Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/makecindy/cindy/vs/paperclipai/paperclip
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/makecindy/cindy/vs/paperclipai/paperclip.md
Description: cindy and paperclip share 19 technologies: MCP, React, react-router-dom, Vite, Tokio, Anthropic, Tailwind CSS, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, CodeMirror, xterm, Mermaid, @lezer/highlight, Lucide, Drizzle, sharp, remark-gfm, react-markdown, and Zod. Both are written in TypeScript.

# cindy vs paperclip

cindy and paperclip share 19 technologies: MCP, React, react-router-dom, Vite, Tokio, Anthropic, Tailwind CSS, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, CodeMirror, xterm, Mermaid, @lezer/highlight, Lucide, Drizzle, sharp, remark-gfm, react-markdown, and Zod. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [makecindy/cindy](https://seerepo.com/r/makecindy/cindy): Consider it done. The open-source AI agent that works out of the box · 想到，就能做到。开源、开箱即用的 AI Agent。
- [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: MCP, React, react-router-dom, Vite, Tokio, Anthropic, Tailwind CSS, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, CodeMirror, xterm, Mermaid, @lezer/highlight, Lucide, Drizzle, sharp, remark-gfm, react-markdown, Zod
- Only in cindy: SQLite, electron-store, Electron, Tauri, react-native, Expo, androidx.core:core, @react-native-async-storage/async-storage, expo-secure-store, com.facebook.react:react-android, Firebase, expo-modules-core, fontsource-variable, PostCSS, tiptap, TanStack, sortablejs, @floating-ui/react-dom, canvas-confetti, cm6-graphql, lowlight, jose, jwcrypto, @earendil-works/pi-ai, unified, unist-util-visit, gray-matter, remark-parse, js-yaml, qrcode, highlight.js, @napi-rs/canvas, pdfjs-dist, gifenc, html-to-image, jpeg-encoder, katex, marked, rehype-highlight, rehype-katex, rehype-slug, remark-cjk-friendly, remark-math, electron-squirrel-startup, zip, react-native-safe-area-context, react-native-reanimated, react-native-webview, react-native-svg, expo-glass-effect, expo-image, @legendapp/list, react-native-screens, react-native-gesture-handler, react-native-uitextview, @react-native-menu/menu, androidx.window:window, expo-blur, expo-paste-input, expo-apple-authentication, expo-image-manipulator, expo-image-picker, expo-document-picker, expo-media-library, expo-updates, com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt, androidx.biometric:biometric, onnxruntime-android, typebox, @terrazzo/parser, docx, entities, pptxgenjs, exceljs, parse5, turndown, @mozilla/readability, turndown-plugin-gfm
- Only in paperclip: Express, Postgres, embedded-postgres, Google, aws-sdk-s3, AWS S3, OpenAI, Sentry, Svix, @clack/prompts, acpx, Cursor, aws-sdk-sts, hmac, aws-sdk-bedrockagentcore, jsonschema, Ajv, @boxd-sh/sdk, Cloudflare, @daytonaio/sdk, e2b, @kubernetes/client-node, novita-sandbox, three, Better Auth, Vercel, chat, ai, OpenRouter, ai-sdk, dompurify, ajv-formats, opentelemetry, pino, pino-http, class-variance-authority, motion, dnd-kit, @mdxeditor/editor, lexical, Base UI, cmdk, react-resizable-panels, @assistant-ui/react, @spekoai/client, mdast-util-from-markdown, yaml

## Side by side

| | cindy | paperclip |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 4,695,566 lines written, 10,179 code files | 3,556,913 lines written, 5,493 code files |
| Who writes it | 10.3% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Amp, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Devin | 26.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 14, 2026, 13,187 commits, 10,077 stars | Last push November 12, 2026, 7,243 commits, 113,227 stars |
| Tests | 6,296 test files. 62.4% of its code files have a test that imports them | 6,093 test files. 62.7% 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, cindy or paperclip?

cindy, with 4,695,566 lines written; paperclip has 3,556,913.

The proof: [makecindy/cindy's code at commit 0bd0aa2](https://github.com/makecindy/cindy/tree/0bd0aa2c0dcff18366530e4aca6c749fe2a98138)

### Which has more GitHub stars, cindy or paperclip?

paperclip, with 113,227 stars; cindy has 10,077.

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

### Which has more tests, cindy or paperclip?

cindy, with 6,296 test files; paperclip has 6,093.

The proof: [makecindy/cindy's code at commit 0bd0aa2](https://github.com/makecindy/cindy/tree/0bd0aa2c0dcff18366530e4aca6c749fe2a98138)

### Which was updated more recently, cindy or paperclip?

cindy: its last push was on November 14, 2026, and paperclip's on November 12, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, cindy or paperclip?

paperclip: an AI signed 26.5% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot; in cindy, 10.3%.

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

## Sources

- makecindy/cindy: Read on November 14, 2026, at commit 0bd0aa2 (https://github.com/makecindy/cindy/tree/0bd0aa2c0dcff18366530e4aca6c749fe2a98138)
- paperclipai/paperclip: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit 51d7764 (https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/51d77648bc62c2f05fdf377df1b35b1673da3b1b)

## 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.