Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/vs/spinabot/brigade
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/vs/spinabot/brigade.md
Description: anything-llm and brigade share 3 technologies: pptxgenjs, docx, and exceljs. anything-llm is written in JavaScript and brigade in TypeScript.

# anything-llm vs brigade

anything-llm and brigade share 3 technologies: pptxgenjs, docx, and exceljs. anything-llm is written in JavaScript and brigade in TypeScript.

- [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 
- [spinabot/brigade](https://seerepo.com/r/spinabot/brigade): Brigade — Your personal intelligence, built enterprise-grade

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: pptxgenjs, docx, exceljs
- 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, MCP, PostHog, LangChain, @xenova/transformers, js-tiktoken, tesseract.js, html-to-text, pdf-parse, node-html-parser, 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, marked, cron-validate, joi-password-complexity, @ladjs/graceful
- Only in brigade: Convex, grammy, @earendil-works/pi-tui, Pi, @composio/core, @cantoo/pdf-lib, jimp, qrcode-terminal, yaml, @mozilla/readability, @pdf-lib/fontkit, linkedom, unpdf

## Side by side

| | anything-llm | brigade |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 292,706 lines written, 1,156 code files | 365,551 lines written, 793 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, Devin, and Aider | 0% of its commits signed by AI |
| Activity | Last push November 7, 2026, 2,506 commits, 68,108 stars | Last push November 9, 2026, 534 commits, 11,374 stars |
| Tests | 91 test files. 10% of its code files have a test that imports them | 572 test files. 72.8% 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 brigade?

brigade, with 365,551 lines written; anything-llm has 292,706.

The proof: [spinabot/brigade's code at commit 460fa40](https://github.com/spinabot/brigade/tree/460fa4023363cff3c1f0b08f9df538e569c43b7a)

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

anything-llm, with 68,108 stars; brigade has 11,374.

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

### Which has more tests, anything-llm or brigade?

brigade, with 572 test files; anything-llm has 91.

The proof: [spinabot/brigade's code at commit 460fa40](https://github.com/spinabot/brigade/tree/460fa4023363cff3c1f0b08f9df538e569c43b7a)

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

brigade: its last push was on November 9, 2026, and anything-llm's on November 7, 2026.

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

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

anything-llm: an AI signed 0.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, Devin, and Aider.

## Sources

- Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit 308b276 (https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/tree/308b27662b2f6fd4947791d61c797945c609fcbc)
- spinabot/brigade: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit 460fa40 (https://github.com/spinabot/brigade/tree/460fa4023363cff3c1f0b08f9df538e569c43b7a)

## 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.