Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/modelcontextprotocol/servers/vs/paperclipai/paperclip
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/modelcontextprotocol/servers/vs/paperclipai/paperclip.md
Description: servers and paperclip share 4 technologies: Express, MCP, yaml, and Zod. Both are written in TypeScript.

# servers vs paperclip

servers and paperclip share 4 technologies: Express, MCP, yaml, and Zod. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [modelcontextprotocol/servers](https://seerepo.com/r/modelcontextprotocol/servers): Model Context Protocol 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: Express, MCP, yaml, Zod
- Only in servers: beautifulsoup4, markdownify, readabilipy, Pydantic
- Only in paperclip: Postgres, Google, React, AWS S3, Tokio, Vite, OpenAI, Anthropic, Sentry, Svix, react-router-dom, @opentelemetry/resources, @clack/prompts, Drizzle, hmac, react-markdown, remark-gfm, jsonschema, Ajv, @daytonaio/sdk, three, Better Auth, ai, @ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock, sharp, dompurify, ajv-formats, opentelemetry, pino, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, motion, dnd-kit, lexical, @lezer/highlight, Base UI, cmdk, CodeMirror, Mermaid, react-resizable-panels, xterm, Lucide, @assistant-ui/react

## Side by side

| | servers | paperclip |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 72,229 lines written, 45 code files | 3,133,031 lines written, 5,090 code files |
| Who writes it | 24% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Devin, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Gemini CLI | 17% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 2,687 commits, 91,789 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 5,942 commits, 111,002 stars |
| Tests | 101 test files. 77.8% 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, servers or paperclip?

paperclip, with 3,133,031 lines written; servers has 72,229.

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

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

paperclip, with 111,002 stars; servers has 91,789.

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

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

paperclip, with 4,571 test files; servers has 101.

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

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

Both got their last push on November 4, 2026.

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

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

servers: an AI signed 24% of its commits, with Claude Code, Devin, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Gemini CLI; in paperclip, 17%.

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

## Sources

- modelcontextprotocol/servers: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 194cc86 (https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/194cc86e3ae6400958555bd4116849d822d69263)
- 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.