Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/flxzt/rnote/vs/GraphiteEditor/Graphite
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/flxzt/rnote/vs/GraphiteEditor/Graphite.md
Description: rnote and Graphite share 5 technologies: kurbo, image, usvg, tracing, and tracing-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.

# rnote vs Graphite

rnote and Graphite share 5 technologies: kurbo, image, usvg, tracing, and tracing-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.

- [flxzt/rnote](https://seerepo.com/r/flxzt/rnote): Sketch and take handwritten notes.
- [GraphiteEditor/Graphite](https://seerepo.com/r/GraphiteEditor/Graphite): Community-built comprehensive 2D content creation appplication for graphic design, digital art, and interactive real-time motion graphics powered by a node-based procedural graphics engine

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: kurbo, image, usvg, tracing, tracing-subscriber
- Only in rnote: gtk4, glib, gio, smol, cairo-rs, piet, dialoguer, indicatif, hayro, xmlwriter, roxmltree, hayro-svg
- Only in Graphite: Tokio, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, Svelte, skrifa, wgpu, winit, parley, keyboard-types, ash, lyon_geom, muda, objc2-metal, rfd, zip, plist, log, fern

## Side by side

| | rnote | Graphite |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 55,258 lines written, 202 code files | 322,843 lines written, 886 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Gemini CLI and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 11, 2026, 2,389 commits, 11,858 stars | Last push November 8, 2026, 3,377 commits, 27,867 stars |
| Tests | 0 test files | 47 test files. 15% 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, rnote or Graphite?

Graphite, with 322,843 lines written; rnote has 55,258.

The proof: [GraphiteEditor/Graphite's code at commit 9350e2f](https://github.com/GraphiteEditor/Graphite/tree/9350e2f3b21617e09b60e4b841dee895048f177f)

### Which has more GitHub stars, rnote or Graphite?

Graphite, with 27,867 stars; rnote has 11,858.

The proof: [GraphiteEditor/Graphite on GitHub](https://github.com/GraphiteEditor/Graphite)

### Which has more tests, rnote or Graphite?

Graphite, with 47 test files.

The proof: [GraphiteEditor/Graphite's code at commit 9350e2f](https://github.com/GraphiteEditor/Graphite/tree/9350e2f3b21617e09b60e4b841dee895048f177f)

### Which was updated more recently, rnote or Graphite?

rnote: its last push was on November 11, 2026, and Graphite's on November 8, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, rnote or Graphite?

Graphite: an AI signed 0.1% of its commits, with Gemini CLI and GitHub Copilot.

## Sources

- flxzt/rnote: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit 83a7636 (https://github.com/flxzt/rnote/tree/83a76367dbd3d6c461c10553c45231799a25ea4b)
- GraphiteEditor/Graphite: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit 9350e2f (https://github.com/GraphiteEditor/Graphite/tree/9350e2f3b21617e09b60e4b841dee895048f177f)

## 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.