Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/bluesky-social/social-app/vs/novuhq/novu
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/bluesky-social/social-app/vs/novuhq/novu.md
Description: social-app and novu share 11 technologies: React, Sentry, Express, lru-cache, tiptap, sonner, tippy.js, jwt-decode, Zod, Tailwind CSS, and pino. Both are written in TypeScript.

# social-app vs novu

social-app and novu share 11 technologies: React, Sentry, Express, lru-cache, tiptap, sonner, tippy.js, jwt-decode, Zod, Tailwind CSS, and pino. 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
- [novuhq/novu](https://seerepo.com/r/novuhq/novu): The open-source communication infrastructure for agents and products

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: React, Sentry, Express, lru-cache, tiptap, sonner, tippy.js, jwt-decode, Zod, Tailwind CSS, pino
- 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, Preact, 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, emoji-mart, 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, @floating-ui/react-dom, react-hotkeys-hook, react-image-crop, react-native-screens, 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, twemoji, satori, @resvg/resvg-js, Google, androidx.appcompat:appcompat, Glide
- Only in novu: MCP, @nestjs/core, Redis, NestJS, Vite, react-router-dom, Mixpanel, Svix, Next.js, Clerk, @aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner, Hono, aws-sdk, ClickHouse, @azure/storage-blob, bullmq, Google Cloud, MongoDB, Anthropic, SvelteKit, H3, Solid, bcrypt, jsonwebtoken, passport-jwt, helmet, Passport, passport-github2, passport-oauth2, chat, liquidjs, entities, class-validator, class-transformer, Ajv, @nestjs/terminus, class-variance-authority, @uiw/codemirror-themes, next-themes, tailwind-merge, tailwind-variants, React Hook Form, motion, Radix UI, uiw, cmdk, CodeMirror, recharts, xyflow, react-confetti, @lezer/highlight, react-helmet-async, react-phone-number-input, @streamdown/code, Cal.com, react-day-picker, react-resizable-panels, @assistant-ui/react-markdown, @number-flow/react, @rjsf/core, prism-react-renderer, react-colorful, react-timezone-select, use-stick-to-bottom, react-icons, Lucide, @radix-ui/react-icons, Better Auth, @assistant-ui/react, ai, @ai-sdk/react, react-qr-code, streamdown, remark-gfm, sanitize-html, @hookform/resolvers, json-schema, rjsf, ajv-formats, sharp, mailparser, html-to-text, agents, @nestjs/jwt, handlebars, zod-to-json-schema, nestjs-pino, nestjs-otel, @aws-sdk/client-scheduler, opentelemetry, lowlight, highlight.js, @tiptap/core, juice, node-html-parser, react-email, @react-email/components, prompts, LangChain, qrcode, hast-util-to-html, mdast-util-to-hast, Vercel, PostCSS, @floating-ui/dom, @kobalte/core, ink, ora, Base UI, marked, validate-npm-package-name, nodemailer, @aws-sdk/client-sesv2, emailjs, mailersend, postmark, sendgrid

## Side by side

| | social-app | novu |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 336,218 lines written, 2,109 code files | 1,214,443 lines written, 8,224 code files |
| Who writes it | 4.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and GitHub Copilot | 8.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Cursor, Claude Code, Devin, GitHub Copilot, and CodeRabbit |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 8,268 commits, 18,380 stars | Last push November 6, 2026, 16,756 commits, 40,294 stars |
| Tests | 220 test files. 12.2% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,282 test files. 16.3% 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 novu?

novu, with 1,214,443 lines written; social-app has 336,218.

The proof: [novuhq/novu's code at commit e0d76b7](https://github.com/novuhq/novu/tree/e0d76b70d3880437d759ca47aee34f6ab0333a78)

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

novu, with 40,294 stars; social-app has 18,380.

The proof: [novuhq/novu on GitHub](https://github.com/novuhq/novu)

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

novu, with 1,282 test files; social-app has 220.

The proof: [novuhq/novu's code at commit e0d76b7](https://github.com/novuhq/novu/tree/e0d76b70d3880437d759ca47aee34f6ab0333a78)

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

Both got their last push on November 6, 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 novu?

novu: an AI signed 8.2% of its commits, with Cursor, Claude Code, Devin, GitHub Copilot, and CodeRabbit; in social-app, 4.1%.

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

## Sources

- bluesky-social/social-app: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 1ff1973 (https://github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/tree/1ff197301c153d7ced43ea7ed66bee311f5e6bb5)
- novuhq/novu: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit e0d76b7 (https://github.com/novuhq/novu/tree/e0d76b70d3880437d759ca47aee34f6ab0333a78)

## 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.