Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/RSSNext/Folo/vs/shikijs/shiki
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/RSSNext/Folo/vs/shikijs/shiki.md
Description: Folo and shiki share 8 technologies: Vite, React, rehype-raw, rehype-stringify, remark, remark-parse, unified, and unist-util-visit. Both are written in TypeScript.

# Folo vs shiki

Folo and shiki share 8 technologies: Vite, React, rehype-raw, rehype-stringify, remark, remark-parse, unified, and unist-util-visit. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [RSSNext/Folo](https://seerepo.com/r/RSSNext/Folo): 🧡 Folo is the AI RSS Reader
- [shikijs/shiki](https://seerepo.com/r/shikijs/shiki): A beautiful yet powerful syntax highlighter

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Vite, React, rehype-raw, rehype-stringify, remark, remark-parse, unified, unist-util-visit
- Only in Folo: electron-store, Electron, @electron-toolkit/preload, React Router, idb-keyval, Firebase, PostHog, react-native, Expo, expo-sqlite, expo-secure-store, Hono, Sentry, Fastify, Vercel, Tailwind CSS, electron-context-menu, js-yaml, electron-log, electron-squirrel-startup, class-variance-authority, motion, sonner, lexical, usehooks-ts, React Hook Form, Radix UI, dnd-kit, react-hotkeys-hook, @tanstack/react-virtual, re-resizable, @use-gesture/react, embla-carousel-react, react-intersection-observer, xyflow, @floating-ui/react, @number-flow/react, cmdk, Headless UI, react-error-boundary, react-fast-marquee, react-selecto, react-shadow, react-zoom-pan-pinch, Drizzle, ai, shiki, @shikijs/transformers, hast-util-to-jsx-runtime, hast-util-to-mdast, katex, mdast-util-gfm-strikethrough, mdast-util-gfm-table, mdast-util-to-markdown, react-markdown, react-qr-code, remark-gfm, Zod, @hookform/resolvers, nativewind, @shikijs/themes, react-native-svg, react-native-reanimated, react-native-safe-area-context, Shopify, expo-image, react-native-gesture-handler, @gorhom/portal, react-native-screens, react-native-keyboard-controller, zeego, expo-glass-effect, expo-linear-gradient, react-native-webview, expo-status-bar, @expo/react-native-action-sheet, expo-blur, expo-video, react-native-pager-view, @react-native-picker/picker, react-freeze, react-native-edge-to-edge, expo-symbols, sf-symbols-typescript, Better Auth, expo-apple-authentication, expo-document-picker, expo-image-manipulator, expo-image-picker, expo-media-library, qrcode, expo-updates, androidx.fragment:fragment, androidx.viewpager2:viewpager2, react-photo-view, xss, linkedom, resvg, satori, PostCSS, postcss-js, tailwindcss-animate, tailwindcss-safe-area, @egoist/tailwindcss-icons, Iconify, input-otp, vaul, @lexical/markdown, remark-directive, @t3-oss/env-core, tailwind-merge, hast-util-sanitize, hast-util-to-text, rehype-infer-description-meta, rehype-parse, rehype-sanitize, unist-util-visit-parents, @mozilla/readability, dompurify
- Only in shiki: Solid, Vue, Svelte, @shikijs/vscode-textmate, hast-util-to-html, UnoCSS, markdown-exit, markdown-it, markdown-it-async, monaco-editor-core, hast-util-to-string, floating-vue, mdast-util-from-markdown, mdast-util-gfm, mdast-util-to-hast

## Side by side

| | Folo | shiki |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 274,297 lines written, 2,526 code files | 34,016 lines written, 206 code files |
| Who writes it | 9.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and GitHub Copilot | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Cursor and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 5, 2026, 7,391 commits, 39,241 stars | Last push November 2, 2026, 2,543 commits, 13,919 stars |
| Tests | 261 test files. 12.7% of its code files have a test that imports them | 263 test files. 22.3% 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, Folo or shiki?

Folo, with 274,297 lines written; shiki has 34,016.

The proof: [RSSNext/Folo's code at commit 2f77531](https://github.com/RSSNext/Folo/tree/2f77531a495c0524a702f4508fdf2af97531b863)

### Which has more GitHub stars, Folo or shiki?

Folo, with 39,241 stars; shiki has 13,919.

The proof: [RSSNext/Folo on GitHub](https://github.com/RSSNext/Folo)

### Which has more tests, Folo or shiki?

shiki, with 263 test files; Folo has 261.

The proof: [shikijs/shiki's code at commit de15fd2](https://github.com/shikijs/shiki/tree/de15fd2efb709ea4528d894ab857ac145f3dc277)

### Which was updated more recently, Folo or shiki?

Folo: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and shiki's on November 2, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, Folo or shiki?

Folo: an AI signed 9.2% of its commits, with Claude Code and GitHub Copilot; in shiki, 0.1%.

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

## Sources

- RSSNext/Folo: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 2f77531 (https://github.com/RSSNext/Folo/tree/2f77531a495c0524a702f4508fdf2af97531b863)
- shikijs/shiki: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit de15fd2 (https://github.com/shikijs/shiki/tree/de15fd2efb709ea4528d894ab857ac145f3dc277)

## 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.
