Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/actualbudget/actual/vs/TryGhost/Ghost
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/actualbudget/actual/vs/TryGhost/Ghost.md
Description: actual and Ghost share 12 technologies: Vite, React, React Router, lru-cache, Express, recharts, react-error-boundary, CodeMirror, @lezer/highlight, @uiw/react-codemirror, cmdk, and handlebars. Both are written in TypeScript.

# actual vs Ghost

actual and Ghost share 12 technologies: Vite, React, React Router, lru-cache, Express, recharts, react-error-boundary, CodeMirror, @lezer/highlight, @uiw/react-codemirror, cmdk, and handlebars. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [actualbudget/actual](https://seerepo.com/r/actualbudget/actual): A local-first personal finance app
- [TryGhost/Ghost](https://seerepo.com/r/TryGhost/Ghost): Independent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Vite, React, React Router, lru-cache, Express, recharts, react-error-boundary, CodeMirror, @lezer/highlight, @uiw/react-codemirror, cmdk, handlebars
- Only in actual: @capacitor/core, Electron, @sqlite.org/sqlite-wasm, SQLite, Capacitor, CapacitorApp, CapacitorCordova, @emotion/css, react-aria-components, usehooks-ts, react-aria, react-hotkeys-hook, react-spring, react-joyride, react-virtualized-auto-sizer, @use-gesture/react, react-dnd, downshift, re-resizable, react-dnd-html5-backend, react-grid-layout, react-swipeable, react-markdown, hyperformula, rehype-external-links, remark-gfm, @zumer/snapdom, csv-stringify, mdast-util-newline-to-break, xml2js, csv-parse, appcompat, coordinatorlayout, core-splashscreen, workbox-precaching, argon2, bcrypt, jws, openid-client, express-winston, winston
- Only in Ghost: Preact, bson-objectid, Sentry, @isaacs/ttlcache, bullmq, cache-manager, Stripe, Mailgun, Hono, js-yaml, Tailwind CSS, sonner, Radix UI, React Hook Form, html2canvas-pro, dompurify, Zod, @hookform/resolvers, @codemirror/theme-one-dark, xyflow, dnd-kit, @floating-ui/react-dom, @tanstack/react-virtual, D3, Lucide, papaparse, validator, Headless UI, tiptap, react-day-picker, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, @number-flow/react, react-dropzone, country-flag-icons, knex, jsonwebtoken, express-session, otplib, cookie-session, jose, Cheerio, 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, @lexical/markdown, prop-types, Ajv, ajv-formats, nodemailer

## Side by side

| | actual | Ghost |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 358,371 lines written, 1,773 code files | 1,229,446 lines written, 4,191 code files |
| Who writes it | 8.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, CodeRabbit, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Gemini CLI | 1.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 7, 2026, 5,573 commits, 30,069 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 51,839 commits, 55,684 stars |
| Tests | 426 test files. 18.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 2,676 test files. 39.8% 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, actual or Ghost?

Ghost, with 1,229,446 lines written; actual has 358,371.

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

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

Ghost, with 55,684 stars; actual has 30,069.

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

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

Ghost, with 2,676 test files; actual has 426.

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

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

actual: its last push was on November 7, 2026, and Ghost's on November 5, 2026.

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

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

actual: an AI signed 8.5% of its commits, with Claude Code, CodeRabbit, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Gemini CLI; in Ghost, 1.5%.

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

## Sources

- actualbudget/actual: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit 693973b (https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/tree/693973bb3b0c63615856de2b7ff71da44adb47de)
- TryGhost/Ghost: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 7336dc2 (https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/7336dc28b3ac6e4351c24b0b93ce03700d32a8e8)

## 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.