Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/feathersjs/feathers/vs/TryGhost/Ghost
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/feathersjs/feathers/vs/TryGhost/Ghost.md
Description: feathers and Ghost share 6 technologies: Express, cookie-session, jsonwebtoken, knex, Ajv, and ajv-formats. Both are written in TypeScript.

# feathers vs Ghost

feathers and Ghost share 6 technologies: Express, cookie-session, jsonwebtoken, knex, Ajv, and ajv-formats. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [feathersjs/feathers](https://seerepo.com/r/feathersjs/feathers): The API and real-time application framework
- [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: Express, cookie-session, jsonwebtoken, knex, Ajv, ajv-formats
- Only in feathers: Koa, koa-body, koa-compose, MongoDB, bcryptjs, grant, tough-cookie, koa-session, @sinclair/typebox
- Only in Ghost: Vite, React, React Router, Preact, bson-objectid, Sentry, @isaacs/ttlcache, bullmq, cache-manager, lru-cache, Stripe, Mailgun, Hono, js-yaml, Tailwind CSS, sonner, Radix UI, React Hook Form, 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, Lucide, papaparse, validator, Headless UI, tiptap, react-day-picker, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, recharts, cmdk, @number-flow/react, react-dropzone, country-flag-icons, express-session, otplib, jose, Cheerio, 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, @lexical/markdown, prop-types, nodemailer

## Side by side

| | feathers | Ghost |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 39,483 lines written, 144 code files | 1,229,446 lines written, 4,191 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI | 1.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 1, 2026, 4,111 commits, 15,256 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 51,839 commits, 55,684 stars |
| Tests | 105 test files. 29.2% 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, feathers or Ghost?

Ghost, with 1,229,446 lines written; feathers has 39,483.

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

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

Ghost, with 55,684 stars; feathers has 15,256.

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

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

Ghost, with 2,676 test files; feathers has 105.

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

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

Ghost: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and feathers's on November 1, 2026.

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

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

Ghost: an AI signed 1.5% of its commits, with Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, and GitHub Copilot.

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

## Sources

- feathersjs/feathers: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit 8c007bc (https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers/tree/8c007bc43e30106bee7158e7f699089232e6e765)
- 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.