Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/bluewave-labs/Checkmate/vs/TryGhost/Ghost
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/bluewave-labs/Checkmate/vs/TryGhost/Ghost.md
Description: Checkmate and Ghost share 14 technologies: Vite, React, React Router, Express, React Hook Form, recharts, dnd-kit, Lucide, @hookform/resolvers, Zod, jsonwebtoken, nodemailer, handlebars, and sharp. Both are written in TypeScript.

# Checkmate vs Ghost

Checkmate and Ghost share 14 technologies: Vite, React, React Router, Express, React Hook Form, recharts, dnd-kit, Lucide, @hookform/resolvers, Zod, jsonwebtoken, nodemailer, handlebars, and sharp. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [bluewave-labs/Checkmate](https://seerepo.com/r/bluewave-labs/Checkmate): Checkmate is an open-source, self-hosted tool designed to track and monitor server hardware, uptime, response times, and incidents in real-time with beautiful visualizations. Don't be shy, join here: https://discord.com/invite/NAb6H3UTjK :)
- [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: Vite, React, React Router, Express, React Hook Form, recharts, dnd-kit, Lucide, @hookform/resolvers, Zod, jsonwebtoken, nodemailer, handlebars, sharp
- Only in Checkmate: react-router-dom, MongoDB, @emotion/react, @csstools/css-tokenizer, @fontsource-variable/geist, MUI, react-toastify, @hello-pangea/dnd, MapLibre, react-map-gl, joi, swagger-ui-express, bcryptjs, helmet, tough-cookie, mjml, isomorphic-dompurify, dockerode, pino, pino-http
- Only in Ghost: Preact, bson-objectid, Sentry, Hono, tryghost, lru-cache, cache-manager, cache-manager-ioredis, Stripe, Mailgun, path-match, express-lazy-router, Tailwind CSS, sonner, Radix UI, html2canvas-pro, dompurify, @codemirror/theme-one-dark, @tryghost/custom-fonts, CodeMirror, xyflow, @uiw/react-codemirror, @floating-ui/react-dom, @svg-maps/world, @tanstack/react-virtual, D3, react-svg-map, papaparse, validator, Headless UI, tiptap, @doist/react-interpolate, react-day-picker, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, cmdk, @number-flow/react, react-dropzone, country-flag-icons, knex, @tryghost/bookshelf-plugins, bookshelf, bookshelf-relations, knex-migrator, @tryghost/security, Better Auth, express-session, otplib, cookie-session, cookies, express-jwt, jose, Cheerio, sanitize-html, downsize-cjs, express-hbs, file-type, js-yaml, entities, image-size, heic-convert, html-to-text, html5parser, juice, node-html-markdown, probe-image-size, rss, @tryghost/validator, cron-validate, lexical, markdown-it, markdown-it-footnote, markdown-it-image-lazy-loading, markdown-it-lazy-headers, markdown-it-mark, markdown-it-sub, markdown-it-sup, codemirror-spell-checker, emoji-mart, uiw, @lezer/highlight, react-colorful, react-error-boundary, react-slider, @lexical/markdown, prop-types, @tryghost/logging, Ajv, ajv-formats, @tryghost/debug, parse-email-address

## Side by side

| | Checkmate | Ghost |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 100,704 lines written, 661 code files | 1,254,280 lines written, 4,224 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.8% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code | 1.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, Amp, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 11, 2026, 7,534 commits, 11,046 stars | Last push November 13, 2026, 52,111 commits, 55,801 stars |
| Tests | 140 test files. 28.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 2,703 test files. 40% 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, Checkmate or Ghost?

Ghost, with 1,254,280 lines written; Checkmate has 100,704.

The proof: [TryGhost/Ghost's code at commit fd6f4f7](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/fd6f4f749a613a540f7218f26c8cef4c282b15c2)

### Which has more GitHub stars, Checkmate or Ghost?

Ghost, with 55,801 stars; Checkmate has 11,046.

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

### Which has more tests, Checkmate or Ghost?

Ghost, with 2,703 test files; Checkmate has 140.

The proof: [TryGhost/Ghost's code at commit fd6f4f7](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/fd6f4f749a613a540f7218f26c8cef4c282b15c2)

### Which was updated more recently, Checkmate or Ghost?

Ghost: its last push was on November 13, 2026, and Checkmate's on November 11, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, Checkmate or Ghost?

Ghost: an AI signed 1.5% of its commits, with Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, Amp, and GitHub Copilot; in Checkmate, 0.8%.

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

## Sources

- bluewave-labs/Checkmate: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit 33f48b5 (https://github.com/bluewave-labs/Checkmate/tree/33f48b5e5475ffe60c63de1fed1700d096c47199)
- TryGhost/Ghost: Read on November 13, 2026, at commit fd6f4f7 (https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/fd6f4f749a613a540f7218f26c8cef4c282b15c2)

## 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.