gatsby vs crystal
gatsby and crystal share 5 technologies: React, Express, graphql-http, react-error-boundary, and graphiql. Both are written in TypeScript.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
gatsbyjs
gatsby
React-based framework with performance, scalability, and security built in.
TypeScript55.9kRead on November 10, 2026, at commit 0ac6c88What is gatsby built with?Only in gatsby
@gatsbyjs/reach-router
- better-queue
- Contentful
- express-graphql
- react-reconciler
- lmdb
- history
cache-manager
- cache-manager-fs-hash
- react-server-dom-webpack
- GitHub
- @mdx-js/react
- node-html-parser
remark-gfm
- sharp
- prop-types
theme-ui
@emotion/react
- Normalize.css
- Gatsby
- strict-ui
react-instantsearch-dom
@feedback-fish/react
- prism-react-renderer
react-icons
- react-markdown
- unist-util-remove
- glamor
ink
- ink-select-input
- ink-spinner
- unist-util-visit
- remark-mdx
- remark-mdxjs
- remark-parse
- remark-stringify
unified
- @hapi/joi
enquirer
- joi
- boxen
- progress
prompts
- file-type
- cxs
- rss
- react-jss
vfile
- gray-matter
- mdast-util-mdx
- mdast-util-to-hast
- mdast-util-toc
rehype-infer-description-meta
- remark
- accessible-nprogress
- styled-components
- styled-jsx
styletron-engine-atomic
- react-typography
- @contentful/rich-text-react-renderer
- Cheerio
- valid-url
- Autoprefixer
- PostCSS
- postcss-flexbugs-fixes
In common
- React
- Express
graphql-http
react-error-boundary
- graphiql
graphile
crystal
🔮 Graphile's Crystal Monorepo; home to Grafast, PostGraphile, pg-introspection, pg-sql2 and much more!
TypeScript12.9kRead on November 10, 2026, at commit 1c037b4What is crystal built with?Only in crystal
- Postgres
- Fastify
- Hono
- Koa
- @whatwg-node/server
- H3
@hono/node-server
- Mermaid
- @graphiql/toolkit
- jsonwebtoken
Side by side
gatsbycrystal
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
gatsby344,142 lines written1,362 code files
crystal878,730 lines written536 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
gatsby0% of its commits signed by AIWith GitHub Copilot and Claude Code
crystal0% of its commits signed by AIWith GitHub Copilot
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
gatsbyLast push November 9, 202621,541 commits55,916 stars
crystalLast push November 9, 202615,796 commits12,934 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
gatsby1,769 test files22.8% of its code files have a test that imports them
crystal250 test files5.6% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, gatsby or crystal?
crystal, with 878,730 lines written; gatsby has 344,142.
The proof: graphile/crystal's code at commit 1c037b4
Which has more GitHub stars, gatsby or crystal?
gatsby, with 55,916 stars; crystal has 12,934.
The proof: gatsbyjs/gatsby on GitHub
Which has more tests, gatsby or crystal?
gatsby, with 1,769 test files; crystal has 250.
The proof: gatsbyjs/gatsby's code at commit 0ac6c88
Which was updated more recently, gatsby or crystal?
Both got their last push on November 9, 2026.
The proof: graphile/crystal's commits on GitHub
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