Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/medusajs/medusa/vs/TryGhost/Ghost
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/medusajs/medusa/vs/TryGhost/Ghost.md
Description: medusa and Ghost share 18 technologies: Vite, Express, React, bullmq, Stripe, Tailwind CSS, Zod, React Hook Form, Radix UI, dnd-kit, cmdk, @hookform/resolvers, Ajv, js-yaml, express-session, jsonwebtoken, tailwind-merge, and sonner. Both are written in TypeScript.

# medusa vs Ghost

medusa and Ghost share 18 technologies: Vite, Express, React, bullmq, Stripe, Tailwind CSS, Zod, React Hook Form, Radix UI, dnd-kit, cmdk, @hookform/resolvers, Ajv, js-yaml, express-session, jsonwebtoken, tailwind-merge, and sonner. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [medusajs/medusa](https://seerepo.com/r/medusajs/medusa): The world's most flexible commerce platform for agents and developers
- [TryGhost/Ghost](https://seerepo.com/r/TryGhost/Ghost): Independent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Vite, Express, React, bullmq, Stripe, Tailwind CSS, Zod, React Hook Form, Radix UI, dnd-kit, cmdk, @hookform/resolvers, Ajv, js-yaml, express-session, jsonwebtoken, tailwind-merge, sonner
- Only in medusa: react-router-dom, connect-redis, Redis, Postgres, aws-sdk, tanstack, motion, react-currency-input-field, react-country-flag, react-helmet-async, @hookform/error-message, @uiw/react-json-view, Ariakit, qrcode, ora, boxen, yaml, winston, prompts, openapi3-ts, json-2-csv, csv-parse, zod-validation-error, morgan, OpenTelemetry, tailwindcss-animate, @tailwindcss/node, PostCSS, react-aria, react-stately, prism-react-renderer, prismjs, @inquirer/confirm, jwks-rsa, oauth4webapi, openid-client, @sendgrid/mail
- Only in Ghost: React Router, Preact, bson-objectid, Sentry, @isaacs/ttlcache, cache-manager, lru-cache, Mailgun, Hono, html2canvas-pro, dompurify, @codemirror/theme-one-dark, CodeMirror, xyflow, @uiw/react-codemirror, @floating-ui/react-dom, @tanstack/react-virtual, D3, Lucide, papaparse, validator, Headless UI, tiptap, react-day-picker, class-variance-authority, recharts, @number-flow/react, react-dropzone, country-flag-icons, knex, otplib, cookie-session, jose, Cheerio, handlebars, sanitize-html, sharp, entities, file-type, image-size, html-to-text, node-html-markdown, probe-image-size, rss, cron-validate, lexical, markdown-it, markdown-it-footnote, markdown-it-mark, markdown-it-sub, markdown-it-sup, emoji-mart, @lezer/highlight, react-colorful, react-error-boundary, @lexical/markdown, prop-types, ajv-formats, nodemailer

## Side by side

| | medusa | Ghost |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 1,150,054 lines written, 7,196 code files | 1,229,446 lines written, 4,191 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.9% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and GitHub Copilot | 1.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 10,824 commits, 37,113 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 51,839 commits, 55,684 stars |
| Tests | 1,628 test files. 14.5% of its code files have a test that imports them | 2,676 test files. 39.8% 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, medusa or Ghost?

Ghost, with 1,229,446 lines written; medusa has 1,150,054.

The proof: [TryGhost/Ghost's code at commit 7336dc2](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/7336dc28b3ac6e4351c24b0b93ce03700d32a8e8)

### Which has more GitHub stars, medusa or Ghost?

Ghost, with 55,684 stars; medusa has 37,113.

The proof: [TryGhost/Ghost on GitHub](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost)

### Which has more tests, medusa or Ghost?

Ghost, with 2,676 test files; medusa has 1,628.

The proof: [TryGhost/Ghost's code at commit 7336dc2](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/7336dc28b3ac6e4351c24b0b93ce03700d32a8e8)

### Which was updated more recently, medusa or Ghost?

medusa: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and Ghost's on November 5, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, medusa or Ghost?

Ghost: an AI signed 1.5% of its commits, with Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, and GitHub Copilot; in medusa, 0.9%.

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

## Sources

- medusajs/medusa: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 0f90146 (https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/tree/0f9014650066193280e0cbc4f3898c02319fffc6)
- TryGhost/Ghost: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 7336dc2 (https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/7336dc28b3ac6e4351c24b0b93ce03700d32a8e8)

## 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.