Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/vs/nicobailon/visual-explainer
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Description: anything-llm and visual-explainer share 3 technologies: MCP, node-html-parser, and pptxgenjs. Both are written in JavaScript.

# anything-llm vs visual-explainer

anything-llm and visual-explainer share 3 technologies: MCP, node-html-parser, and pptxgenjs. Both are written in JavaScript.

- [Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm](https://seerepo.com/r/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm): Stop renting your intelligence. Own it with AnythingLLM. Everything you need for a powerful local-first agent experience 
- [nicobailon/visual-explainer](https://seerepo.com/r/nicobailon/visual-explainer): Agent skill that generates rich HTML pages or slide decks for diagrams, diff reviews, plan audits, data tables, and project recaps

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: MCP, node-html-parser, pptxgenjs
- Only in anything-llm: Express, Vite, React, react-router-dom, @zilliz/milvus2-sdk-node, chromadb, @lancedb/lancedb, @pinecone-database/pinecone, mssql, SQLite, weaviate-client, OpenAI, Anthropic, ElevenLabs, PostHog, LangChain, @xenova/transformers, js-tiktoken, tesseract.js, html-to-text, pdf-parse, mbox-parser, node-xlsx, officeparser, sharp, turndown, wavefile, winston, Tailwind CSS, react-tooltip, react-loading-skeleton, react-tag-input-component, react-beautiful-dnd, react-dropzone, react-highlight-words, react-speech-recognition, react-toastify, recharts, @tremor/react, react-error-boundary, @phosphor-icons/react, @lobehub/icons, @mintplex-labs/piper-tts-web, highlight.js, dompurify, he, markdown-it, qrcode.react, katex, recharts-to-png, chartjs-node-canvas, Inquirer, swagger-ui-express, Prisma, bcryptjs, uuid-apikey, jsonwebtoken, ollama, @mintplex-labs/mdpdf, Cheerio, pdf-lib, docx, exceljs, marked, cron-validate, joi-password-complexity, @ladjs/graceful
- Only in visual-explainer: @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent, Zod

## Side by side

| | anything-llm | visual-explainer |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 300,715 lines written, 1,166 code files | 5,062 lines written, 19 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, Devin, and Aider | 4.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code |
| Activity | Last push November 12, 2026, 2,540 commits, 68,219 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 97 commits, 10,999 stars |
| Tests | 100 test files. 10.9% of its code files have a test that imports them | 7 test files. 15.8% 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, anything-llm or visual-explainer?

anything-llm, with 300,715 lines written; visual-explainer has 5,062.

The proof: [Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm's code at commit c4e4e67](https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/tree/c4e4e677ec5611fb488f8d46782813ae994df59e)

### Which has more GitHub stars, anything-llm or visual-explainer?

anything-llm, with 68,219 stars; visual-explainer has 10,999.

The proof: [Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm on GitHub](https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm)

### Which has more tests, anything-llm or visual-explainer?

anything-llm, with 100 test files; visual-explainer has 7.

The proof: [Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm's code at commit c4e4e67](https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/tree/c4e4e677ec5611fb488f8d46782813ae994df59e)

### Which was updated more recently, anything-llm or visual-explainer?

anything-llm: its last push was on November 12, 2026, and visual-explainer's on November 5, 2026.

The proof: [Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, anything-llm or visual-explainer?

visual-explainer: an AI signed 4.1% of its commits, with Claude Code; in anything-llm, 0.4%.

## Sources

- Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit c4e4e67 (https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/tree/c4e4e677ec5611fb488f8d46782813ae994df59e)
- nicobailon/visual-explainer: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit 9d5f880 (https://github.com/nicobailon/visual-explainer/tree/9d5f880b7e8e0a9a80c890b8e1bb6918b68481ad)

## 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.