Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/fosrl/pangolin/vs/TryGhost/Ghost
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/fosrl/pangolin/vs/TryGhost/Ghost.md
Description: pangolin and Ghost share 20 technologies: React, Express, lru-cache, Stripe, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, React Hook Form, Radix UI, recharts, cmdk, D3, Headless UI, react-day-picker, Lucide, jsonwebtoken, js-yaml, nodemailer, Zod, and @hookform/resolvers. Both are written in TypeScript.

# pangolin vs Ghost

pangolin and Ghost share 20 technologies: React, Express, lru-cache, Stripe, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, React Hook Form, Radix UI, recharts, cmdk, D3, Headless UI, react-day-picker, Lucide, jsonwebtoken, js-yaml, nodemailer, Zod, and @hookform/resolvers. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [fosrl/pangolin](https://seerepo.com/r/fosrl/pangolin): Modern networking and security platform providing secure access and connectivity to apps, infrastructure, and AI workloads. Connect and protect your users.
- [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: React, Express, lru-cache, Stripe, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, React Hook Form, Radix UI, recharts, cmdk, D3, Headless UI, react-day-picker, Lucide, jsonwebtoken, js-yaml, nodemailer, Zod, @hookform/resolvers
- Only in pangolin: Next.js, SQLite, Postgres, Redis, AWS S3, PostHog, next-themes, github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss, @tanstack/react-table, input-otp, @monaco-editor/react, canvas-confetti, nextjs-toploader, vaul, xterm, @radix-ui/react-icons, react-icons, Drizzle, simplewebauthn, helmet, react-email, yaml, qrcode.react, zod-validation-error, winston, winston-daily-rotate-file
- Only in Ghost: Vite, React Router, Preact, bson-objectid, Sentry, @isaacs/ttlcache, bullmq, cache-manager, Mailgun, Hono, sonner, html2canvas-pro, dompurify, @codemirror/theme-one-dark, CodeMirror, xyflow, @uiw/react-codemirror, dnd-kit, @floating-ui/react-dom, @tanstack/react-virtual, papaparse, validator, tiptap, @number-flow/react, react-dropzone, country-flag-icons, knex, express-session, otplib, cookie-session, 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, Ajv, ajv-formats

## Side by side

| | pangolin | Ghost |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 349,039 lines written, 1,855 code files | 1,229,446 lines written, 4,191 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.7% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Codex | 1.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 7,511 commits, 23,313 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 51,839 commits, 55,684 stars |
| Tests | 24 test files. 1.1% 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, pangolin or Ghost?

Ghost, with 1,229,446 lines written; pangolin has 349,039.

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

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

Ghost, with 55,684 stars; pangolin has 23,313.

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

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

Ghost, with 2,676 test files; pangolin has 24.

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

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

Ghost: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and pangolin's on November 4, 2026.

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

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

Ghost: an AI signed 1.5% of its commits, with Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, and GitHub Copilot; in pangolin, 0.7%.

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

## Sources

- fosrl/pangolin: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit aaec7f4 (https://github.com/fosrl/pangolin/tree/aaec7f44c47eee61649e581405154419b8ad6982)
- 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.