Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/gchq/CyberChef/vs/laurent22/joplin
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/gchq/CyberChef/vs/laurent22/joplin.md
Description: CyberChef and joplin share 6 technologies: bcryptjs, tesseract.js, highlight.js, js-yaml, dompurify, and markdown-it. CyberChef is written in JavaScript and joplin in TypeScript.

# CyberChef vs joplin

CyberChef and joplin share 6 technologies: bcryptjs, tesseract.js, highlight.js, js-yaml, dompurify, and markdown-it. CyberChef is written in JavaScript and joplin 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
- [laurent22/joplin](https://seerepo.com/r/laurent22/joplin): Joplin - the privacy-focused note taking app with sync capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: bcryptjs, tesseract.js, highlight.js, js-yaml, dompurify, markdown-it
- Only in CyberChef: bson, CodeMirror, D3, sortablejs, cli-progress, split.js, jsonwebtoken, otpauth, jimp, @xmldom/xmldom, handlebars, jsqr
- Only in joplin: SQLite, React, Sentry, Electron, react-native, Expo, expo-sqlite, react-android, @aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner, AWS S3, Postgres, Stripe, Koa, koa-body, react-native-nitro-modules, prompts, tinymce, keytar, file-type, html-entities, sharp, styled-components, xyflow, codemirror, re-resizable, react-select, react-tooltip, onnxruntime-node, pdfjs-dist, react-native-webview, react-native-safe-area-context, expo-camera, react-native-svg, react-native-vector-icons, expo-local-authentication, expo-image-manipulator, logger, ProseMirror, prosemirror-view, prosemirror-model, @lezer/highlight, prosemirror-history, @replit/codemirror-vim, prosemirror-commands, prosemirror-example-setup, prosemirror-schema-list, prosemirror-tables, prosemirror-keymap, @lezer/markdown, @adobe/css-tools, fast-xml-parser, mustache, pdf-lib, xml2js, askama, cab, log, fortawesome, appcompat, katex, markdown-it-abbr, markdown-it-anchor, markdown-it-deflist, markdown-it-emoji, markdown-it-footnote, markdown-it-ins, markdown-it-mark, markdown-it-sub, markdown-it-sup, knex, otplib, zxcvbn, nodemailer, qrcode, turndown

## Side by side

| | CyberChef | joplin |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 137,353 lines written, 641 code files | 501,695 lines written, 2,465 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot and Claude Code | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and CodeRabbit |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 3,586 commits, 36,335 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 15,352 commits, 57,046 stars |
| Tests | 233 test files. 3.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 932 test files. 25.7% 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 joplin?

joplin, with 501,695 lines written; CyberChef has 137,353.

The proof: [laurent22/joplin's code at commit 479921f](https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/tree/479921f6e71fc49a07ef50290997b459de1b5da2)

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

joplin, with 57,046 stars; CyberChef has 36,335.

The proof: [laurent22/joplin on GitHub](https://github.com/laurent22/joplin)

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

joplin, with 932 test files; CyberChef has 233.

The proof: [laurent22/joplin's code at commit 479921f](https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/tree/479921f6e71fc49a07ef50290997b459de1b5da2)

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

CyberChef: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and joplin'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 joplin?

In both, an AI signed 0.1% of their commits.

## Sources

- gchq/CyberChef: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit d4d96c6 (https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/tree/d4d96c6c3d2597fef836d81bfc04617d97c681a5)
- laurent22/joplin: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 479921f (https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/tree/479921f6e71fc49a07ef50290997b459de1b5da2)

## 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.