Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/getmaxun/maxun/vs/outline/outline
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/getmaxun/maxun/vs/outline/outline.md
Description: maxun and outline share 5 technologies: Vite, React, react-router-dom, Postgres, and styled-components. Both are written in TypeScript.

# maxun vs outline

maxun and outline share 5 technologies: Vite, React, react-router-dom, Postgres, and styled-components. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [getmaxun/maxun](https://seerepo.com/r/getmaxun/maxun): Turn any website into a structured API. Extract, automate, search and monitor the web.
- [outline/outline](https://seerepo.com/r/outline/outline): The fastest knowledge base for growing teams. Beautiful, realtime collaborative, feature packed, and markdown compatible.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Vite, React, react-router-dom, Postgres, styled-components
- Only in maxun: Express, @mui/system, MUI, @mui/icons-material, joi
- Only in outline: bull, @hocuspocus/extension-redis, aws-sdk, Redis, MCP, Sentry, Koa, koa-body, koa-mount, polished, @emotion/is-prop-valid, ProseMirror, prosemirror-state, sonner, prosemirror-view, Radix UI, prosemirror-inputrules, prosemirror-tables, Framer, prosemirror-transform, prosemirror-commands, TanStack, React Hook Form, kbar, react-dropzone, scroll-into-view-if-needed, react-window, dnd-kit, emoji-mart, prosemirror-gapcursor, prosemirror-schema-list, prosemirror-history, prosemirror-keymap, react-remove-scroll, pele, prosemirror-codemark, prosemirror-dropcursor, react-avatar-editor, react-colorful, react-day-picker, react-zoom-pan-pinch, vaul, fortawesome, Sequelize, sequelize-typescript, jsonwebtoken, passport-oauth2, @node-oauth/oauth2-server, Passport, simplewebauthn, passport-google-oauth2, markdown-it, prosemirror-markdown, nodemailer, js-yaml, markdown-it-container, katex, mailparser, mammoth, markdown-it-emoji, png-chunks-extract, sanitize-filename, Zod, validator, class-validator, hot-shots, winston

## Side by side

| | maxun | outline |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 78,960 lines written, 208 code files | 379,480 lines written, 1,996 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and Codex | 5.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Jules, and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push November 5, 2026, 6,819 commits, 18,160 stars | Last push November 6, 2026, 10,473 commits, 41,187 stars |
| Tests | 0 test files | 410 test files. 17.7% 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, maxun or outline?

outline, with 379,480 lines written; maxun has 78,960.

The proof: [outline/outline's code at commit 5c77677](https://github.com/outline/outline/tree/5c77677c27f5e116f8f78cb3a001d1e7b3f39b85)

### Which has more GitHub stars, maxun or outline?

outline, with 41,187 stars; maxun has 18,160.

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

### Which has more tests, maxun or outline?

outline, with 410 test files.

The proof: [outline/outline's code at commit 5c77677](https://github.com/outline/outline/tree/5c77677c27f5e116f8f78cb3a001d1e7b3f39b85)

### Which was updated more recently, maxun or outline?

outline: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and maxun's on November 5, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, maxun or outline?

outline: an AI signed 5.1% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Jules, and Cursor; in maxun, 0.4%.

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

## Sources

- getmaxun/maxun: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit ae179e3 (https://github.com/getmaxun/maxun/tree/ae179e3c5f4300c4758a035cc7daa2201c1ea857)
- outline/outline: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 5c77677 (https://github.com/outline/outline/tree/5c77677c27f5e116f8f78cb3a001d1e7b3f39b85)

## 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.