Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/ether/etherpad/vs/TryGhost/Ghost
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/ether/etherpad/vs/TryGhost/Ghost.md
Description: etherpad and Ghost share 11 technologies: Vite, React, Express, lru-cache, Radix UI, React Hook Form, Lucide, express-session, jose, entities, and nodemailer. Both are written in TypeScript.

# etherpad vs Ghost

etherpad and Ghost share 11 technologies: Vite, React, Express, lru-cache, Radix UI, React Hook Form, Lucide, express-session, jose, entities, and nodemailer. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [ether/etherpad](https://seerepo.com/r/ether/etherpad): Etherpad: A modern really-real-time collaborative document editor.
- [TryGhost/Ghost](https://seerepo.com/r/TryGhost/Ghost): Independent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Vite, React, Express, lru-cache, Radix UI, React Hook Form, Lucide, express-session, jose, entities, nodemailer
- Only in etherpad: react-router-dom, oidc-provider, htmlparser2, EJS, html-to-docx, mammoth, pdfkit, rehype, prom-client
- Only in Ghost: React Router, Preact, bson-objectid, Sentry, @isaacs/ttlcache, bullmq, cache-manager, Stripe, Mailgun, Hono, js-yaml, Tailwind CSS, sonner, html2canvas-pro, dompurify, Zod, @hookform/resolvers, @codemirror/theme-one-dark, CodeMirror, xyflow, @uiw/react-codemirror, dnd-kit, @floating-ui/react-dom, @tanstack/react-virtual, D3, 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, otplib, cookie-session, Cheerio, handlebars, sanitize-html, sharp, 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, @lexical/markdown, prop-types, Ajv, ajv-formats

## Side by side

| | etherpad | Ghost |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 97,129 lines written, 276 code files | 1,229,446 lines written, 4,191 code files |
| Who writes it | 3.8% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and GitHub Copilot | 1.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 8,883 commits, 18,621 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 51,839 commits, 55,684 stars |
| Tests | 294 test files. 40.6% of its code files have a test that imports them | 2,676 test files. 39.8% 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, etherpad or Ghost?

Ghost, with 1,229,446 lines written; etherpad has 97,129.

The proof: [TryGhost/Ghost's code at commit 7336dc2](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/7336dc28b3ac6e4351c24b0b93ce03700d32a8e8)

### Which has more GitHub stars, etherpad or Ghost?

Ghost, with 55,684 stars; etherpad has 18,621.

The proof: [TryGhost/Ghost on GitHub](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost)

### Which has more tests, etherpad or Ghost?

Ghost, with 2,676 test files; etherpad has 294.

The proof: [TryGhost/Ghost's code at commit 7336dc2](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/7336dc28b3ac6e4351c24b0b93ce03700d32a8e8)

### Which was updated more recently, etherpad or Ghost?

etherpad: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and Ghost's on November 5, 2026.

The proof: [ether/etherpad's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/ether/etherpad/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, etherpad or Ghost?

etherpad: an AI signed 3.8% of its commits, with Claude Code and GitHub Copilot; in Ghost, 1.5%.

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

## Sources

- ether/etherpad: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 4aec490 (https://github.com/ether/etherpad/tree/4aec49099bd7dd97f1133a232f693a4080176a80)
- TryGhost/Ghost: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 7336dc2 (https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/7336dc28b3ac6e4351c24b0b93ce03700d32a8e8)

## 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.