Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/gchq/CyberChef/vs/TryGhost/Ghost
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/gchq/CyberChef/vs/TryGhost/Ghost.md
Description: CyberChef and Ghost share 7 technologies: CodeMirror, D3, jsonwebtoken, js-yaml, dompurify, handlebars, and markdown-it. CyberChef is written in JavaScript and Ghost in TypeScript.

# CyberChef vs Ghost

CyberChef and Ghost share 7 technologies: CodeMirror, D3, jsonwebtoken, js-yaml, dompurify, handlebars, and markdown-it. CyberChef is written in JavaScript and Ghost in TypeScript.

- [gchq/CyberChef](https://seerepo.com/r/gchq/CyberChef): The Cyber Swiss Army Knife - a web app for encryption, encoding, compression and data analysis
- [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: CodeMirror, D3, jsonwebtoken, js-yaml, dompurify, handlebars, markdown-it
- Only in CyberChef: bson, sortablejs, cli-progress, split.js, bcryptjs, otpauth, tesseract.js, jimp, highlight.js, @xmldom/xmldom, jsqr
- Only in Ghost: Vite, React, React Router, Preact, bson-objectid, Sentry, Express, @isaacs/ttlcache, bullmq, cache-manager, lru-cache, Stripe, Mailgun, Hono, Tailwind CSS, sonner, Radix UI, React Hook Form, html2canvas-pro, Zod, @hookform/resolvers, @codemirror/theme-one-dark, xyflow, @uiw/react-codemirror, dnd-kit, @floating-ui/react-dom, @tanstack/react-virtual, Lucide, papaparse, validator, Headless UI, tiptap, react-day-picker, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, recharts, cmdk, @number-flow/react, react-dropzone, country-flag-icons, knex, express-session, otplib, cookie-session, jose, Cheerio, sanitize-html, sharp, entities, file-type, image-size, html-to-text, node-html-markdown, probe-image-size, rss, cron-validate, lexical, 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, nodemailer

## Side by side

| | CyberChef | Ghost |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 137,353 lines written, 641 code files | 1,229,446 lines written, 4,191 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot and Claude Code | 1.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 3,586 commits, 36,335 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 51,839 commits, 55,684 stars |
| Tests | 233 test files. 3.3% 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, CyberChef or Ghost?

Ghost, with 1,229,446 lines written; CyberChef has 137,353.

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

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

Ghost, with 55,684 stars; CyberChef has 36,335.

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

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

Ghost, with 2,676 test files; CyberChef has 233.

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

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

CyberChef: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and Ghost's on November 5, 2026.

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

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

Ghost: an AI signed 1.5% of its commits, with Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, and GitHub Copilot; in CyberChef, 0.1%.

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

## Sources

- gchq/CyberChef: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit d4d96c6 (https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/tree/d4d96c6c3d2597fef836d81bfc04617d97c681a5)
- 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.