emdash vs paperclip
emdash and paperclip share 13 technologies: Vite, React, Postgres, MCP, Tailwind CSS, tailwind-merge, dnd-kit, @lezer/highlight, CodeMirror, dompurify, Zod, @clack/prompts, and yaml. Both are written in TypeScript.
What they share and what sets them apart
emdash-cms
emdash
EmDash is a full-stack TypeScript CMS based on Astro; the spiritual successor to WordPress
TypeScript14.3kRead on November 9, 2026, at commit 2ae29dbWhat is emdash built with?Only in emdash
- Hono
- Astro
- @tanstack/react-router
- @phosphor-icons/react
- jose
marked
- sanitize-html
- image-size
tiptap
react-day-picker
- react-hotkeys-hook
@floating-ui/react
- lowlight
- react-image-crop
highlight.js
kysely
echarts
lightningcss
@astrojs/cloudflare
- arctic
- blurhash
- jpeg-js
- sax
- upng-js
@apidevtools/swagger-parser
zod-openapi
parse5
@astro-community/astro-embed-youtube
In common
paperclipai
paperclip
The open-source app everyone uses to manage agents at work
TypeScript112.4kRead on November 9, 2026, at commit 5a51a76What is paperclip built with?Only in paperclip
- Express
- embedded-postgres
aws-sdk-s3
AWS S3- Tokio
OpenAI- Anthropic
- Sentry
Svix
react-router-dom
@spekoai/client
- @opentelemetry/resources
- Drizzle
acpx
- Cursor
aws-sdk-sts
- hmac
@agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp
aws-sdk-bedrockagentcore
- react-markdown
remark-gfm
- jsonschema
- Ajv
@boxd-sh/sdk
- Cloudflare
@daytonaio/sdk
e2b
- @kubernetes/client-node
novita-sandbox
three
- Better Auth
- Vercel
- chat
ai
- OpenRouter
ai-sdk
- sharp
- ajv-formats
- opentelemetry
- pino
pino-http
class-variance-authority
- Radix UI
motion
@mdxeditor/editor
lexical
- Base UI
- cmdk
- Mermaid
react-resizable-panels
xterm
- Lucide
@assistant-ui/react
- mdast-util-from-markdown
Side by side
emdashpaperclip
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
emdash1,316,006 lines written2,085 code files
paperclip3,339,685 lines written5,329 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.
emdash8.5% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Amp
paperclip22.4% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
emdashLast push November 9, 20262,843 commits14,309 stars
paperclipLast push November 9, 20266,723 commits112,381 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
emdash1,954 test files59.5% of its code files have a test that imports them
paperclip5,014 test files61.5% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, emdash or paperclip?
paperclip, with 3,339,685 lines written; emdash has 1,316,006.
Which has more GitHub stars, emdash or paperclip?
paperclip, with 112,381 stars; emdash has 14,309.
The proof: paperclipai/paperclip on GitHub
Which has more tests, emdash or paperclip?
paperclip, with 5,014 test files; emdash has 1,954.
Which was updated more recently, emdash or paperclip?
Both got their last push on November 9, 2026.
The proof: paperclipai/paperclip's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, emdash or paperclip?
paperclip: an AI signed 22.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot; in emdash, 8.5%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in paperclipai/paperclip
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