Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/drawdb-io/drawdb/vs/paperclipai/paperclip
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/drawdb-io/drawdb/vs/paperclipai/paperclip.md
Description: drawdb and paperclip share 7 technologies: Vite, React, react-router-dom, Tailwind CSS, lexical, dnd-kit, and jsonschema. drawdb is written in JavaScript and paperclip in TypeScript.

# drawdb vs paperclip

drawdb and paperclip share 7 technologies: Vite, React, react-router-dom, Tailwind CSS, lexical, dnd-kit, and jsonschema. drawdb is written in JavaScript and paperclip in TypeScript.

- [drawdb-io/drawdb](https://seerepo.com/r/drawdb-io/drawdb): Free, simple, and intuitive online database diagram editor and SQL generator.
- [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: Vite, React, react-router-dom, Tailwind CSS, lexical, dnd-kit, jsonschema
- Only in drawdb: dexie-react-hooks, dexie, @douyinfe/semi-ui, usehooks-ts, @monaco-editor/react, Framer, @dagrejs/dagre, react-hotkeys-hook, react-tweet, html-to-image, jspdf
- Only in paperclip: Express, Postgres, MCP, Google, AWS S3, Tokio, OpenAI, Anthropic, Sentry, Svix, yaml, Zod, @opentelemetry/resources, @clack/prompts, Drizzle, hmac, react-markdown, remark-gfm, Ajv, @daytonaio/sdk, three, Better Auth, ai, @ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock, sharp, dompurify, ajv-formats, opentelemetry, pino, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, motion, @lezer/highlight, Base UI, cmdk, CodeMirror, Mermaid, react-resizable-panels, xterm, Lucide, @assistant-ui/react

## Side by side

| | drawdb | paperclip |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 54,431 lines written, 257 code files | 3,133,031 lines written, 5,090 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code | 17% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 5, 2026, 1,102 commits, 40,267 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 5,942 commits, 111,002 stars |
| Tests | 0 test files | 4,571 test files. 60.3% 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, drawdb or paperclip?

paperclip, with 3,133,031 lines written; drawdb has 54,431.

The proof: [paperclipai/paperclip's code at commit 0eaabe5](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/0eaabe5c0b37c99d827f78a1a8598e7b3534078a)

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

paperclip, with 111,002 stars; drawdb has 40,267.

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

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

paperclip, with 4,571 test files.

The proof: [paperclipai/paperclip's code at commit 0eaabe5](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/0eaabe5c0b37c99d827f78a1a8598e7b3534078a)

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

drawdb: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and paperclip's on November 4, 2026.

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

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

paperclip: an AI signed 17% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot; in drawdb, 0.1%.

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

## Sources

- drawdb-io/drawdb: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit a249c7f (https://github.com/drawdb-io/drawdb/tree/a249c7fb730c2de9b5c2ce6e863f2ea7344ac372)
- paperclipai/paperclip: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 0eaabe5 (https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/0eaabe5c0b37c99d827f78a1a8598e7b3534078a)

## 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.