Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/bluesky-social/social-app/vs/TryGhost/Ghost
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/bluesky-social/social-app/vs/TryGhost/Ghost.md
Description: social-app and Ghost share 11 technologies: React, Sentry, Preact, Express, lru-cache, emoji-mart, tiptap, sonner, @floating-ui/react-dom, Zod, and Tailwind CSS. Both are written in TypeScript.

# social-app vs Ghost

social-app and Ghost share 11 technologies: React, Sentry, Preact, Express, lru-cache, emoji-mart, tiptap, sonner, @floating-ui/react-dom, Zod, and Tailwind CSS. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [bluesky-social/social-app](https://seerepo.com/r/bluesky-social/social-app): The Bluesky Social application for Web, iOS, and Android
- [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: React, Sentry, Preact, Express, lru-cache, emoji-mart, tiptap, sonner, @floating-ui/react-dom, Zod, Tailwind CSS
- Only in social-app: react-native, react-navigation, Expo, react-native-web, Echo, @react-native-async-storage/async-storage, react-native-mmkv, idb-keyval, expo-modules-core, Postgres, com.facebook.react:react-native, expo-font, react-native-reanimated, expo-image, react-native-safe-area-context, expo-linear-gradient, react-native-gesture-handler, react-native-svg, react-native-keyboard-controller, expo-blur, @expo/ui, react-native-drawer-layout, react-native-pager-view, expo-splash-screen, sonner-native, expo-camera, expo-glass-effect, expo-navigation-bar, expo-status-bar, expo-system-ui, expo-video, react-native-webview, react-responsive, react-hotkeys-hook, react-image-crop, react-native-screens, tippy.js, jwt-decode, lande, expo-image-picker, expo-media-library, expo-image-manipulator, @braintree/sanitize-url, mediabunny, expo-updates, github.com/ipfs/go-log, Prometheus, kysely, escape-html, prom-client, pino, twemoji, satori, @resvg/resvg-js, Google, androidx.appcompat:appcompat, Glide
- Only in Ghost: Vite, React Router, bson-objectid, @isaacs/ttlcache, bullmq, cache-manager, Stripe, Mailgun, Hono, js-yaml, Radix UI, React Hook Form, html2canvas-pro, dompurify, @hookform/resolvers, @codemirror/theme-one-dark, CodeMirror, xyflow, @uiw/react-codemirror, dnd-kit, @tanstack/react-virtual, D3, Lucide, papaparse, validator, Headless UI, react-day-picker, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, recharts, cmdk, @number-flow/react, react-dropzone, country-flag-icons, knex, jsonwebtoken, express-session, otplib, cookie-session, jose, Cheerio, handlebars, 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, @lezer/highlight, react-colorful, react-error-boundary, @lexical/markdown, prop-types, Ajv, ajv-formats, nodemailer

## Side by side

| | social-app | Ghost |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 336,218 lines written, 2,109 code files | 1,229,446 lines written, 4,191 code files |
| Who writes it | 4.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and GitHub Copilot | 1.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 8,268 commits, 18,380 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 51,839 commits, 55,684 stars |
| Tests | 220 test files. 12.2% 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, social-app or Ghost?

Ghost, with 1,229,446 lines written; social-app has 336,218.

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

### Which has more GitHub stars, social-app or Ghost?

Ghost, with 55,684 stars; social-app has 18,380.

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

### Which has more tests, social-app or Ghost?

Ghost, with 2,676 test files; social-app has 220.

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

### Which was updated more recently, social-app or Ghost?

social-app: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and Ghost's on November 5, 2026.

The proof: [bluesky-social/social-app's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, social-app or Ghost?

social-app: an AI signed 4.1% of its commits, with Claude Code and GitHub Copilot; in Ghost, 1.5%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in bluesky-social/social-app](https://seerepo.com/r/bluesky-social/social-app/ai)

## Sources

- bluesky-social/social-app: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 1ff1973 (https://github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/tree/1ff197301c153d7ced43ea7ed66bee311f5e6bb5)
- 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.