Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/doocs/md/vs/TryGhost/Ghost
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/doocs/md/vs/TryGhost/Ghost.md
Description: md and Ghost share 11 technologies: Hono, Vite, Express, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, CodeMirror, Lucide, Zod, entities, and js-yaml. Both are written in TypeScript.

# md vs Ghost

md and Ghost share 11 technologies: Hono, Vite, Express, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, CodeMirror, Lucide, Zod, entities, and js-yaml. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [doocs/md](https://seerepo.com/r/doocs/md): ✍ WeChat Markdown Editor | 一款高度简洁的微信 Markdown 编辑器：支持 Markdown 语法、自定义主题样式、内容管理、多图床、AI 助手等特性
- [TryGhost/Ghost](https://seerepo.com/r/TryGhost/Ghost): Independent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Hono, Vite, Express, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, CodeMirror, Lucide, Zod, entities, js-yaml
- Only in md: Vue, WXT, @aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner, idb, AWS S3, MCP, Reka UI, vue-sonner, linkedom, vee-validate, Mermaid, marked, highlight.js, isomorphic-dompurify, fsegurai, Replit
- Only in Ghost: React, React Router, Preact, bson-objectid, Sentry, tryghost, lru-cache, bullmq, cache-manager, cache-manager-ioredis, Stripe, Mailgun, path-match, express-lazy-router, knex, sonner, Radix UI, React Hook Form, html2canvas-pro, dompurify, @hookform/resolvers, @codemirror/theme-one-dark, @tryghost/custom-fonts, xyflow, @uiw/react-codemirror, dnd-kit, @floating-ui/react-dom, @svg-maps/world, @tanstack/react-virtual, D3, react-svg-map, papaparse, validator, Headless UI, tiptap, @doist/react-interpolate, react-day-picker, recharts, cmdk, @number-flow/react, react-dropzone, country-flag-icons, @tryghost/bookshelf-plugins, bookshelf, bookshelf-relations, knex-migrator, @tryghost/security, jsonwebtoken, Better Auth, express-session, otplib, cookie-session, cookies, express-jwt, jose, Cheerio, handlebars, sanitize-html, sharp, downsize-cjs, express-hbs, file-type, image-size, heic-convert, html-to-text, html5parser, juice, node-html-markdown, probe-image-size, rss, @tryghost/validator, cron-validate, lexical, markdown-it, markdown-it-footnote, markdown-it-image-lazy-loading, markdown-it-lazy-headers, markdown-it-mark, markdown-it-sub, markdown-it-sup, codemirror-spell-checker, emoji-mart, uiw, @lezer/highlight, react-colorful, react-error-boundary, react-slider, @lexical/markdown, prop-types, @tryghost/logging, Ajv, ajv-formats, @tryghost/debug, nodemailer, parse-email-address

## Side by side

| | md | Ghost |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 74,546 lines written, 549 code files | 1,238,529 lines written, 4,184 code files |
| Who writes it | 2.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot | 1.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 9, 2026, 1,625 commits, 13,517 stars | Last push November 10, 2026, 51,918 commits, 55,720 stars |
| Tests | 71 test files. 13.8% of its code files have a test that imports them | 2,689 test files. 40.1% 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, md or Ghost?

Ghost, with 1,238,529 lines written; md has 74,546.

The proof: [TryGhost/Ghost's code at commit 912930c](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/912930cfffda80c38cc74cafe1fc4c08cd866bc8)

### Which has more GitHub stars, md or Ghost?

Ghost, with 55,720 stars; md has 13,517.

The proof: [TryGhost/Ghost on GitHub](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost)

### Which has more tests, md or Ghost?

Ghost, with 2,689 test files; md has 71.

The proof: [TryGhost/Ghost's code at commit 912930c](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/912930cfffda80c38cc74cafe1fc4c08cd866bc8)

### Which was updated more recently, md or Ghost?

Ghost: its last push was on November 10, 2026, and md's on November 9, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, md or Ghost?

md: an AI signed 2.2% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot; in Ghost, 1.5%.

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

## Sources

- doocs/md: Read on November 10, 2026, at commit 8dd0e6c (https://github.com/doocs/md/tree/8dd0e6c2a04a1eb8af2bda7e529dd3084df003ad)
- TryGhost/Ghost: Read on November 10, 2026, at commit 912930c (https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/912930cfffda80c38cc74cafe1fc4c08cd866bc8)

## 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.