Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/actualbudget/actual/vs/ionic-team/capacitor
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/actualbudget/actual/vs/ionic-team/capacitor.md
Description: actual and capacitor share 6 technologies: Capacitor, CapacitorCordova, xml2js, appcompat, coordinatorlayout, and core-splashscreen. Both are written in TypeScript.

# actual vs capacitor

actual and capacitor share 6 technologies: Capacitor, CapacitorCordova, xml2js, appcompat, coordinatorlayout, and core-splashscreen. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [actualbudget/actual](https://seerepo.com/r/actualbudget/actual): A local-first personal finance app
- [ionic-team/capacitor](https://seerepo.com/r/ionic-team/capacitor): Build cross-platform Native Progressive Web Apps for iOS, Android, and the Web ⚡️

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Capacitor, CapacitorCordova, xml2js, appcompat, coordinatorlayout, core-splashscreen
- Only in actual: Vite, React, React Router, lru-cache, @capacitor/core, Electron, @sqlite.org/sqlite-wasm, SQLite, CapacitorApp, Express, @emotion/css, react-aria-components, usehooks-ts, recharts, react-error-boundary, react-aria, react-hotkeys-hook, react-spring, CodeMirror, react-joyride, react-virtualized-auto-sizer, @use-gesture/react, react-dnd, @lezer/highlight, @uiw/react-codemirror, cmdk, 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, handlebars, csv-parse, workbox-precaching, argon2, bcrypt, jws, openid-client, express-winston, winston
- Only in capacitor: capacitor-swift-pm, framework, Cordova, prompts, plist

## Side by side

| | actual | capacitor |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 358,371 lines written, 1,773 code files | 42,450 lines written, 233 code files |
| Who writes it | 8.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, CodeRabbit, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Gemini CLI | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push November 7, 2026, 5,573 commits, 30,069 stars | Last push November 6, 2026, 4,265 commits, 17,044 stars |
| Tests | 426 test files. 18.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 55 test files. 16.7% 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 capacitor?

actual, with 358,371 lines written; capacitor has 42,450.

The proof: [actualbudget/actual's code at commit 693973b](https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/tree/693973bb3b0c63615856de2b7ff71da44adb47de)

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

actual, with 30,069 stars; capacitor has 17,044.

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

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

actual, with 426 test files; capacitor has 55.

The proof: [actualbudget/actual's code at commit 693973b](https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/tree/693973bb3b0c63615856de2b7ff71da44adb47de)

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

actual: its last push was on November 7, 2026, and capacitor's on November 6, 2026.

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

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

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

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)
- ionic-team/capacitor: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit 8b89254 (https://github.com/ionic-team/capacitor/tree/8b89254e21d7af2f22067c61efa9612456a9479d)

## 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.