Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/hydralauncher/hydra/vs/TryGhost/Ghost
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/hydralauncher/hydra/vs/TryGhost/Ghost.md
Description: hydra and Ghost share 14 technologies: Vite, React, Sentry, Radix UI, React Hook Form, tiptap, recharts, Lucide, country-flag-icons, jsonwebtoken, sharp, file-type, markdown-it, and @hookform/resolvers. Both are written in TypeScript.

# hydra vs Ghost

hydra and Ghost share 14 technologies: Vite, React, Sentry, Radix UI, React Hook Form, tiptap, recharts, Lucide, country-flag-icons, jsonwebtoken, sharp, file-type, markdown-it, and @hookform/resolvers. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [hydralauncher/hydra](https://seerepo.com/r/hydralauncher/hydra): Hydra Launcher is an open-source gaming platform created to be the single tool that you need
- [TryGhost/Ghost](https://seerepo.com/r/TryGhost/Ghost): Independent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Vite, React, Sentry, Radix UI, React Hook Form, tiptap, recharts, Lucide, country-flag-icons, jsonwebtoken, sharp, file-type, markdown-it, @hookform/resolvers
- Only in hydra: react-router-dom, Electron, Tokio, classnames, @fontsource/noto-sans, sass-embedded, react-tooltip, Framer, react-loading-skeleton, embla-carousel-react, react-infinite-scroll-component, TanStack, x11rb, @floating-ui/dom, rc-virtual-list, react-shadow, @atlaskit/pragmatic-drag-and-drop, @monaco-editor/react, canvas-confetti, @primer/octicons-react, @phosphor-icons/react, yaml, image, thumbhash, yup, electron-log
- Only in Ghost: React Router, Preact, bson-objectid, Express, @isaacs/ttlcache, bullmq, cache-manager, lru-cache, Stripe, Mailgun, Hono, js-yaml, Tailwind CSS, sonner, html2canvas-pro, dompurify, Zod, @codemirror/theme-one-dark, CodeMirror, xyflow, @uiw/react-codemirror, dnd-kit, @floating-ui/react-dom, @tanstack/react-virtual, D3, papaparse, validator, Headless UI, react-day-picker, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, cmdk, @number-flow/react, react-dropzone, knex, express-session, otplib, cookie-session, jose, Cheerio, handlebars, sanitize-html, entities, image-size, html-to-text, node-html-markdown, probe-image-size, rss, cron-validate, lexical, markdown-it-footnote, markdown-it-mark, markdown-it-sub, markdown-it-sup, emoji-mart, @lezer/highlight, react-colorful, react-error-boundary, @lexical/markdown, prop-types, Ajv, ajv-formats, nodemailer

## Side by side

| | hydra | Ghost |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 444,027 lines written, 2,107 code files | 1,229,446 lines written, 4,191 code files |
| Who writes it | 9.6% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot | 1.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 6,007 commits, 17,640 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 51,839 commits, 55,684 stars |
| Tests | 341 test files. 17.2% of its code files have a test that imports them | 2,676 test files. 39.8% 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, hydra or Ghost?

Ghost, with 1,229,446 lines written; hydra has 444,027.

The proof: [TryGhost/Ghost's code at commit 7336dc2](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/7336dc28b3ac6e4351c24b0b93ce03700d32a8e8)

### Which has more GitHub stars, hydra or Ghost?

Ghost, with 55,684 stars; hydra has 17,640.

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

### Which has more tests, hydra or Ghost?

Ghost, with 2,676 test files; hydra has 341.

The proof: [TryGhost/Ghost's code at commit 7336dc2](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/7336dc28b3ac6e4351c24b0b93ce03700d32a8e8)

### Which was updated more recently, hydra or Ghost?

hydra: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and Ghost's on November 5, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, hydra or Ghost?

hydra: an AI signed 9.6% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot; in Ghost, 1.5%.

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

## Sources

- hydralauncher/hydra: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 2bb1787 (https://github.com/hydralauncher/hydra/tree/2bb1787c9ba00ca0e3190976af1cb8cca5327e7c)
- TryGhost/Ghost: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 7336dc2 (https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/7336dc28b3ac6e4351c24b0b93ce03700d32a8e8)

## 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.