Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/chatboxai/chatbox/vs/spinabot/brigade
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/chatboxai/chatbox/vs/spinabot/brigade.md
Description: chatbox and brigade share 4 technologies: linkedom, exceljs, @mozilla/readability, and pptxgenjs. Both are written in TypeScript.

# chatbox vs brigade

chatbox and brigade share 4 technologies: linkedom, exceljs, @mozilla/readability, and pptxgenjs. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [chatboxai/chatbox](https://seerepo.com/r/chatboxai/chatbox): Powerful AI Client
- [spinabot/brigade](https://seerepo.com/r/spinabot/brigade): Brigade — Your personal intelligence, built enterprise-grade

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: linkedom, exceljs, @mozilla/readability, pptxgenjs
- Only in chatbox: React, TanStack, Vite, localforage, @capacitor-community/sqlite, @mastra/libsql, SQLite, electron-store, store, OpenAI, Sentry, Anthropic, MCP, 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, ai, ai-sdk, cohere-ai, @mastra/core, ai-retry, js-tiktoken, OpenRouter, sanitize-filename, pdfjs-dist, react-markdown, @braintree/sanitize-url, epub, gray-matter, officeparser, rehype-katex, remark-breaks, remark-gfm, remark-math, remark-parse, shiki, unified, unist-util-visit, Zod, electron-log, @cfworker/json-schema
- Only in brigade: Convex, grammy, @earendil-works/pi-tui, Pi, @composio/core, @cantoo/pdf-lib, jimp, qrcode-terminal, yaml, @pdf-lib/fontkit, docx, unpdf

## Side by side

| | chatbox | brigade |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 383,291 lines written, 1,441 code files | 365,551 lines written, 793 code files |
| Who writes it | 6.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and CodeRabbit | 0% of its commits signed by AI |
| Activity | Last push October 29, 2026, 1,800 commits, 42,254 stars | Last push November 9, 2026, 534 commits, 11,374 stars |
| Tests | 762 test files. 56.6% of its code files have a test that imports them | 572 test files. 72.8% 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 brigade?

chatbox, with 383,291 lines written; brigade has 365,551.

The proof: [chatboxai/chatbox's code at commit d17455c](https://github.com/chatboxai/chatbox/tree/d17455c5ca8fd3ff44385c6d4d2118599e4c970f)

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

chatbox, with 42,254 stars; brigade has 11,374.

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

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

chatbox, with 762 test files; brigade has 572.

The proof: [chatboxai/chatbox's code at commit d17455c](https://github.com/chatboxai/chatbox/tree/d17455c5ca8fd3ff44385c6d4d2118599e4c970f)

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

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

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

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

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

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)
- spinabot/brigade: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit 460fa40 (https://github.com/spinabot/brigade/tree/460fa4023363cff3c1f0b08f9df538e569c43b7a)

## 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.