Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/novuhq/novu/vs/Wei-Shaw/claude-relay-service
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/novuhq/novu/vs/Wei-Shaw/claude-relay-service.md
Description: novu and claude-relay-service share 7 technologies: Express, Redis, Vite, helmet, Tailwind CSS, ora, and nodemailer. novu is written in TypeScript and claude-relay-service in JavaScript.

# novu vs claude-relay-service

novu and claude-relay-service share 7 technologies: Express, Redis, Vite, helmet, Tailwind CSS, ora, and nodemailer. novu is written in TypeScript and claude-relay-service in JavaScript.

- [novuhq/novu](https://seerepo.com/r/novuhq/novu): The open-source communication infrastructure for agents and products
- [Wei-Shaw/claude-relay-service](https://seerepo.com/r/Wei-Shaw/claude-relay-service): CRS-自建Claude Code镜像，一站式开源中转服务，让 Claude、OpenAI、Gemini、Droid 订阅统一接入，支持拼车共享，更高效分摊成本，原生工具无缝使用。

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Express, Redis, Vite, helmet, Tailwind CSS, ora, nodemailer
- Only in novu: MCP, @nestjs/core, lru-cache, Sentry, NestJS, React, react-router-dom, Mixpanel, Svix, Next.js, Clerk, @aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner, Hono, aws-sdk, ClickHouse, @azure/storage-blob, bullmq, Google Cloud, MongoDB, Anthropic, SvelteKit, H3, Solid, Zod, bcrypt, jsonwebtoken, passport-jwt, Passport, passport-github2, passport-oauth2, chat, liquidjs, entities, class-validator, class-transformer, Ajv, @nestjs/terminus, class-variance-authority, @uiw/codemirror-themes, next-themes, tailwind-merge, tailwind-variants, React Hook Form, motion, Radix UI, uiw, sonner, tiptap, cmdk, CodeMirror, recharts, xyflow, react-confetti, @lezer/highlight, react-helmet-async, react-phone-number-input, @streamdown/code, Cal.com, react-day-picker, react-resizable-panels, @assistant-ui/react-markdown, @number-flow/react, @rjsf/core, prism-react-renderer, react-colorful, react-timezone-select, use-stick-to-bottom, react-icons, Lucide, @radix-ui/react-icons, Better Auth, @assistant-ui/react, ai, @ai-sdk/react, react-qr-code, streamdown, remark-gfm, sanitize-html, @hookform/resolvers, json-schema, rjsf, ajv-formats, sharp, mailparser, html-to-text, pino, agents, @nestjs/jwt, handlebars, zod-to-json-schema, nestjs-pino, nestjs-otel, @aws-sdk/client-scheduler, opentelemetry, tippy.js, lowlight, highlight.js, @tiptap/core, juice, node-html-parser, react-email, @react-email/components, prompts, LangChain, qrcode, hast-util-to-html, mdast-util-to-hast, Vercel, PostCSS, @floating-ui/dom, @kobalte/core, ink, Base UI, jwt-decode, marked, validate-npm-package-name, @aws-sdk/client-sesv2, emailjs, mailersend, postmark, sendgrid
- Only in claude-relay-service: ldapjs, Vue, vue-router, table, bcryptjs, @aws-sdk/credential-providers, @aws-sdk/client-bedrock-runtime, winston, winston-daily-rotate-file, Chart.js, Element

## Side by side

| | novu | claude-relay-service |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 1,214,443 lines written, 8,224 code files | 178,343 lines written, 263 code files |
| Who writes it | 8.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Cursor, Claude Code, Devin, GitHub Copilot, and CodeRabbit | 20.9% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and Codex |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 16,756 commits, 40,294 stars | Last push November 10, 2026, 1,536 commits, 12,799 stars |
| Tests | 1,282 test files. 16.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 34 test files. 14.8% 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, novu or claude-relay-service?

novu, with 1,214,443 lines written; claude-relay-service has 178,343.

The proof: [novuhq/novu's code at commit e0d76b7](https://github.com/novuhq/novu/tree/e0d76b70d3880437d759ca47aee34f6ab0333a78)

### Which has more GitHub stars, novu or claude-relay-service?

novu, with 40,294 stars; claude-relay-service has 12,799.

The proof: [novuhq/novu on GitHub](https://github.com/novuhq/novu)

### Which has more tests, novu or claude-relay-service?

novu, with 1,282 test files; claude-relay-service has 34.

The proof: [novuhq/novu's code at commit e0d76b7](https://github.com/novuhq/novu/tree/e0d76b70d3880437d759ca47aee34f6ab0333a78)

### Which was updated more recently, novu or claude-relay-service?

claude-relay-service: its last push was on November 10, 2026, and novu's on November 6, 2026.

The proof: [Wei-Shaw/claude-relay-service's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/Wei-Shaw/claude-relay-service/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, novu or claude-relay-service?

claude-relay-service: an AI signed 20.9% of its commits, with Claude Code and Codex; in novu, 8.2%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in Wei-Shaw/claude-relay-service](https://seerepo.com/r/Wei-Shaw/claude-relay-service/ai)

## Sources

- novuhq/novu: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit e0d76b7 (https://github.com/novuhq/novu/tree/e0d76b70d3880437d759ca47aee34f6ab0333a78)
- Wei-Shaw/claude-relay-service: Read on November 10, 2026, at commit 71117dd (https://github.com/Wei-Shaw/claude-relay-service/tree/71117dda85eb49c218bfc0809dc39451ebe64fac)

## 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.