Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/getpelican/pelican/vs/SeleniumHQ/selenium
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/getpelican/pelican/vs/SeleniumHQ/selenium.md
Description: pelican and selenium share 3 technologies: Rich, docutils, and jinja2. pelican is written in Python and selenium in Java.

# pelican vs selenium

pelican and selenium share 3 technologies: Rich, docutils, and jinja2. pelican is written in Python and selenium in Java.

- [getpelican/pelican](https://seerepo.com/r/getpelican/pelican): Static site generator that supports Markdown and reST syntax. Powered by Python.
- [SeleniumHQ/selenium](https://seerepo.com/r/SeleniumHQ/selenium): A browser automation framework and ecosystem.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Rich, docutils, jinja2
- Only in pelican: None
- Only in selenium: Tokio, React, react-router-dom, MCP, Express, alabaster, pydata-sphinx-theme, soupsieve, cryptography, keyring, beautifulsoup4, imagesize, markdown-it-py, markupsafe, mdurl, nh3, filetype, infer, zip, rfc3986, System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource, env_logger, log, logger, MUI, react-modal, @mui/icons-material

## Side by side

| | pelican | selenium |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 31,003 lines written, 59 code files | 555,515 lines written, 2,434 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push November 9, 2026, 2,966 commits, 13,370 stars | Last push November 7, 2026, 35,296 commits, 34,577 stars |
| Tests | 154 test files. 25.4% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,371 test files. 44.3% 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, pelican or selenium?

selenium, with 555,515 lines written; pelican has 31,003.

The proof: [SeleniumHQ/selenium's code at commit b9fa6bb](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/tree/b9fa6bb772cea0bf9971e3b7ba21338159669310)

### Which has more GitHub stars, pelican or selenium?

selenium, with 34,577 stars; pelican has 13,370.

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

### Which has more tests, pelican or selenium?

selenium, with 1,371 test files; pelican has 154.

The proof: [SeleniumHQ/selenium's code at commit b9fa6bb](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/tree/b9fa6bb772cea0bf9971e3b7ba21338159669310)

### Which was updated more recently, pelican or selenium?

pelican: its last push was on November 9, 2026, and selenium's on November 7, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, pelican or selenium?

selenium: an AI signed 0.1% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor.

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

## Sources

- getpelican/pelican: Read on November 10, 2026, at commit e8748ab (https://github.com/getpelican/pelican/tree/e8748aba9ad0907a8801646e957b37a02709240d)
- SeleniumHQ/selenium: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit b9fa6bb (https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/tree/b9fa6bb772cea0bf9971e3b7ba21338159669310)

## 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.