Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/openai/codex-security/vs/paperclipai/paperclip
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/openai/codex-security/vs/paperclipai/paperclip.md
Description: codex-security and paperclip share 5 technologies: MCP, React, yaml, Zod, and Ajv. Both are written in TypeScript.

# codex-security vs paperclip

codex-security and paperclip share 5 technologies: MCP, React, yaml, Zod, and Ajv. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [openai/codex-security](https://seerepo.com/r/openai/codex-security): OpenAI's Codex Security CLI and TypeScript SDK for finding, validating, and fixing security vulnerabilities. npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@openai/codex-security
- [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: MCP, React, yaml, Zod, Ajv
- Only in codex-security: Linear, GitHub, rfc3339-validator, rfc3986-validator, @openai/codex-sdk, ink, Inquirer, js-tiktoken, papaparse, saxes, pdfjs-dist
- Only in paperclip: Express, Postgres, embedded-postgres, Google, aws-sdk-s3, AWS S3, Tokio, Vite, OpenAI, Anthropic, Sentry, Svix, react-router-dom, @clack/prompts, Drizzle, acpx, Cursor, aws-sdk-sts, hmac, aws-sdk-bedrockagentcore, react-markdown, remark-gfm, 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, pino-http, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, motion, dnd-kit, @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

| | codex-security | paperclip |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 568,957 lines written, 393 code files | 3,556,913 lines written, 5,493 code files |
| Who writes it | 2.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot | 26.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 12, 2026, 2,044 commits, 11,854 stars | Last push November 12, 2026, 7,243 commits, 113,227 stars |
| Tests | 611 test files. 71% 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, codex-security or paperclip?

paperclip, with 3,556,913 lines written; codex-security has 568,957.

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

### Which has more GitHub stars, codex-security or paperclip?

paperclip, with 113,227 stars; codex-security has 11,854.

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

### Which has more tests, codex-security or paperclip?

paperclip, with 6,093 test files; codex-security has 611.

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

### Which was updated more recently, codex-security or paperclip?

Both got their last push on November 12, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, codex-security or paperclip?

paperclip: an AI signed 26.5% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot; in codex-security, 2.1%.

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

## Sources

- openai/codex-security: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit 2911786 (https://github.com/openai/codex-security/tree/2911786f243f08fd61ad854f5c527e7b0c404ccc)
- 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.