karakeep vs paperclip
karakeep and paperclip share 5 technologies: React, Vite, MCP, Sentry, and OpenAI. Both are written in TypeScript.
What they share and what sets them apart
karakeep-app
karakeep
A self-hostable bookmark-everything app (links, notes and images) with AI-based automatic tagging and full text search
TypeScript30.2kRead on November 2, 2026, at commit b619d11What is karakeep built with?Only in karakeep
In common
paperclipai
paperclip
The open-source app everyone uses to manage agents at work
TypeScript111kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit 0eaabe5What is paperclip built with?Only in paperclip
- Express
- Postgres
AWS S3- Tokio
- Anthropic
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
karakeeppaperclip
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
karakeep161,434 lines written852 code files
paperclip3,133,031 lines written5,090 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
karakeep5.7% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Aider, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and OpenHands
paperclip17% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
karakeepLast push November 2, 20262,403 commits30,240 stars
paperclipLast push November 4, 20265,942 commits111,002 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
karakeep111 test files10.3% of its code files have a test that imports them
paperclip4,571 test files60.3% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, karakeep or paperclip?
paperclip, with 3,133,031 lines written; karakeep has 161,434.
Which has more GitHub stars, karakeep or paperclip?
paperclip, with 111,002 stars; karakeep has 30,240.
The proof: paperclipai/paperclip on GitHub
Which has more tests, karakeep or paperclip?
paperclip, with 4,571 test files; karakeep has 111.
Which was updated more recently, karakeep or paperclip?
paperclip: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and karakeep's on November 2, 2026.
The proof: paperclipai/paperclip's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, karakeep or paperclip?
paperclip: an AI signed 17% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot; in karakeep, 5.7%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in paperclipai/paperclip
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