Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/android/nowinandroid/vs/signalapp/Signal-Android
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/android/nowinandroid/vs/signalapp/Signal-Android.md
Description: nowinandroid and Signal-Android share 9 technologies: Jetpack Compose, androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-navigation3, androidx.navigation3:navigation3-ui, Firebase, core-ktx, lifecycle-runtime-compose, androidx.navigation3:navigation3-runtime, androidx.compose.material3.adaptive:adaptive, and androidx.compose.material:material-icons-extended. Both are written in Kotlin.

# nowinandroid vs Signal-Android

nowinandroid and Signal-Android share 9 technologies: Jetpack Compose, androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-navigation3, androidx.navigation3:navigation3-ui, Firebase, core-ktx, lifecycle-runtime-compose, androidx.navigation3:navigation3-runtime, androidx.compose.material3.adaptive:adaptive, and androidx.compose.material:material-icons-extended. Both are written in Kotlin.

- [android/nowinandroid](https://seerepo.com/r/android/nowinandroid): A fully functional Android app built entirely with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose
- [signalapp/Signal-Android](https://seerepo.com/r/signalapp/Signal-Android): A private messenger for Android.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Jetpack Compose, androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-navigation3, androidx.navigation3:navigation3-ui, Firebase, core-ktx, lifecycle-runtime-compose, androidx.navigation3:navigation3-runtime, androidx.compose.material3.adaptive:adaptive, androidx.compose.material:material-icons-extended
- Only in nowinandroid: com.google.dagger:hilt-android, JetBrains, androidx.window:window-core, adaptive-layout, adaptive-navigation, appcompat, foundation-layout, material3-adaptive-navigation-suite, material3-window-size-class, runtime-tracing, androidx.compose:compose-bom-alpha, androidx.compose.ui:ui-util, androidx.core:core-splashscreen, room-ktx, room-runtime, coil-compose
- Only in Signal-Android: androidx.compose.runtime:runtime-livedata, androidx.navigation:navigation-compose, sqlite-framework, androidx.sqlite:sqlite, fragment-ktx, lifecycle-common-java8, lifecycle-livedata-ktx, lifecycle-process, lifecycle-viewmodel-savedstate, navigation-fragment-ktx, navigation-ui-ktx, org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8, Airbnb, com.google.android.flexbox:flexbox, gridlayout, media3-ui-compose, recyclerview, window-java, Google, androidx.appcompat:appcompat, androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout, com.airbnb.android:lottie, androidx.window:window, androidx.media3:media3-ui, com.google.accompanist:accompanist-drawablepainter, androidx.preference:preference, androidx.camera:camera-view, androidx.paging:paging-compose, androidx.camera:camera-compose, com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth, credentials-play-services-auth, androidx.biometric:biometric, androidx.credentials:credentials, android-integration, camera-extensions, documentfile, Glide, com.google.zxing:core, androidx.exifinterface:exifinterface, com.github.jknack:handlebars, androidx.camera:camera-video

## Side by side

| | nowinandroid | Signal-Android |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 29,336 lines written, 198 code files | 951,618 lines written, 5,633 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI | 0% of its commits signed by AI |
| Activity | Last push November 5, 2026, 1,930 commits, 22,037 stars | Last push November 6, 2026, 21,173 commits, 29,597 stars |
| Tests | 70 test files. 61.6% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,054 test files. 32.5% 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, nowinandroid or Signal-Android?

Signal-Android, with 951,618 lines written; nowinandroid has 29,336.

The proof: [signalapp/Signal-Android's code at commit a74583b](https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/tree/a74583b01e260944f699c4da03ba4e8ce04de32b)

### Which has more GitHub stars, nowinandroid or Signal-Android?

Signal-Android, with 29,597 stars; nowinandroid has 22,037.

The proof: [signalapp/Signal-Android on GitHub](https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android)

### Which has more tests, nowinandroid or Signal-Android?

Signal-Android, with 1,054 test files; nowinandroid has 70.

The proof: [signalapp/Signal-Android's code at commit a74583b](https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/tree/a74583b01e260944f699c4da03ba4e8ce04de32b)

### Which was updated more recently, nowinandroid or Signal-Android?

Signal-Android: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and nowinandroid's on November 5, 2026.

The proof: [signalapp/Signal-Android's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/commits)

## Sources

- android/nowinandroid: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 2982e63 (https://github.com/android/nowinandroid/tree/2982e63cb691ad49cd009aab43dc206fee6699c2)
- signalapp/Signal-Android: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit a74583b (https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/tree/a74583b01e260944f699c4da03ba4e8ce04de32b)

## 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.