Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/HKUDS/ViMax/vs/paperclipai/paperclip
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/HKUDS/ViMax/vs/paperclipai/paperclip.md
Description: ViMax and paperclip share 7 technologies: React, Vite, OpenAI, Lucide, react-markdown, remark-gfm, and yaml. ViMax is written in Python and paperclip in TypeScript.

# ViMax vs paperclip

ViMax and paperclip share 7 technologies: React, Vite, OpenAI, Lucide, react-markdown, remark-gfm, and yaml. ViMax is written in Python and paperclip in TypeScript.

- [HKUDS/ViMax](https://seerepo.com/r/HKUDS/ViMax): "ViMax: Agentic Video Generation (Director, Screenwriter, Producer, and Video Generator All-in-One)"
- [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, Vite, OpenAI, Lucide, react-markdown, remark-gfm, yaml
- Only in ViMax: AIOHTTP, faiss-cpu, LangChain, opencv-python, langchain-community, langchain-openai, pillow, moviepy, scenedetect, ink
- Only in paperclip: Express, embedded-postgres, Postgres, MCP, Google, aws-sdk-s3, AWS S3, Tokio, Anthropic, Sentry, Svix, react-router-dom, @spekoai/client, Zod, @opentelemetry/resources, @clack/prompts, Drizzle, acpx, Cursor, aws-sdk-sts, hmac, @agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp, aws-sdk-bedrockagentcore, jsonschema, Ajv, @boxd-sh/sdk, Cloudflare, @daytonaio/sdk, e2b, @kubernetes/client-node, novita-sandbox, three, Better Auth, Vercel, chat, ai, OpenRouter, ai-sdk, sharp, dompurify, ajv-formats, opentelemetry, pino, 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, @assistant-ui/react, mdast-util-from-markdown

## Side by side

| | ViMax | paperclip |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 18,318 lines written, 68 code files | 3,339,685 lines written, 5,329 code files |
| Who writes it | 1.9% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and Codex | 22.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push September 30, 2026, 372 commits, 12,886 stars | Last push November 9, 2026, 6,723 commits, 112,381 stars |
| Tests | 36 test files. 66.2% 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, ViMax or paperclip?

paperclip, with 3,339,685 lines written; ViMax has 18,318.

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

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

paperclip, with 112,381 stars; ViMax has 12,886.

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

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

paperclip, with 5,014 test files; ViMax has 36.

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

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

paperclip: its last push was on November 9, 2026, and ViMax's on September 30, 2026.

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

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

paperclip: an AI signed 22.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot; in ViMax, 1.9%.

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

## Sources

- HKUDS/ViMax: Read on November 10, 2026, at commit fd4b72e (https://github.com/HKUDS/ViMax/tree/fd4b72e7731be6e5f88486206d25ea59849b0285)
- 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.