Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/dbt-labs/dbt/vs/paperclipai/paperclip
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/dbt-labs/dbt/vs/paperclipai/paperclip.md
Description: dbt and paperclip share 13 technologies: aws-sdk-s3, Tokio, React, react-router-dom, Vite, tailwind-merge, class-variance-authority, Tailwind CSS, Radix UI, Lucide, react-markdown, remark-gfm, and Zod. dbt is written in Rust and paperclip in TypeScript.

# dbt vs paperclip

dbt and paperclip share 13 technologies: aws-sdk-s3, Tokio, React, react-router-dom, Vite, tailwind-merge, class-variance-authority, Tailwind CSS, Radix UI, Lucide, react-markdown, remark-gfm, and Zod. dbt is written in Rust and paperclip in TypeScript.

- [dbt-labs/dbt](https://seerepo.com/r/dbt-labs/dbt): dbt enables data analysts and engineers to transform their data using the same practices that software engineers use to build applications.
- [paperclipai/paperclip](https://seerepo.com/r/paperclipai/paperclip): The open-source app everyone uses to manage agents at work

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: aws-sdk-s3, Tokio, React, react-router-dom, Vite, tailwind-merge, class-variance-authority, Tailwind CSS, Radix UI, Lucide, react-markdown, remark-gfm, Zod
- Only in dbt: axum, rusqlite, arrow, datafusion, SQLite, Redis, DuckDB, console, dialoguer, indicatif, comfy-table, jsonwebtoken, askama, handlebars, liquid, minijinja, minijinja-contrib, tera, parquet, csv, zip, csv-core, v_htmlescape, schemars, tracing, tracing-subscriber, tracy-client, bollard, OpenTelemetry, opentelemetry_sdk, opentelemetry-otlp, @tailwindcss/forms, xyflow, react-hot-toast, TanStack, @dagrejs/dagre, @uidotdev/usehooks, rehype-external-links, rehype-raw, shiki, react-helmet-async
- Only in paperclip: Express, embedded-postgres, Postgres, MCP, Google, AWS S3, OpenAI, Anthropic, Sentry, Svix, @spekoai/client, yaml, @opentelemetry/resources, @clack/prompts, Drizzle, acpx, Cursor, aws-sdk-sts, hmac, @agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp, aws-sdk-bedrockagentcore, jsonschema, Ajv, @boxd-sh/sdk, Cloudflare, @daytonaio/sdk, e2b, @kubernetes/client-node, novita-sandbox, three, Better Auth, Vercel, chat, ai, OpenRouter, ai-sdk, sharp, dompurify, ajv-formats, opentelemetry, pino, pino-http, motion, dnd-kit, @mdxeditor/editor, lexical, @lezer/highlight, Base UI, cmdk, CodeMirror, Mermaid, react-resizable-panels, xterm, @assistant-ui/react, mdast-util-from-markdown

## Side by side

| | dbt | paperclip |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 820,702 lines written, 1,872 code files | 3,339,685 lines written, 5,329 code files |
| Who writes it | 8% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor | 22.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 9, 2026, 10,467 commits, 14,135 stars | Last push November 9, 2026, 6,723 commits, 112,381 stars |
| Tests | 300 test files. 16.1% of its code files have a test that imports them | 5,014 test files. 61.5% 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, dbt or paperclip?

paperclip, with 3,339,685 lines written; dbt has 820,702.

The proof: [paperclipai/paperclip's code at commit 5a51a76](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/5a51a7685d75a83846722a5d99962f8bf0a96902)

### Which has more GitHub stars, dbt or paperclip?

paperclip, with 112,381 stars; dbt has 14,135.

The proof: [paperclipai/paperclip on GitHub](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip)

### Which has more tests, dbt or paperclip?

paperclip, with 5,014 test files; dbt has 300.

The proof: [paperclipai/paperclip's code at commit 5a51a76](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/5a51a7685d75a83846722a5d99962f8bf0a96902)

### Which was updated more recently, dbt or paperclip?

Both got their last push on November 9, 2026.

The proof: [dbt-labs/dbt's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, dbt or paperclip?

paperclip: an AI signed 22.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot; in dbt, 8%.

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

## Sources

- dbt-labs/dbt: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit d5578da (https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt/tree/d5578da86f9ff8546e981ba182cf1db836029c0d)
- paperclipai/paperclip: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit 5a51a76 (https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/5a51a7685d75a83846722a5d99962f8bf0a96902)

## 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.