Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/hectorqin/reader/vs/withastro/astro
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/hectorqin/reader/vs/withastro/astro.md
Description: reader and astro share 5 technologies: Fastify, Vite, React, fast-xml-parser, and htmlparser2. Both are written in TypeScript.

# reader vs astro

reader and astro share 5 technologies: Fastify, Vite, React, fast-xml-parser, and htmlparser2. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [hectorqin/reader](https://seerepo.com/r/hectorqin/reader)
- [withastro/astro](https://seerepo.com/r/withastro/astro): The web framework for content-driven websites.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Fastify, Vite, React, fast-xml-parser, htmlparser2
- Only in reader: androidx.core:core-ktx, androidx.activity:activity-ktx, @fastify/multipart, react-router-dom, androidx.appcompat:appcompat, androidx.media3:media3-ui, sanitize-html, Lucide, pdfjs-dist
- Only in astro: Vue, Svelte, Hono, unstorage, Preact, Solid, Alpine.js, Express, preact-render-to-string, prismjs, Zod, unifont, @capsizecss/unpack, fontace, @clack/prompts, am-i-vibing, html-escaper, shiki, ultrahtml, sharp, tinyps, @markdoc/markdoc, Netlify, Vercel, unified, yaml, retext-smartypants, vfile, unist-util-visit, mdast-util-mdx, mdast-util-mdx-jsx, rehype-raw, remark-gfm, remark-smartypants, estree-util-visit, hast-util-from-html, hast-util-to-html, hast-util-to-text, mdast-util-definitions, mdast-util-mdx-expression, rehype-stringify, remark, remark-parse, unist-util-remove-position, unist-util-visit-parents, satteri

## Side by side

| | reader | astro |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 89,233 lines written, 379 code files | 299,292 lines written, 1,007 code files |
| Who writes it | 30.8% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code | 0.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push November 12, 2026, 321 commits, 11,094 stars | Last push November 12, 2026, 15,213 commits, 63,929 stars |
| Tests | 229 test files. 68.9% of its code files have a test that imports them | 3,240 test files. 4.6% 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, reader or astro?

astro, with 299,292 lines written; reader has 89,233.

The proof: [withastro/astro's code at commit f9a1062](https://github.com/withastro/astro/tree/f9a10629af1945f55aea4bb9a5ef08800dc70c8c)

### Which has more GitHub stars, reader or astro?

astro, with 63,929 stars; reader has 11,094.

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

### Which has more tests, reader or astro?

astro, with 3,240 test files; reader has 229.

The proof: [withastro/astro's code at commit f9a1062](https://github.com/withastro/astro/tree/f9a10629af1945f55aea4bb9a5ef08800dc70c8c)

### Which was updated more recently, reader or astro?

Both got their last push on November 12, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, reader or astro?

reader: an AI signed 30.8% of its commits, with Claude Code; in astro, 0.2%.

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

## Sources

- hectorqin/reader: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit b9901fb (https://github.com/hectorqin/reader/tree/b9901fb0c5359c218b9fb1bf680a3ef25af8a442)
- withastro/astro: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit f9a1062 (https://github.com/withastro/astro/tree/f9a10629af1945f55aea4bb9a5ef08800dc70c8c)

## 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.