Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/different-ai/openwork/vs/shadcn-ui/ui
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/different-ai/openwork/vs/shadcn-ui/ui.md
Description: openwork and ui share 16 technologies: Vite, React Router, React, MCP, Next.js, Vercel, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, motion, sonner, Lucide, ai, shiki, Zod, recharts, and cmdk. Both are written in TypeScript.

# openwork vs ui

openwork and ui share 16 technologies: Vite, React Router, React, MCP, Next.js, Vercel, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, motion, sonner, Lucide, ai, shiki, Zod, recharts, and cmdk. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [different-ai/openwork](https://seerepo.com/r/different-ai/openwork): The open-source alternative to Claude Cowork (powered by opencode)
- [shadcn-ui/ui](https://seerepo.com/r/shadcn-ui/ui): Composable, accessible components with thoughtful defaults. Build your own component library with code you can customize, extend, and make your own.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Vite, React Router, React, MCP, Next.js, Vercel, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, motion, sonner, Lucide, ai, shiki, Zod, recharts, cmdk
- Only in openwork: Sentry, Electron, Redis, Stripe, Hono, PostHog, MySQL, PlanetScale, Resend, tailwind-merge, CodeMirror, lexical, @tanstack/react-virtual, Mermaid, xterm, @heroicons/react, marked, dompurify, htmlparser2, katex, Ajv, Drizzle, @ai-sdk/provider, yaml, Better Auth, jose, sharp, fast-xml-parser, sanitize-html, @standard-schema/spec, @hono/node-server, opentelemetry, Framer, react-email, nodemailer
- Only in ui: lru-cache, TanStack, cn, next-themes, Radix UI, Base UI, react-resizable-panels, embla-carousel-react, react-day-picker, dnd-kit, vaul, React Hook Form, hugeicons, @tabler/icons-react, @phosphor-icons/react, @remixicon/react, @ai-sdk/react, streamdown, unist-util-visit, tailwindcss-animate, PostCSS, geist, prompts, ora

## Side by side

| | openwork | ui |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 954,486 lines written, 3,280 code files | 636,496 lines written, 3,892 code files |
| Who writes it | 3% of its commits signed by AI. With Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Warp | 3% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Devin |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 6,571 commits, 24,396 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 2,298 commits, 127,326 stars |
| Tests | 822 test files. 27.7% of its code files have a test that imports them | 415 test files. 3.8% 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, openwork or ui?

openwork, with 954,486 lines written in 3,280 code files; ui has 636,496 in 3,892.

The proof: [different-ai/openwork's code at commit 2fff515](https://github.com/different-ai/openwork/tree/2fff515e6b6cab8a362dcbfff6b0fac983696bf2)

### Which has more GitHub stars, openwork or ui?

ui, with 127,326 stars; openwork has 24,396.

The proof: [shadcn-ui/ui on GitHub](https://github.com/shadcn-ui/ui)

### Which has more tests, openwork or ui?

openwork, with 822 test files; ui has 415.

The proof: [different-ai/openwork's code at commit 2fff515](https://github.com/different-ai/openwork/tree/2fff515e6b6cab8a362dcbfff6b0fac983696bf2)

### Which was updated more recently, openwork or ui?

Both got their last push on November 4, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, openwork or ui?

In both, an AI signed 3% of their commits.

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

## Sources

- different-ai/openwork: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 2fff515 (https://github.com/different-ai/openwork/tree/2fff515e6b6cab8a362dcbfff6b0fac983696bf2)
- shadcn-ui/ui: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 8a35366 (https://github.com/shadcn-ui/ui/tree/8a3536678a528cc012b9e62484290e79d0be410f)

## 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.