Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/carbon-design-system/carbon/vs/cypress-io/cypress
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/carbon-design-system/carbon/vs/cypress-io/cypress.md
Description: carbon and cypress share 5 technologies: React, Vue, Sass, classnames, and Autoprefixer. Both are written in TypeScript.

# carbon vs cypress

carbon and cypress share 5 technologies: React, Vue, Sass, classnames, and Autoprefixer. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [carbon-design-system/carbon](https://seerepo.com/r/carbon-design-system/carbon): A design system built by IBM
- [cypress-io/cypress](https://seerepo.com/r/cypress-io/cypress): Fast, easy and reliable testing for anything that runs in a browser.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: React, Vue, Sass, classnames, Autoprefixer
- Only in carbon: GitHub, Lit, progress-estimator, prop-types, js-yaml, svgson, joi, @floating-ui/react, downshift, flatpickr, motion, tabbable, enquirer, css, cssnano, PostCSS, postcss-flexbugs-fixes, @floating-ui/dom, @webcomponents/webcomponentsjs
- Only in cypress: Angular, react-router-dom, Svelte, Vite, vue-router, vue-demi, Express, express-graphql, nexus, Electron, graphql-relay, graphql-scalars, method-override, dirt-simple-file-cache, SQLite, node-html-parser, Tailwind CSS, cypress-design, Headless UI, @popperjs/core, vue-toastification, ansi-to-html, EJS, front-matter, is-valid-domain, is-valid-hostname, @cypress-design/css, floating-vue, @cypress-design/vue-icon, @toycode/markdown-it-class, markdown-it, shiki, plist, @cypress-design/vue-button, vue3-file-selector, @purge-icons/generated, is-html, @cypress/react-tooltip, prismjs, Zod, electron-context-menu, tough-cookie, jose, sanitize-filename, image-size, jimp, morgan, pidusage, OpenTelemetry

## Side by side

| | carbon | cypress |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 525,904 lines written, 2,016 code files | 655,055 lines written, 1,722 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code | 3.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 14, 2026, 14,276 commits, 9,624 stars | Last push November 13, 2026, 22,014 commits, 51,028 stars |
| Tests | 824 test files. 17.2% of its code files have a test that imports them | 2,957 test files. 33.2% 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, carbon or cypress?

cypress, with 655,055 lines written; carbon has 525,904.

The proof: [cypress-io/cypress's code at commit 57781ab](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/tree/57781ab65bfca04f0ba7514af4b2d5ca6405a93a)

### Which has more GitHub stars, carbon or cypress?

cypress, with 51,028 stars; carbon has 9,624.

The proof: [cypress-io/cypress on GitHub](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress)

### Which has more tests, carbon or cypress?

cypress, with 2,957 test files; carbon has 824.

The proof: [cypress-io/cypress's code at commit 57781ab](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/tree/57781ab65bfca04f0ba7514af4b2d5ca6405a93a)

### Which was updated more recently, carbon or cypress?

carbon: its last push was on November 14, 2026, and cypress's on November 13, 2026.

The proof: [carbon-design-system/carbon's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/carbon-design-system/carbon/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, carbon or cypress?

cypress: an AI signed 3.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot.

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

## Sources

- carbon-design-system/carbon: Read on November 14, 2026, at commit fa75d78 (https://github.com/carbon-design-system/carbon/tree/fa75d78b0d4b9e78e1e76bf3e459f4fc12eabeef)
- cypress-io/cypress: Read on November 13, 2026, at commit 57781ab (https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/tree/57781ab65bfca04f0ba7514af4b2d5ca6405a93a)

## 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.