a2ui vs paperclip
a2ui and paperclip share 9 technologies: Google, MCP, React, OpenAI, jsonschema, Zod, Ajv, yaml, and dompurify. Both are written in TypeScript.
What they share and what sets them apart
a2ui-project
a2ui
Open-source generative UI framework: agents stream layout data, and apps render it with native components in React, Angular, Lit, Flutter, SwiftUI and Jetpack Compose.
TypeScript17kRead on November 7, 2026, at commit 07aa6a7What is a2ui built with?Only in a2ui
- Flutter
- anyio
- Lit
- Angular
furo
mkdocs-material
- video_player
- a2ui-agent-sdk
- a2ui-core
google-adk
- myst-parser
- Yams
- flutter_markdown_plus
- Pydantic
- referencing
- com.networknt:json-schema-validator
- logging
- js-yaml
vega-embed
- zod-to-json-schema
- validate-color
markdown-it
In common
paperclipai
paperclip
The open-source app everyone uses to manage agents at work
TypeScript111kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit 0eaabe5What is paperclip built with?Only in paperclip
- Express
- Postgres
AWS S3- Tokio
- Vite
- Anthropic
- Sentry
Svix
react-router-dom
- @opentelemetry/resources
@clack/prompts
- Drizzle
- hmac
- react-markdown
remark-gfm
@daytonaio/sdk
three
- Better Auth
ai
@ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock
- sharp
- ajv-formats
- opentelemetry
- pino
- Tailwind CSS
class-variance-authority
tailwind-merge
- Radix UI
motion
dnd-kit
lexical
- @lezer/highlight
- Base UI
- cmdk
- CodeMirror
- Mermaid
react-resizable-panels
xterm
- Lucide
@assistant-ui/react
Side by side
a2uipaperclip
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
a2ui662,704 lines written1,229 code files
paperclip3,133,031 lines written5,090 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
a2ui1.9% of its commits signed by AIWith Gemini CLI
paperclip17% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
a2uiLast push November 7, 20261,810 commits17,001 stars
paperclipLast push November 4, 20265,942 commits111,002 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
a2ui1,165 test files44.9% of its code files have a test that imports them
paperclip4,571 test files60.3% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, a2ui or paperclip?
paperclip, with 3,133,031 lines written; a2ui has 662,704.
Which has more GitHub stars, a2ui or paperclip?
paperclip, with 111,002 stars; a2ui has 17,001.
The proof: paperclipai/paperclip on GitHub
Which has more tests, a2ui or paperclip?
paperclip, with 4,571 test files; a2ui has 1,165.
Which was updated more recently, a2ui or paperclip?
a2ui: its last push was on November 7, 2026, and paperclip's on November 4, 2026.
The proof: a2ui-project/a2ui's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, a2ui or paperclip?
paperclip: an AI signed 17% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot; in a2ui, 1.9%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in paperclipai/paperclip
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