sails vs Trilium
sails and Trilium share 3 technologies: Express, express-session, and EJS. sails is written in JavaScript and Trilium in TypeScript.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
balderdashy
sails
Realtime MVC Framework for Node.js
JavaScript22.8kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit 7b76422What is sails built with?Only in sails
- Nunjucks
In common
TriliumNext
Trilium
Build your personal knowledge base with Trilium Notes
TypeScript38.7kRead on November 6, 2026, at commit 7f12054What is Trilium built with?Only in Trilium
- Preact
- reveal.js
- Vite
- Electron
- SQLite
- MCP
- Anthropic
- WXT
OpenAI- Bootstrap
lightningcss
- MapLibre
- Excalidraw
tabulator-tables
@floating-ui/dom
react-zoom-pan-pinch
- fullcalendar
- Mermaid
- CodeMirror
gridstack
react-window
- D3
- boxicons
- dompurify
marked
katex
- qrcode-generator
- sherpa-onnx-node
- gifenc
- pngjs
opentype.js
- ttf2woff2
- appcompat
- coordinatorlayout
- androidx.core:core-splashscreen
helmet
- openid-client
tesseract.js
- node-html-parser
jimp
@hyzyla/pdfium
- is-svg
- js-yaml
- officeparser
- unpdf
- Zod
@catppuccin/codemirror
- @lezer/highlight
- Replit
- codemirror-lang-elixir
- codemirror-lang-hcl
- ssddanbrown
- exceljs
- numfmt
highlight.js
pdfjs-dist
ai
- OpenRouter
- sanitize-filename
- xml2js
@braintree/sanitize-url
- sanitize-html
- sax
- turndown
Side by side
sailsTrilium
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
sails39,542 lines written111 code files
Trilium855,748 lines written1,930 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.
sails0% of its commits signed by AI
Trilium14.7% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, and Amp
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
sailsLast push May 27, 20266,261 commits22,775 stars
TriliumLast push November 6, 202636,283 commits38,725 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
sails98 test files4.5% of its code files have a test that imports them
Trilium1,553 test files73.1% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, sails or Trilium?
Trilium, with 855,748 lines written; sails has 39,542.
The proof: TriliumNext/Trilium's code at commit 7f12054
Which has more GitHub stars, sails or Trilium?
Trilium, with 38,725 stars; sails has 22,775.
The proof: TriliumNext/Trilium on GitHub
Which has more tests, sails or Trilium?
Trilium, with 1,553 test files; sails has 98.
The proof: TriliumNext/Trilium's code at commit 7f12054
Which was updated more recently, sails or Trilium?
Trilium: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and sails's on May 27, 2026.
The proof: TriliumNext/Trilium's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, sails or Trilium?
Trilium: an AI signed 14.7% of its commits, with Claude Code, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, and Amp.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in TriliumNext/Trilium
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