Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/chatboxai/chatbox/vs/CodebuffAI/freebuff
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/chatboxai/chatbox/vs/CodebuffAI/freebuff.md
Description: chatbox and freebuff share 10 technologies: React, MCP, ai, ai-sdk, gray-matter, remark-breaks, remark-gfm, remark-parse, unified, and Zod. Both are written in TypeScript.

# chatbox vs freebuff

chatbox and freebuff share 10 technologies: React, MCP, ai, ai-sdk, gray-matter, remark-breaks, remark-gfm, remark-parse, unified, and Zod. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [chatboxai/chatbox](https://seerepo.com/r/chatboxai/chatbox): Powerful AI Client
- [CodebuffAI/freebuff](https://seerepo.com/r/CodebuffAI/freebuff): The free coding agent

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: React, MCP, ai, ai-sdk, gray-matter, remark-breaks, remark-gfm, remark-parse, unified, Zod
- Only in chatbox: TanStack, Vite, localforage, @capacitor-community/sqlite, @mastra/libsql, SQLite, electron-store, store, OpenAI, Sentry, Anthropic, Perplexity, Electron, @capacitor/core, Tailwind CSS, tailwind-merge, Mantine, MUI, sonner, vaul, Radix UI, react-virtuoso, capacitor, photoswipe, @floating-ui/dom, canvas-confetti, cmdk, dnd-kit, mark.js, Mermaid, react-dropzone, react-hotkeys-hook, react-zoom-pan-pinch, @tabler/icons-react, Lucide, @mui/icons-material, @lobehub/icons, cohere-ai, @mastra/core, ai-retry, js-tiktoken, OpenRouter, linkedom, sanitize-filename, exceljs, pdfjs-dist, react-markdown, @braintree/sanitize-url, @mozilla/readability, epub, officeparser, pptxgenjs, rehype-katex, remark-math, shiki, unist-util-visit, electron-log, @cfworker/json-schema
- Only in freebuff: PostHog, OpenTUI, jimp, pino, @xterm/headless, yaml, zod-from-json-schema, @ai-sdk/provider

## Side by side

| | chatbox | freebuff |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 383,291 lines written, 1,441 code files | 462,259 lines written, 1,304 code files |
| Who writes it | 6.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and CodeRabbit | 0.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Devin, Codex, Gemini CLI, and Aider |
| Activity | Last push October 29, 2026, 1,800 commits, 42,254 stars | Last push November 9, 2026, 13,222 commits, 14,058 stars |
| Tests | 762 test files. 56.6% of its code files have a test that imports them | 869 test files. 58.3% 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, chatbox or freebuff?

freebuff, with 462,259 lines written; chatbox has 383,291.

The proof: [CodebuffAI/freebuff's code at commit 0ef41e8](https://github.com/CodebuffAI/freebuff/tree/0ef41e812eff0f5630510070e5812658c0be9fbc)

### Which has more GitHub stars, chatbox or freebuff?

chatbox, with 42,254 stars; freebuff has 14,058.

The proof: [chatboxai/chatbox on GitHub](https://github.com/chatboxai/chatbox)

### Which has more tests, chatbox or freebuff?

freebuff, with 869 test files; chatbox has 762.

The proof: [CodebuffAI/freebuff's code at commit 0ef41e8](https://github.com/CodebuffAI/freebuff/tree/0ef41e812eff0f5630510070e5812658c0be9fbc)

### Which was updated more recently, chatbox or freebuff?

freebuff: its last push was on November 9, 2026, and chatbox's on October 29, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, chatbox or freebuff?

chatbox: an AI signed 6.2% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and CodeRabbit; in freebuff, 0.5%.

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

## Sources

- chatboxai/chatbox: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit d17455c (https://github.com/chatboxai/chatbox/tree/d17455c5ca8fd3ff44385c6d4d2118599e4c970f)
- CodebuffAI/freebuff: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit 0ef41e8 (https://github.com/CodebuffAI/freebuff/tree/0ef41e812eff0f5630510070e5812658c0be9fbc)

## 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.