Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/element-hq/element-web/vs/usebruno/bruno
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/element-hq/element-web/vs/usebruno/bruno.md
Description: element-web and bruno share 13 technologies: electron-store, Electron, React, Express, PostHog, classnames, escape-html, highlight.js, pdfjs-dist, yaml, styled-components, Zod, and react-virtuoso. element-web is written in TypeScript and bruno in JavaScript.

# element-web vs bruno

element-web and bruno share 13 technologies: electron-store, Electron, React, Express, PostHog, classnames, escape-html, highlight.js, pdfjs-dist, yaml, styled-components, Zod, and react-virtuoso. element-web is written in TypeScript and bruno in JavaScript.

- [element-hq/element-web](https://seerepo.com/r/element-hq/element-web): A glossy Matrix collaboration client for the web.
- [usebruno/bruno](https://seerepo.com/r/usebruno/bruno): Opensource IDE For Exploring and Testing API's (lightweight alternative to Postman/Insomnia)

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: electron-store, Electron, React, Express, PostHog, classnames, escape-html, highlight.js, pdfjs-dist, yaml, styled-components, Zod, react-virtuoso
- Only in element-web: Sentry, Vite, fontsource, MapLibre, react-focus-lock, re-resizable, react-beautiful-dnd, react-blurhash, react-transition-group, @peculiar/webcrypto, zxcvbn-ts, html-react-parser, html-entities, blurhash, commonmark, domutils, katex, jsqr, png-chunks-extract, qrcode, sanitize-filename, sanitize-html, motion, Radix UI, dnd-kit, react-resizable-panels, linkify-react, TanStack, linkify-html
- Only in bruno: idb, Anthropic, OpenAI, Tailwind CSS, polished, @fontsource/inter, github-markdown-css, react-hot-toast, Formik, react-tooltip, tiptap, codemirror, react-dnd, react-dnd-html5-backend, @tippyjs/react, lowlight, react-json-view, Swagger, @popperjs/core, codemirror-graphql, file-dialog, react-copy-to-clipboard, react-player, tiptap-markdown, xterm, @tabler/icons, js-yaml, xml-formatter, markdown-it, linkify-it, dompurify, markdown-it-task-lists, react-pdf, xml2js, yup, @prantlf/jsonlint, @apidevtools/swagger-parser, jsonschema, openapi-path-templating, @aws-sdk/credential-providers, axios-ntlm, xmlbuilder, tough-cookie, ai, @apidevtools/json-schema-ref-parser, jsonwebtoken, Ajv, ajv-formats

## Side by side

| | element-web | bruno |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 500,790 lines written, 1,853 code files | 541,597 lines written, 1,762 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and GitHub Copilot | 0.9% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, CodeRabbit, and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push November 9, 2026, 53,010 commits, 13,642 stars | Last push November 9, 2026, 4,422 commits, 48,317 stars |
| Tests | 1,252 test files. 59% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,308 test files. 25.9% 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 bruno?

bruno, with 541,597 lines written; element-web has 500,790.

The proof: [usebruno/bruno's code at commit 60d7517](https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/tree/60d7517d0545ef82c032c10dcbb6a3c815d246cf)

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

bruno, with 48,317 stars; element-web has 13,642.

The proof: [usebruno/bruno on GitHub](https://github.com/usebruno/bruno)

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

bruno, with 1,308 test files; element-web has 1,252.

The proof: [usebruno/bruno's code at commit 60d7517](https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/tree/60d7517d0545ef82c032c10dcbb6a3c815d246cf)

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

Both got their last push on November 9, 2026.

The proof: [element-hq/element-web's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/commits)

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

bruno: an AI signed 0.9% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, CodeRabbit, and Cursor; in element-web, 0.1%.

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

## Sources

- element-hq/element-web: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit abe9fbc (https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/tree/abe9fbc07bf3a57265b1d3f25ebe917e15a0c4f4)
- usebruno/bruno: Read on November 10, 2026, at commit 60d7517 (https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/tree/60d7517d0545ef82c032c10dcbb6a3c815d246cf)

## 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.