egg vs Ghost
egg and Ghost share 6 technologies: Express, js-yaml, Zod, Ajv, ajv-formats, and Cheerio. Both are written in TypeScript.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
eggjs
egg
🥚🥚🥚🥚 Born to build better enterprise frameworks and apps with Node.js & Koa. https://codewiki.google/github.com/eggjs/egg
TypeScript19kRead on November 6, 2026, at commit 2d168f8What is egg built with?Only in egg
koa-bodyparser
koa-compose
- Redis
- koa-range
- MCP
- sqlstring
- escape-html
- mustache
- ajv-keywords
typebox
- Nunjucks
- LangChain
In common
TryGhost
Ghost
Independent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters.
TypeScript55.7kRead on November 5, 2026, at commit 7336dc2What is Ghost built with?Only in Ghost
- Vite
- React
- React Router
- Preact
- bson-objectid
- Sentry
- @isaacs/ttlcache
bullmq
cache-manager
- lru-cache
- Stripe
- Mailgun
- Hono
- Tailwind CSS
sonner
- Radix UI
- React Hook Form
html2canvas-pro
- dompurify
@hookform/resolvers
- @codemirror/theme-one-dark
- CodeMirror
- xyflow
@uiw/react-codemirror
dnd-kit
@floating-ui/react-dom
- @tanstack/react-virtual
- D3
- Lucide
papaparse
validator
- Headless UI
tiptap
react-day-picker
class-variance-authority
tailwind-merge
recharts
- cmdk
@number-flow/react
react-dropzone
- country-flag-icons
knex
- jsonwebtoken
express-session
- otplib
- cookie-session
- jose
- handlebars
- sanitize-html
- sharp
- entities
- file-type
- image-size
- html-to-text
- node-html-markdown
- probe-image-size
- rss
- cron-validate
lexical
markdown-it
markdown-it-footnote
markdown-it-mark
markdown-it-sub
markdown-it-sup
emoji-mart
- @lezer/highlight
- react-colorful
react-error-boundary
- prop-types
nodemailer
Side by side
eggGhost
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
egg199,875 lines written1,062 code files
Ghost1,229,446 lines written4,191 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.
egg8.8% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, CodeRabbit, and Cursor
Ghost1.5% of its commits signed by AIWith Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, and GitHub Copilot
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
eggLast push October 23, 20261,734 commits18,988 stars
GhostLast push November 5, 202651,839 commits55,684 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
egg2,957 test files16.9% of its code files have a test that imports them
Ghost2,676 test files39.8% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, egg or Ghost?
Ghost, with 1,229,446 lines written; egg has 199,875.
The proof: TryGhost/Ghost's code at commit 7336dc2
Which has more GitHub stars, egg or Ghost?
Ghost, with 55,684 stars; egg has 18,988.
The proof: TryGhost/Ghost on GitHub
Which has more tests, egg or Ghost?
egg, with 2,957 test files; Ghost has 2,676.
The proof: eggjs/egg's code at commit 2d168f8
Which was updated more recently, egg or Ghost?
Ghost: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and egg's on October 23, 2026.
The proof: TryGhost/Ghost's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, egg or Ghost?
egg: an AI signed 8.8% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, CodeRabbit, and Cursor; in Ghost, 1.5%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in eggjs/egg
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