Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/element-hq/element-web/vs/multica-ai/multica
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/element-hq/element-web/vs/multica-ai/multica.md
Description: element-web and multica share 11 technologies: Electron, React, PostHog, katex, yaml, motion, Zod, react-virtuoso, dnd-kit, react-resizable-panels, and TanStack. element-web is written in TypeScript and multica in Go.

# element-web vs multica

element-web and multica share 11 technologies: Electron, React, PostHog, katex, yaml, motion, Zod, react-virtuoso, dnd-kit, react-resizable-panels, and TanStack. element-web is written in TypeScript and multica in Go.

- [element-hq/element-web](https://seerepo.com/r/element-hq/element-web): A glossy Matrix collaboration client for the web.
- [multica-ai/multica](https://seerepo.com/r/multica-ai/multica): Make humans and AI agents work as one team — open-source and self-hostable.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Electron, React, PostHog, katex, yaml, motion, Zod, react-virtuoso, dnd-kit, react-resizable-panels, TanStack
- Only in element-web: electron-store, Sentry, Express, Vite, classnames, fontsource, MapLibre, react-focus-lock, re-resizable, react-beautiful-dnd, react-blurhash, react-transition-group, @peculiar/webcrypto, zxcvbn-ts, html-react-parser, escape-html, highlight.js, html-entities, pdfjs-dist, blurhash, commonmark, domutils, jsqr, png-chunks-extract, qrcode, sanitize-filename, sanitize-html, styled-components, Radix UI, linkify-react, linkify-html
- Only in multica: net/http, chi, go-redis, pgx, s3, Postgres, Redis, OpenAI, Resend, react-router-dom, @electron-toolkit/preload, react-native, Expo, expo-secure-store, Next.js, fumadocs-core, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, openai-go, github.com/yuin/goldmark, github.com/tdewolff/parse/v2, Prometheus, github.com/prometheus/client_model, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/lmittmann/tint, gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2, Tailwind CSS, fontsource-variable, sonner, nativewind, class-variance-authority, @shikijs/themes, tailwind-merge, rn-primitives, react-native-safe-area-context, react-native-svg, expo-image, react-native-reanimated, react-native-gesture-handler, react-native-keyboard-controller, Shopify, @react-native-community/datetimepicker, expo-status-bar, react-native-enriched-markdown, react-native-image-viewing, react-native-shiki-engine, rn-emoji-keyboard, @expo/vector-icons, input-otp-native, expo-image-picker, expo-document-picker, @shikijs/core, marked, mdast-util-from-markdown, micromark-util-sanitize-uri, @tailwindcss/postcss, PostCSS, next-themes, Base UI, @number-flow/react, cmdk, emoji-mart, input-otp, react-day-picker, recharts, react-markdown, rehype-sanitize, linkify-it, rehype-katex, rehype-raw, remark-breaks, remark-gfm, remark-math, shiki, tiptap, @floating-ui/dom, lowlight, Mermaid, react-easy-crop, hast-util-to-html, react-qr-code, @tiptap/markdown, mdast-util-gfm-table, mdast-util-math, micromark-extension-gfm-table, micromark-extension-math, remark-cjk-friendly, unist-util-visit

## Side by side

| | element-web | multica |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 500,790 lines written, 1,853 code files | 1,467,423 lines written, 2,813 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and GitHub Copilot | 36% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 9, 2026, 53,010 commits, 13,642 stars | Last push November 10, 2026, 5,535 commits, 55,456 stars |
| Tests | 1,252 test files. 59% of its code files have a test that imports them | 2,556 test files. 63.8% 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, element-web or multica?

multica, with 1,467,423 lines written; element-web has 500,790.

The proof: [multica-ai/multica's code at commit b37b0f0](https://github.com/multica-ai/multica/tree/b37b0f0005adc6aea7917cce7cd66d639c980ec8)

### Which has more GitHub stars, element-web or multica?

multica, with 55,456 stars; element-web has 13,642.

The proof: [multica-ai/multica on GitHub](https://github.com/multica-ai/multica)

### Which has more tests, element-web or multica?

multica, with 2,556 test files; element-web has 1,252.

The proof: [multica-ai/multica's code at commit b37b0f0](https://github.com/multica-ai/multica/tree/b37b0f0005adc6aea7917cce7cd66d639c980ec8)

### Which was updated more recently, element-web or multica?

multica: its last push was on November 10, 2026, and element-web's on November 9, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, element-web or multica?

multica: an AI signed 36% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and GitHub Copilot; in element-web, 0.1%.

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

## Sources

- element-hq/element-web: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit abe9fbc (https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/tree/abe9fbc07bf3a57265b1d3f25ebe917e15a0c4f4)
- multica-ai/multica: Read on November 10, 2026, at commit b37b0f0 (https://github.com/multica-ai/multica/tree/b37b0f0005adc6aea7917cce7cd66d639c980ec8)

## 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.