Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/CodebuffAI/freebuff/vs/paperclipai/paperclip
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/CodebuffAI/freebuff/vs/paperclipai/paperclip.md
Description: freebuff and paperclip share 8 technologies: React, MCP, ai, remark-gfm, Zod, pino, yaml, and ai-sdk. Both are written in TypeScript.

# freebuff vs paperclip

freebuff and paperclip share 8 technologies: React, MCP, ai, remark-gfm, Zod, pino, yaml, and ai-sdk. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [CodebuffAI/freebuff](https://seerepo.com/r/CodebuffAI/freebuff): The free coding agent
- [paperclipai/paperclip](https://seerepo.com/r/paperclipai/paperclip): The open-source app everyone uses to manage agents at work

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: React, MCP, ai, remark-gfm, Zod, pino, yaml, ai-sdk
- Only in freebuff: PostHog, OpenTUI, jimp, remark-breaks, remark-parse, unified, @xterm/headless, gray-matter, zod-from-json-schema, @ai-sdk/provider
- Only in paperclip: Express, embedded-postgres, Postgres, Google, aws-sdk-s3, AWS S3, Tokio, Vite, OpenAI, Anthropic, Sentry, Svix, react-router-dom, @spekoai/client, @opentelemetry/resources, @clack/prompts, Drizzle, acpx, Cursor, aws-sdk-sts, hmac, @agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp, aws-sdk-bedrockagentcore, react-markdown, jsonschema, Ajv, @boxd-sh/sdk, Cloudflare, @daytonaio/sdk, e2b, @kubernetes/client-node, novita-sandbox, three, Better Auth, Vercel, chat, OpenRouter, sharp, dompurify, ajv-formats, opentelemetry, pino-http, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, motion, dnd-kit, @mdxeditor/editor, lexical, @lezer/highlight, Base UI, cmdk, CodeMirror, Mermaid, react-resizable-panels, xterm, Lucide, @assistant-ui/react, mdast-util-from-markdown

## Side by side

| | freebuff | paperclip |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 462,259 lines written, 1,304 code files | 3,339,685 lines written, 5,329 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Devin, Codex, Gemini CLI, and Aider | 22.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 9, 2026, 13,222 commits, 14,058 stars | Last push November 9, 2026, 6,723 commits, 112,381 stars |
| Tests | 869 test files. 58.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 5,014 test files. 61.5% 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, freebuff or paperclip?

paperclip, with 3,339,685 lines written; freebuff has 462,259.

The proof: [paperclipai/paperclip's code at commit 5a51a76](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/5a51a7685d75a83846722a5d99962f8bf0a96902)

### Which has more GitHub stars, freebuff or paperclip?

paperclip, with 112,381 stars; freebuff has 14,058.

The proof: [paperclipai/paperclip on GitHub](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip)

### Which has more tests, freebuff or paperclip?

paperclip, with 5,014 test files; freebuff has 869.

The proof: [paperclipai/paperclip's code at commit 5a51a76](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/5a51a7685d75a83846722a5d99962f8bf0a96902)

### Which was updated more recently, freebuff or paperclip?

Both got their last push on November 9, 2026.

The proof: [CodebuffAI/freebuff's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/CodebuffAI/freebuff/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, freebuff or paperclip?

paperclip: an AI signed 22.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot; in freebuff, 0.5%.

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

## Sources

- CodebuffAI/freebuff: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit 0ef41e8 (https://github.com/CodebuffAI/freebuff/tree/0ef41e812eff0f5630510070e5812658c0be9fbc)
- paperclipai/paperclip: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit 5a51a76 (https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/5a51a7685d75a83846722a5d99962f8bf0a96902)

## 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.