Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/karakeep-app/karakeep/vs/twentyhq/twenty
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/karakeep-app/karakeep/vs/twentyhq/twenty.md
Description: karakeep and twenty share 6 technologies: React, Vite, MCP, Sentry, OpenAI, and Stripe. Both are written in TypeScript.

# karakeep vs twenty

karakeep and twenty share 6 technologies: React, Vite, MCP, Sentry, OpenAI, and Stripe. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [karakeep-app/karakeep](https://seerepo.com/r/karakeep-app/karakeep): A self-hostable bookmark-everything app (links, notes and images) with AI-based automatic tagging and full text search
- [twentyhq/twenty](https://seerepo.com/r/twentyhq/twenty): The open alternative to Salesforce, designed for AI.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: React, Vite, MCP, Sentry, OpenAI, Stripe
- Only in karakeep: Expo, Next.js
- Only in twenty: Electron, react-router-dom, idb-keyval, Express, @nestjs/core, bullmq, Postgres, @nestjs/cache-manager, ClickHouse, Redis, aws-sdk, keyv, connect-redis, Google, AWS S3, Anthropic, NestJS, graphql-scalars, graphql-yoga, emotion, sharp, Zod, @emotion/styled, jose, @fontsource/inter, @tiptap/core, react-email, css-select, css-what, react-error-boundary, Base UI, tiptap, React Hook Form, Framer, xyflow, @dnd-kit/react, @floating-ui/react, react-grid-layout, react-hotkeys-hook, react-intersection-observer, react-data-grid, react-imask, input-otp, monaco-editor, react-dropzone, react-textarea-autosize, linkify-react, @dagrejs/dagre, @graphiql/plugin-explorer, Scalar, country-flag-icons, ai, marked, react-qr-code, papaparse, react-markdown, remark-gfm, @hookform/resolvers, TypeORM, @nestjs/typeorm, passport-google-oauth20, jsonwebtoken, openid-client, @azure/msal-node, bcrypt, express-session, otplib, passport-jwt, passport-microsoft, @node-saml/passport-saml, Passport, ai-sdk, @e2b/code-interpreter, nodemailer, @aws-sdk/client-sesv2, node-ical, @react-pdf/renderer, dompurify, file-type, sanitize-html, html-to-text, class-validator, class-transformer, json-schema, @nestjs/terminus, @aws-sdk/client-lambda, Cloudflare, opentelemetry, entities, lightningcss, PostCSS, frimousse, @tabler/icons-react

## Side by side

| | karakeep | twenty |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 161,434 lines written, 852 code files | 2,785,537 lines written, 26,644 code files |
| Who writes it | 5.7% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Aider, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and OpenHands | 1.9% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Sweep |
| Activity | Last push November 2, 2026, 2,403 commits, 30,240 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 17,869 commits, 60,472 stars |
| Tests | 111 test files. 10.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 7,108 test files. 29% 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, karakeep or twenty?

twenty, with 2,785,537 lines written; karakeep has 161,434.

The proof: [twentyhq/twenty's code at commit 8919279](https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty/tree/8919279eb61454c40b27b118d9b43ab0e7a3e040)

### Which has more GitHub stars, karakeep or twenty?

twenty, with 60,472 stars; karakeep has 30,240.

The proof: [twentyhq/twenty on GitHub](https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty)

### Which has more tests, karakeep or twenty?

twenty, with 7,108 test files; karakeep has 111.

The proof: [twentyhq/twenty's code at commit 8919279](https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty/tree/8919279eb61454c40b27b118d9b43ab0e7a3e040)

### Which was updated more recently, karakeep or twenty?

twenty: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and karakeep's on November 2, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, karakeep or twenty?

karakeep: an AI signed 5.7% of its commits, with Claude Code, Aider, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and OpenHands; in twenty, 1.9%.

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

## Sources

- karakeep-app/karakeep: Read on November 2, 2026, at commit b619d11 (https://github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep/tree/b619d11f82d169ccd0a53a2d63fa1034e6eec385)
- twentyhq/twenty: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 8919279 (https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty/tree/8919279eb61454c40b27b118d9b43ab0e7a3e040)

## 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.