React Hook Form, react-error-boundary, recharts, @uiw/react-codemirror, CodeMirror, dnd-kit, xyflow, papaparse, @hookform/resolvers - Only in ClickStack: MongoDB, sqlstring, connect-mongo, MCP, Next.js, store2, ClickHouse, @clickhouse/client, github.com/pressly/goose/v3, swagger-ui-express, Passport, passport-local, ai, @ai-sdk/otel, @braintree/sanitize-url, opentelemetry, pino, pino-http, classnames, Mantine, tanstack, react-hotkeys-hook, uplot, react-copy-to-clipboard, react-grid-layout, @dagrejs/dagre, react-json-tree, react-resizable, uplot-react, @tabler/icons-react, react-markdown, remark-gfm, ink, ink-spinner, ink-text-input - Only in Ghost: Vite, React Router, Preact, bson-objectid, Sentry, Hono, tryghost, lru-cache, cache-manager, cache-manager-ioredis, Stripe, Mailgun, path-match, express-lazy-router, Tailwind CSS, sonner, Radix UI, html2canvas-pro, dompurify, @codemirror/theme-one-dark, @tryghost/custom-fonts, @floating-ui/react-dom, @svg-maps/world, @tanstack/react-virtual, D3, react-svg-map, Lucide, validator, Headless UI, tiptap, @doist/react-interpolate, react-day-picker, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, cmdk, @number-flow/react, react-dropzone, country-flag-icons, knex, @tryghost/bookshelf-plugins, bookshelf, bookshelf-relations, knex-migrator, @tryghost/security, jsonwebtoken, Better Auth, otplib, cookie-session, cookies, express-jwt, jose, Cheerio, sanitize-html, downsize-cjs, express-hbs, file-type, js-yaml, entities, image-size, heic-convert, html-to-text, html5parser, juice, node-html-markdown, probe-image-size, rss, @tryghost/validator, cron-validate, lexical, markdown-it, markdown-it-footnote, markdown-it-image-lazy-loading, markdown-it-lazy-headers, markdown-it-mark, markdown-it-sub, markdown-it-sup, codemirror-spell-checker, emoji-mart, uiw, @lezer/highlight, react-colorful, react-slider, @lexical/markdown, prop-types, @tryghost/logging, Ajv, ajv-formats, @tryghost/debug, sharp, nodemailer, parse-email-address ## Side by side | | ClickStack | Ghost | |---|---|---| | Size | 560,607 lines written, 998 code files | 1,254,280 lines written, 4,224 code files | | Who writes it | 3.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Cursor, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot | 1.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, Amp, and GitHub Copilot | | Activity | Last push November 14, 2026, 2,537 commits, 10,035 stars | Last push November 13, 2026, 52,111 commits, 55,801 stars | | Tests | 698 test files. 51.1% of its code files have a test that imports them | 2,703 test files. 40% 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, ClickStack or Ghost? Ghost, with 1,254,280 lines written; ClickStack has 560,607. The proof: [TryGhost/Ghost's code at commit fd6f4f7](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/fd6f4f749a613a540f7218f26c8cef4c282b15c2) ### Which has more GitHub stars, ClickStack or Ghost? Ghost, with 55,801 stars; ClickStack has 10,035. The proof: [TryGhost/Ghost on GitHub](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost) ### Which has more tests, ClickStack or Ghost? Ghost, with 2,703 test files; ClickStack has 698. The proof: [TryGhost/Ghost's code at commit fd6f4f7](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/fd6f4f749a613a540f7218f26c8cef4c282b15c2) ### Which was updated more recently, ClickStack or Ghost? ClickStack: its last push was on November 14, 2026, and Ghost's on November 13, 2026. The proof: [ClickHouse/ClickStack's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickStack/commits) ### Which has more commits signed by AI, ClickStack or Ghost? ClickStack: an AI signed 3.2% of its commits, with Cursor, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot; in Ghost, 1.5%. The proof: [the commits each tool signed in ClickHouse/ClickStack](https://seerepo.com/r/ClickHouse/ClickStack/ai) ## Sources - ClickHouse/ClickStack: Read on November 14, 2026, at commit 0096a35 (https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickStack/tree/0096a355c0f6fba3e691d2e8efe83228bc35751b) - TryGhost/Ghost: Read on November 13, 2026, at commit fd6f4f7 (https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/fd6f4f749a613a540f7218f26c8cef4c282b15c2) ## 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.