Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/getsops/sops/vs/paperclipai/paperclip
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/getsops/sops/vs/paperclipai/paperclip.md
Description: sops and paperclip share 3 technologies: Postgres, Google, and AWS S3. sops is written in Go and paperclip in TypeScript.

# sops vs paperclip

sops and paperclip share 3 technologies: Postgres, Google, and AWS S3. sops is written in Go and paperclip in TypeScript.

- [getsops/sops](https://seerepo.com/r/getsops/sops): Simple and flexible tool for managing secrets
- [paperclipai/paperclip](https://seerepo.com/r/paperclipai/paperclip): The open-source app everyone uses to manage agents at work

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Postgres, Google, AWS S3
- Only in sops: pq, s3, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/sirupsen/logrus, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore
- Only in paperclip: Express, MCP, React, Tokio, Vite, OpenAI, Anthropic, Sentry, Svix, react-router-dom, yaml, Zod, @opentelemetry/resources, @clack/prompts, Drizzle, hmac, react-markdown, remark-gfm, jsonschema, Ajv, @daytonaio/sdk, three, Better Auth, ai, @ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock, sharp, dompurify, ajv-formats, opentelemetry, pino, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, motion, dnd-kit, lexical, @lezer/highlight, Base UI, cmdk, CodeMirror, Mermaid, react-resizable-panels, xterm, Lucide, @assistant-ui/react

## Side by side

| | sops | paperclip |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 26,757 lines written, 53 code files | 3,133,031 lines written, 5,090 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code | 17% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 3, 2026, 1,731 commits, 23,610 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 5,942 commits, 111,002 stars |
| Tests | 30 test files. 54.7% of its code files have a test that imports them | 4,571 test files. 60.3% 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, sops or paperclip?

paperclip, with 3,133,031 lines written; sops has 26,757.

The proof: [paperclipai/paperclip's code at commit 0eaabe5](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/0eaabe5c0b37c99d827f78a1a8598e7b3534078a)

### Which has more GitHub stars, sops or paperclip?

paperclip, with 111,002 stars; sops has 23,610.

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

### Which has more tests, sops or paperclip?

paperclip, with 4,571 test files; sops has 30.

The proof: [paperclipai/paperclip's code at commit 0eaabe5](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/0eaabe5c0b37c99d827f78a1a8598e7b3534078a)

### Which was updated more recently, sops or paperclip?

paperclip: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and sops's on November 3, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, sops or paperclip?

paperclip: an AI signed 17% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot; in sops, 0.1%.

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

## Sources

- getsops/sops: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit cbb1216 (https://github.com/getsops/sops/tree/cbb1216640c95c11f55a7e091ffa2748a319d4d8)
- paperclipai/paperclip: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 0eaabe5 (https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/0eaabe5c0b37c99d827f78a1a8598e7b3534078a)

## 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.