Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/omnivore-app/omnivore/vs/signalapp/Signal-Android
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/omnivore-app/omnivore/vs/signalapp/Signal-Android.md
Description: omnivore and Signal-Android share 10 technologies: androidx.compose.runtime:runtime-livedata, Jetpack Compose, androidx.navigation:navigation-compose, Firebase, core-ktx, lifecycle-livedata-ktx, lifecycle-runtime-compose, lifecycle-viewmodel-savedstate, Google, and androidx.appcompat:appcompat. omnivore is written in TypeScript and Signal-Android in Kotlin.

# omnivore vs Signal-Android

omnivore and Signal-Android share 10 technologies: androidx.compose.runtime:runtime-livedata, Jetpack Compose, androidx.navigation:navigation-compose, Firebase, core-ktx, lifecycle-livedata-ktx, lifecycle-runtime-compose, lifecycle-viewmodel-savedstate, Google, and androidx.appcompat:appcompat. omnivore is written in TypeScript and Signal-Android in Kotlin.

- [omnivore-app/omnivore](https://seerepo.com/r/omnivore-app/omnivore): Omnivore is a complete, open source read-it-later solution for people who like reading.
- [signalapp/Signal-Android](https://seerepo.com/r/signalapp/Signal-Android): A private messenger for Android.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: androidx.compose.runtime:runtime-livedata, Jetpack Compose, androidx.navigation:navigation-compose, Firebase, core-ktx, lifecycle-livedata-ktx, lifecycle-runtime-compose, lifecycle-viewmodel-savedstate, Google, androidx.appcompat:appcompat
- Only in omnivore: androidx.hilt:hilt-navigation-compose, androidx.datastore:datastore-preferences, PostHog, com.google.dagger:hilt-android, Express, express-graphql, React, bullmq, Redis, Google Cloud, Postgres, aws-sdk, rate-limit-redis, Sentry, @apollo/server, @as-integrations/express5, OpenAI, Next.js, @react-native-async-storage/async-storage, ui-util, MarkdownUI, androidx.core:core-splashscreen, com.google.accompanist:accompanist-flowlayout, material-icons-extended, room-ktx, room-runtime, coil-compose, compose-markdown, TypeORM, jsonwebtoken, bcryptjs, jwks-rsa, LangChain, linkedom, showdown, rss-parser, sanitize-html, @sendgrid/mail, addressparser, dompurify, fast-xml-parser, html-entities, image-size, mailparser, node-html-markdown, node-mailjet, nodemailer, sax, yaml, prom-client, winston, @google-cloud/opentelemetry-cloud-trace-exporter, @opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger, express-prom-bundle, parse-srcset, microsoft-cognitiveservices-speech-sdk, natural, html-to-text, imapflow, Radix UI, kbar, @floating-ui/react, antd, react-hot-toast, react-markdown-editor-lite, react-topbar-progress-indicator, react-dropzone, react-spinners, react-arborist, allotment, re-resizable, react-color, react-input-autosize, use-resize-observer, yet-another-react-lightbox, @phosphor-icons/react, pdfjs-dist, react-markdown, remark-gfm, markdown-it, epubjs
- Only in Signal-Android: androidx.navigation3:navigation3-runtime, androidx.navigation3:navigation3-ui, androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-navigation3, sqlite-framework, androidx.sqlite:sqlite, fragment-ktx, lifecycle-common-java8, lifecycle-process, navigation-fragment-ktx, navigation-ui-ktx, org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8, Airbnb, com.google.android.flexbox:flexbox, gridlayout, media3-ui-compose, recyclerview, window-java, androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout, com.airbnb.android:lottie, androidx.compose.material3.adaptive:adaptive, androidx.window:window, androidx.media3:media3-ui, com.google.accompanist:accompanist-drawablepainter, androidx.preference:preference, androidx.camera:camera-view, androidx.paging:paging-compose, androidx.camera:camera-compose, androidx.compose.material:material-icons-extended, com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth, credentials-play-services-auth, androidx.biometric:biometric, androidx.credentials:credentials, android-integration, camera-extensions, documentfile, Glide, com.google.zxing:core, androidx.exifinterface:exifinterface, com.github.jknack:handlebars, androidx.camera:camera-video

## Side by side

| | omnivore | Signal-Android |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 540,180 lines written, 1,314 code files | 951,618 lines written, 5,633 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot | 0% of its commits signed by AI |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 9,396 commits, 16,408 stars | Last push November 6, 2026, 21,173 commits, 29,597 stars |
| Tests | 470 test files. 8.2% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,054 test files. 32.5% 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, omnivore or Signal-Android?

Signal-Android, with 951,618 lines written; omnivore has 540,180.

The proof: [signalapp/Signal-Android's code at commit a74583b](https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/tree/a74583b01e260944f699c4da03ba4e8ce04de32b)

### Which has more GitHub stars, omnivore or Signal-Android?

Signal-Android, with 29,597 stars; omnivore has 16,408.

The proof: [signalapp/Signal-Android on GitHub](https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android)

### Which has more tests, omnivore or Signal-Android?

Signal-Android, with 1,054 test files; omnivore has 470.

The proof: [signalapp/Signal-Android's code at commit a74583b](https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/tree/a74583b01e260944f699c4da03ba4e8ce04de32b)

### Which was updated more recently, omnivore or Signal-Android?

Both got their last push on November 6, 2026.

The proof: [omnivore-app/omnivore's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/omnivore-app/omnivore/commits)

## Sources

- omnivore-app/omnivore: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit 4cdfc3d (https://github.com/omnivore-app/omnivore/tree/4cdfc3d75bd1b7de203f24b812541c58df30209f)
- signalapp/Signal-Android: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit a74583b (https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/tree/a74583b01e260944f699c4da03ba4e8ce04de32b)

## 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.