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Archon vs paperclip
Archon and paperclip share 14 technologies: Postgres, Anthropic, Vite, React, Zod, @clack/prompts, yaml, pino, Ajv, Better Auth, Tailwind CSS, Lucide, react-markdown, and remark-gfm. Both are written in TypeScript.
What they share and what sets them apart
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Archon
The first open-source harness builder for AI coding. Make AI coding deterministic and repeatable.
TypeScript23.8kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit 0d8de49What is Archon built with?paperclipai
paperclip
The open-source app everyone uses to manage agents at work
TypeScript111kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit 0eaabe5What is paperclip built with?In common
Only in Archon
- GitHub
PostHog
- Hono
- React Router
- bcryptjs
pino-pretty
@agentclientprotocol/sdk
- earendil-works
- @opencode-ai/sdk
- xyflow
- @dagrejs/dagre
rehype-highlight
- remark-breaks
Only in paperclip
- Express
- MCP
AWS S3- Tokio
OpenAI- Sentry
Svix
react-router-dom
- @opentelemetry/resources
- Drizzle
- hmac
- jsonschema
- @daytonaio/sdk
- three
ai
- @ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock
- sharp
- dompurify
ajv-formats
- opentelemetry
class-variance-authority
tailwind-merge
- Radix UI
motion
dnd-kit
- lexical
- @lezer/highlight
- Base UI
- cmdk
- CodeMirror
- Mermaid
- react-resizable-panels
xterm
- @assistant-ui/react
Side by side
Archonpaperclip
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
Archon666,863 lines written1,890 code files
paperclip3,133,031 lines written5,090 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.
Archon12.7% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, CodeRabbit, and Gemini CLI
paperclip17% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
ArchonLast push November 4, 20263,643 commits23,825 stars
paperclipLast push November 4, 20265,942 commits111,002 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
Archon1,069 test files42.7% of its code files have a test that imports them
paperclip4,571 test files60.3% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, Archon or paperclip?
paperclip, with 3,133,031 lines written; Archon has 666,863.
Which has more GitHub stars, Archon or paperclip?
paperclip, with 111,002 stars; Archon has 23,825.
The proof: paperclipai/paperclip on GitHub
Which has more tests, Archon or paperclip?
paperclip, with 4,571 test files; Archon has 1,069.
Which was updated more recently, Archon or paperclip?
Both got their last push on November 4, 2026.
The proof: paperclipai/paperclip's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, Archon or paperclip?
paperclip: an AI signed 17% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot; in Archon, 12.7%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in paperclipai/paperclip
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