Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/modelcontextprotocol/inspector/vs/paperclipai/paperclip
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/modelcontextprotocol/inspector/vs/paperclipai/paperclip.md
Description: inspector and paperclip share 11 technologies: Vite, React, Express, MCP, yaml, Zod, Ajv, pino, dnd-kit, react-markdown, and remark-gfm. Both are written in TypeScript.

# inspector vs paperclip

inspector and paperclip share 11 technologies: Vite, React, Express, MCP, yaml, Zod, Ajv, pino, dnd-kit, react-markdown, and remark-gfm. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [modelcontextprotocol/inspector](https://seerepo.com/r/modelcontextprotocol/inspector): Deterministic testing tools for MCP servers
- [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: Vite, React, Express, MCP, yaml, Zod, Ajv, pino, dnd-kit, react-markdown, remark-gfm
- Only in inspector: Hono, ink, ink-scroll-view, Mantine, ace-builds, react-ace, react-icons, papaparse, @hono/node-server
- Only in paperclip: Postgres, embedded-postgres, Google, aws-sdk-s3, AWS S3, Tokio, OpenAI, Anthropic, Sentry, Svix, react-router-dom, @clack/prompts, Drizzle, acpx, Cursor, aws-sdk-sts, hmac, aws-sdk-bedrockagentcore, jsonschema, @boxd-sh/sdk, Cloudflare, @daytonaio/sdk, e2b, @kubernetes/client-node, novita-sandbox, three, Better Auth, Vercel, chat, ai, OpenRouter, ai-sdk, sharp, dompurify, ajv-formats, opentelemetry, pino-http, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, motion, @mdxeditor/editor, lexical, Base UI, @lezer/highlight, cmdk, CodeMirror, Mermaid, react-resizable-panels, xterm, Lucide, @assistant-ui/react, @spekoai/client, mdast-util-from-markdown

## Side by side

| | inspector | paperclip |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 465,914 lines written, 637 code files | 3,556,913 lines written, 5,493 code files |
| Who writes it | 54.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Devin, and Cursor | 26.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 12, 2026, 3,407 commits, 11,283 stars | Last push November 12, 2026, 7,243 commits, 113,227 stars |
| Tests | 717 test files. 88.9% 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, inspector or paperclip?

paperclip, with 3,556,913 lines written; inspector has 465,914.

The proof: [paperclipai/paperclip's code at commit 51d7764](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/51d77648bc62c2f05fdf377df1b35b1673da3b1b)

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

paperclip, with 113,227 stars; inspector has 11,283.

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

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

paperclip, with 6,093 test files; inspector has 717.

The proof: [paperclipai/paperclip's code at commit 51d7764](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/51d77648bc62c2f05fdf377df1b35b1673da3b1b)

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

Both got their last push on November 12, 2026.

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

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

inspector: an AI signed 54.5% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Devin, and Cursor; in paperclip, 26.5%.

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

## Sources

- modelcontextprotocol/inspector: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit 488c30d (https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector/tree/488c30d9d16e4993bc548ad298eb7450f5125c93)
- 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.