Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/TryGhost/Ghost/vs/yc-software/qm
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/TryGhost/Ghost/vs/yc-software/qm.md
Description: Ghost and qm share 11 technologies: Vite, Sentry, lru-cache, dompurify, Zod, CodeMirror, Lucide, papaparse, jose, @lezer/highlight, and nodemailer. Both are written in TypeScript.

# Ghost vs qm

Ghost and qm share 11 technologies: Vite, Sentry, lru-cache, dompurify, Zod, CodeMirror, Lucide, papaparse, jose, @lezer/highlight, and nodemailer. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [TryGhost/Ghost](https://seerepo.com/r/TryGhost/Ghost): Independent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters.
- [yc-software/qm](https://seerepo.com/r/yc-software/qm): Multiplayer agent harness for work.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Vite, Sentry, lru-cache, dompurify, Zod, CodeMirror, Lucide, papaparse, jose, @lezer/highlight, nodemailer
- Only in Ghost: React, React Router, Preact, bson-objectid, Express, @isaacs/ttlcache, bullmq, cache-manager, Stripe, Mailgun, Hono, js-yaml, Tailwind CSS, sonner, Radix UI, React Hook Form, html2canvas-pro, @hookform/resolvers, @codemirror/theme-one-dark, xyflow, @uiw/react-codemirror, dnd-kit, @floating-ui/react-dom, @tanstack/react-virtual, D3, validator, Headless UI, tiptap, react-day-picker, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, recharts, cmdk, @number-flow/react, react-dropzone, country-flag-icons, knex, jsonwebtoken, express-session, otplib, cookie-session, Cheerio, handlebars, sanitize-html, sharp, entities, file-type, image-size, html-to-text, node-html-markdown, probe-image-size, rss, cron-validate, lexical, markdown-it, markdown-it-footnote, markdown-it-mark, markdown-it-sub, markdown-it-sup, emoji-mart, react-colorful, react-error-boundary, @lexical/markdown, prop-types, Ajv, ajv-formats
- Only in qm: Postgres, @aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner, AWS S3, MCP, Modal, Anthropic, @slack/bolt, Fastify, Electron, objc2-foundation, objc2-app-kit, Lit, emoji-datasource, aws-sdk, @smithy/signature-v4, earendil-works, e2b, marked, officeparser, typebox, @aws-sdk/client-ecs, core-graphics, html2text, pulldown-cmark, Mermaid, morphdom, Pi, TanStack, html-to-image, katex

## Side by side

| | Ghost | qm |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 1,229,446 lines written, 4,191 code files | 551,856 lines written, 1,027 code files |
| Who writes it | 1.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, and GitHub Copilot | 3.3% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push November 5, 2026, 51,839 commits, 55,684 stars | Last push November 8, 2026, 1,491 commits, 15,654 stars |
| Tests | 2,676 test files. 39.8% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,261 test files. 70.5% 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, Ghost or qm?

Ghost, with 1,229,446 lines written; qm has 551,856.

The proof: [TryGhost/Ghost's code at commit 7336dc2](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/7336dc28b3ac6e4351c24b0b93ce03700d32a8e8)

### Which has more GitHub stars, Ghost or qm?

Ghost, with 55,684 stars; qm has 15,654.

The proof: [TryGhost/Ghost on GitHub](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost)

### Which has more tests, Ghost or qm?

Ghost, with 2,676 test files; qm has 1,261.

The proof: [TryGhost/Ghost's code at commit 7336dc2](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/7336dc28b3ac6e4351c24b0b93ce03700d32a8e8)

### Which was updated more recently, Ghost or qm?

qm: its last push was on November 8, 2026, and Ghost's on November 5, 2026.

The proof: [yc-software/qm's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/yc-software/qm/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, Ghost or qm?

qm: an AI signed 3.3% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor; in Ghost, 1.5%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in yc-software/qm](https://seerepo.com/r/yc-software/qm/ai)

## Sources

- TryGhost/Ghost: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 7336dc2 (https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/7336dc28b3ac6e4351c24b0b93ce03700d32a8e8)
- yc-software/qm: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit 3d52212 (https://github.com/yc-software/qm/tree/3d522127d8386f73980b07d462edceebf3783bdb)

## 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.