Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/janhq/jan/vs/sipeed/picoclaw
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/janhq/jan/vs/sipeed/picoclaw.md
Description: jan and picoclaw share 13 technologies: SQLite, Vite, React, TanStack, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, sonner, Radix UI, react-textarea-autosize, @tabler/icons-react, react-markdown, and remark-gfm. jan is written in Rust and picoclaw in Go.

# jan vs picoclaw

jan and picoclaw share 13 technologies: SQLite, Vite, React, TanStack, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, sonner, Radix UI, react-textarea-autosize, @tabler/icons-react, react-markdown, and remark-gfm. jan is written in Rust and picoclaw in Go.

- [janhq/jan](https://seerepo.com/r/janhq/jan): Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer.
- [sipeed/picoclaw](https://seerepo.com/r/sipeed/picoclaw): Tiny, Fast, and Deployable anywhere — automate the mundane, unleash your creativity

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: SQLite, Vite, React, TanStack, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, sonner, Radix UI, react-textarea-autosize, @tabler/icons-react, react-markdown, remark-gfm
- Only in jan: Tauri, Hummingbird, sqlx-sqlite, tauri-plugin-store, sqlx, Tokio, @tauri-apps/api, gio, glib, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, rusqlite, @tauri-apps/plugin-store, PostHog, OpenAI, comfy-table, indicatif, tauri-plugin-dialog, Ratatui, console, gtk, rfd, ed25519-dalek, hmac, keyring, oauth2, rmcp, agent-client-protocol, opencv-python, png, pulldown-cmark, zip, schemars, log, env_logger, psutil, tauri-plugin-log, cairo-rs, objc2-web-kit, webkit2gtk, webview2-com, ash, calamine, csv, html2text, infer, pdf-extract, quick-xml, motion, @streamdown/code, @tanstack/react-virtual, dnd-kit, emoji-picker-react, Framer, use-stick-to-bottom, vaul, Lucide, ai, ai-sdk, streamdown, shiki, unist-util-visit, katex, rehype-katex, remark-math, Zod, tauri-apps
- Only in picoclaw: net/http, github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.golang, MCP, github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss, fyne.io/systray, github.com/muesli/termenv, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, golang.org/x/oauth2, Model Context Protocol, openai-go, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/bedrockruntime, github.com/mdp/qrterminal/v3, github.com/gomarkdown/markdown, rsc.io/qr, github.com/google/jsonschema-go, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore, github.com/rs/zerolog, cmdk, highlight.js, rehype-highlight, rehype-raw, rehype-sanitize

## Side by side

| | jan | picoclaw |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 478,180 lines written, 949 code files | 300,639 lines written, 712 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.5% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, Factory, Jules, and Aider | 16.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, and Amp |
| Activity | Last push November 5, 2026, 7,455 commits, 45,500 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 1,929 commits, 30,107 stars |
| Tests | 527 test files. 48.9% of its code files have a test that imports them | 328 test files. 54.9% 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, jan or picoclaw?

jan, with 478,180 lines written; picoclaw has 300,639.

The proof: [janhq/jan's code at commit 879e6ae](https://github.com/janhq/jan/tree/879e6ae9cca4a38673fdb4093349a327e17ccbb1)

### Which has more GitHub stars, jan or picoclaw?

jan, with 45,500 stars; picoclaw has 30,107.

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

### Which has more tests, jan or picoclaw?

jan, with 527 test files; picoclaw has 328.

The proof: [janhq/jan's code at commit 879e6ae](https://github.com/janhq/jan/tree/879e6ae9cca4a38673fdb4093349a327e17ccbb1)

### Which was updated more recently, jan or picoclaw?

Both got their last push on November 5, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, jan or picoclaw?

picoclaw: an AI signed 16.2% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, and Amp; in jan, 0.5%.

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

## Sources

- janhq/jan: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 879e6ae (https://github.com/janhq/jan/tree/879e6ae9cca4a38673fdb4093349a327e17ccbb1)
- sipeed/picoclaw: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit bbf6893 (https://github.com/sipeed/picoclaw/tree/bbf6893ca7afad27f1d00a0f5a45982a549c6ed6)

## 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.