Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/garrytan/gstack/vs/paperclipai/paperclip
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/garrytan/gstack/vs/paperclipai/paperclip.md
Description: gstack and paperclip share 3 technologies: React, sharp, and Mermaid. Both are written in TypeScript.

# gstack vs paperclip

gstack and paperclip share 3 technologies: React, sharp, and Mermaid. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [garrytan/gstack](https://seerepo.com/r/garrytan/gstack): Use Garry Tan's exact Claude Code setup: 23 opinionated tools that serve as CEO, Designer, Eng Manager, Release Manager, Doc Engineer, and QA
- [paperclipai/paperclip](https://seerepo.com/r/paperclipai/paperclip): The open-source app everyone uses to manage agents at work

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: React, sharp, Mermaid
- Only in gstack: Hugging Face, marked
- Only in paperclip: Express, Postgres, MCP, Google, AWS S3, Tokio, Vite, OpenAI, Anthropic, Sentry, Svix, react-router-dom, yaml, Zod, @opentelemetry/resources, @clack/prompts, Drizzle, hmac, react-markdown, remark-gfm, jsonschema, Ajv, @daytonaio/sdk, three, Better Auth, ai, @ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock, dompurify, ajv-formats, opentelemetry, pino, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, motion, dnd-kit, lexical, @lezer/highlight, Base UI, cmdk, CodeMirror, react-resizable-panels, xterm, Lucide, @assistant-ui/react

## Side by side

| | gstack | paperclip |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 700,603 lines written, 521 code files | 3,133,031 lines written, 5,090 code files |
| Who writes it | 38.9% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex | 17% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 952 commits, 139,030 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 5,942 commits, 111,002 stars |
| Tests | 2,104 test files. 77.5% of its code files have a test that imports them | 4,571 test files. 60.3% 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, gstack or paperclip?

paperclip, with 3,133,031 lines written; gstack has 700,603.

The proof: [paperclipai/paperclip's code at commit 0eaabe5](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/0eaabe5c0b37c99d827f78a1a8598e7b3534078a)

### Which has more GitHub stars, gstack or paperclip?

gstack, with 139,030 stars; paperclip has 111,002.

The proof: [garrytan/gstack on GitHub](https://github.com/garrytan/gstack)

### Which has more tests, gstack or paperclip?

paperclip, with 4,571 test files; gstack has 2,104.

The proof: [paperclipai/paperclip's code at commit 0eaabe5](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/0eaabe5c0b37c99d827f78a1a8598e7b3534078a)

### Which was updated more recently, gstack or paperclip?

Both got their last push on November 4, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, gstack or paperclip?

gstack: an AI signed 38.9% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex; in paperclip, 17%.

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

## Sources

- garrytan/gstack: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit b244e6d (https://github.com/garrytan/gstack/tree/b244e6d11a6466650c5147cd7dc023859968c4b5)
- paperclipai/paperclip: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 0eaabe5 (https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/0eaabe5c0b37c99d827f78a1a8598e7b3534078a)

## 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.