Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/Kilo-Org/kilocode/vs/paperclipai/paperclip
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/Kilo-Org/kilocode/vs/paperclipai/paperclip.md
Description: kilocode and paperclip share 14 technologies: OpenAI, Anthropic, MCP, Zod, Drizzle, opentelemetry, yaml, @clack/prompts, ai, motion, xterm, dompurify, Tailwind CSS, and Mermaid. Both are written in TypeScript.

# kilocode vs paperclip

kilocode and paperclip share 14 technologies: OpenAI, Anthropic, MCP, Zod, Drizzle, opentelemetry, yaml, @clack/prompts, ai, motion, xterm, dompurify, Tailwind CSS, and Mermaid. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [Kilo-Org/kilocode](https://seerepo.com/r/Kilo-Org/kilocode): Kilo is the all-in-one agentic engineering platform. Build, ship, and iterate faster with the most popular open source 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: OpenAI, Anthropic, MCP, Zod, Drizzle, opentelemetry, yaml, @clack/prompts, ai, motion, xterm, dompurify, Tailwind CSS, Mermaid
- Only in kilocode: @effect/sql-sqlite-bun, Perplexity, Solid, @solidjs/router, Hono, @lancedb/lancedb, Qdrant, PostHog, lru-cache, quick-lru, GitHub, solidjs, @aws-sdk/credential-providers, ai-sdk, ai-gateway-provider, gitlab-ai-provider, OpenRouter, @silvia-odwyer/photon-node, gray-matter, htmlparser2, turndown, @effect/opentelemetry, rotating-file-stream, ghostty-web, @aws-sdk/credential-provider-ini, @aws-sdk/client-bedrock-runtime, commonmark-ext-autolink, commonmark-ext-gfm-strikethrough, commonmark-ext-gfm-tables, handlebars, jsoup, com.google.zxing:core, org.commonmark:commonmark, solid-primitives, @kobalte/core, Chart.js, lucide-solid, virtua, LottieFiles, js-tiktoken, marked, friendly-words, qrcode, OpenTUI, @agentclientprotocol/sdk, xlsx, mammoth, @ai-sdk/provider, morphdom, shiki, remend, solid-list, solid-sonner, katex, marked-shiki
- Only in paperclip: Express, Postgres, Google, React, AWS S3, Tokio, Vite, Sentry, Svix, react-router-dom, @opentelemetry/resources, hmac, react-markdown, remark-gfm, jsonschema, Ajv, @daytonaio/sdk, three, Better Auth, @ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock, sharp, ajv-formats, pino, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, dnd-kit, lexical, @lezer/highlight, Base UI, cmdk, CodeMirror, react-resizable-panels, Lucide, @assistant-ui/react

## Side by side

| | kilocode | paperclip |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 1,421,597 lines written, 4,647 code files | 3,133,031 lines written, 5,090 code files |
| Who writes it | 4.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Kilo Code, Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Amp, and Jules | 17% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 8, 2026, 28,515 commits, 27,908 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 5,942 commits, 111,002 stars |
| Tests | 2,576 test files. 55% of its code files have a test that imports them | 4,571 test files. 60.3% 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, kilocode or paperclip?

paperclip, with 3,133,031 lines written; kilocode has 1,421,597.

The proof: [paperclipai/paperclip's code at commit 0eaabe5](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/0eaabe5c0b37c99d827f78a1a8598e7b3534078a)

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

paperclip, with 111,002 stars; kilocode has 27,908.

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

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

paperclip, with 4,571 test files; kilocode has 2,576.

The proof: [paperclipai/paperclip's code at commit 0eaabe5](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/0eaabe5c0b37c99d827f78a1a8598e7b3534078a)

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

kilocode: its last push was on November 8, 2026, and paperclip's on November 4, 2026.

The proof: [Kilo-Org/kilocode's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode/commits)

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

paperclip: an AI signed 17% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot; in kilocode, 4.1%.

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

## Sources

- Kilo-Org/kilocode: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit b6a49d0 (https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode/tree/b6a49d01c10d7e26c42a8a14b3441b7a1856c04c)
- paperclipai/paperclip: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 0eaabe5 (https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/0eaabe5c0b37c99d827f78a1a8598e7b3534078a)

## 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.