Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/kriasoft/react-starter-kit/vs/paperclipai/paperclip
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/kriasoft/react-starter-kit/vs/paperclipai/paperclip.md
Description: react-starter-kit and paperclip share 11 technologies: Postgres, Vite, React, Drizzle, Better Auth, Zod, Tailwind CSS, Lucide, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, and Radix UI. Both are written in TypeScript.

# react-starter-kit vs paperclip

react-starter-kit and paperclip share 11 technologies: Postgres, Vite, React, Drizzle, Better Auth, Zod, Tailwind CSS, Lucide, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, and Radix UI. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [kriasoft/react-starter-kit](https://seerepo.com/r/kriasoft/react-starter-kit): Modern React starter kit with Bun, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, tRPC, Stripe, and Cloudflare Workers. Production-ready monorepo for building fast web apps.
- [paperclipai/paperclip](https://seerepo.com/r/paperclipai/paperclip): The open-source app everyone uses to manage agents at work

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Postgres, Vite, React, Drizzle, Better Auth, Zod, Tailwind CSS, Lucide, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI
- Only in react-starter-kit: Resend, Stripe, Hono, tRPC, TanStack, @electric-sql/pglite, react-error-boundary, react-email
- Only in paperclip: Express, MCP, Google, AWS S3, Tokio, OpenAI, Anthropic, Sentry, Svix, react-router-dom, yaml, @opentelemetry/resources, @clack/prompts, hmac, react-markdown, remark-gfm, jsonschema, Ajv, @daytonaio/sdk, three, ai, @ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock, sharp, dompurify, ajv-formats, opentelemetry, pino, motion, dnd-kit, lexical, @lezer/highlight, Base UI, cmdk, CodeMirror, Mermaid, react-resizable-panels, xterm, @assistant-ui/react

## Side by side

| | react-starter-kit | paperclip |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 10,684 lines written, 99 code files | 3,133,031 lines written, 5,090 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI | 17% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 2, 2026, 129 commits, 23,705 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 5,942 commits, 111,002 stars |
| Tests | 9 test files. 12.1% of its code files have a test that imports them | 4,571 test files. 60.3% 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, react-starter-kit or paperclip?

paperclip, with 3,133,031 lines written; react-starter-kit has 10,684.

The proof: [paperclipai/paperclip's code at commit 0eaabe5](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/0eaabe5c0b37c99d827f78a1a8598e7b3534078a)

### Which has more GitHub stars, react-starter-kit or paperclip?

paperclip, with 111,002 stars; react-starter-kit has 23,705.

The proof: [paperclipai/paperclip on GitHub](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip)

### Which has more tests, react-starter-kit or paperclip?

paperclip, with 4,571 test files; react-starter-kit has 9.

The proof: [paperclipai/paperclip's code at commit 0eaabe5](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/0eaabe5c0b37c99d827f78a1a8598e7b3534078a)

### Which was updated more recently, react-starter-kit or paperclip?

paperclip: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and react-starter-kit's on November 2, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, react-starter-kit or paperclip?

paperclip: an AI signed 17% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot.

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

## Sources

- kriasoft/react-starter-kit: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit dbdb0d4 (https://github.com/kriasoft/react-starter-kit/tree/dbdb0d4991bbaae1671ff62180089f2733dd406a)
- paperclipai/paperclip: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 0eaabe5 (https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/0eaabe5c0b37c99d827f78a1a8598e7b3534078a)

## 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.