chatbox vs visual-explainer
chatbox and visual-explainer share 3 technologies: MCP, pptxgenjs, and Zod. chatbox is written in TypeScript and visual-explainer in JavaScript.
What they share and what sets them apart
chatboxai
chatbox
Powerful AI Client
TypeScript42.3kRead on November 13, 2026, at commit 75bb935What is chatbox built with?Only in chatbox
- React
- TanStack
- Vite
localforage
@capacitor-community/sqlite
@mastra/libsql
- SQLite
@epic-web/cachified
- electron-store
- store
- Sentry
OpenAI- Anthropic
- Perplexity
- Electron
- @capacitor/core
- Tailwind CSS
tailwind-merge
- Mantine
- eBay
- MUI
sonner
vaul
- Radix UI
- react-photoswipe-gallery
- 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
ai
ai-sdk
mastra
cohere-ai
ai-retry
- js-tiktoken
- OpenRouter
- linkedom
- sanitize-filename
- exceljs
pdfjs-dist
- react-markdown
@braintree/sanitize-url
- @mozilla/readability
- epub
- gray-matter
- officeparser
rehype-katex
remark-breaks
remark-gfm
remark-math
shiki
- unist-util-visit
- electron-log
@cfworker/json-schema
In common
nicobailon
visual-explainer
Agent skill that generates rich HTML pages or slide decks for diagrams, diff reviews, plan audits, data tables, and project recaps
JavaScript11kRead on November 12, 2026, at commit 9d5f880What is visual-explainer built with?Only in visual-explainer
Side by side
chatboxvisual-explainer
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
chatbox393,183 lines written1,462 code files
visual-explainer5,062 lines written19 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
chatbox6.3% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and CodeRabbit
visual-explainer4.1% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
chatboxLast push November 12, 20261,872 commits42,325 stars
visual-explainerLast push November 5, 202697 commits10,999 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
chatbox806 test files58.5% of its code files have a test that imports them
visual-explainer7 test files15.8% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, chatbox or visual-explainer?
chatbox, with 393,183 lines written; visual-explainer has 5,062.
The proof: chatboxai/chatbox's code at commit 75bb935
Which has more GitHub stars, chatbox or visual-explainer?
chatbox, with 42,325 stars; visual-explainer has 10,999.
The proof: chatboxai/chatbox on GitHub
Which has more tests, chatbox or visual-explainer?
chatbox, with 806 test files; visual-explainer has 7.
The proof: chatboxai/chatbox's code at commit 75bb935
Which was updated more recently, chatbox or visual-explainer?
chatbox: its last push was on November 12, 2026, and visual-explainer's on November 5, 2026.
The proof: chatboxai/chatbox's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, chatbox or visual-explainer?
chatbox: an AI signed 6.3% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and CodeRabbit; in visual-explainer, 4.1%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in chatboxai/chatbox
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