Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/paperclipai/paperclip/vs/refactoringhq/tolaria
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/paperclipai/paperclip/vs/refactoringhq/tolaria.md
Description: paperclip and tolaria share 17 technologies: MCP, React, Tokio, Vite, Sentry, yaml, react-markdown, remark-gfm, dompurify, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, dnd-kit, @lezer/highlight, CodeMirror, and Mermaid. Both are written in TypeScript.

# paperclip vs tolaria

paperclip and tolaria share 17 technologies: MCP, React, Tokio, Vite, Sentry, yaml, react-markdown, remark-gfm, dompurify, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, dnd-kit, @lezer/highlight, CodeMirror, and Mermaid. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [paperclipai/paperclip](https://seerepo.com/r/paperclipai/paperclip): The open-source app everyone uses to manage agents at work
- [refactoringhq/tolaria](https://seerepo.com/r/refactoringhq/tolaria): Desktop app to manage markdown knowledge bases

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: MCP, React, Tokio, Vite, Sentry, yaml, react-markdown, remark-gfm, dompurify, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, dnd-kit, @lezer/highlight, CodeMirror, Mermaid
- Only in paperclip: Express, Postgres, Google, AWS S3, OpenAI, Anthropic, Svix, react-router-dom, Zod, @opentelemetry/resources, @clack/prompts, Drizzle, hmac, jsonschema, Ajv, @daytonaio/sdk, three, Better Auth, ai, @ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock, sharp, ajv-formats, opentelemetry, pino, motion, lexical, Base UI, cmdk, react-resizable-panels, xterm, Lucide, @assistant-ui/react
- Only in tolaria: Tauri, PostHog, @tauri-apps/api, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, react-native, Expo, expo-secure-store, @fontsource-variable/inter, @fontsource/ibm-plex-mono, blocknote, @tiptap/pm, Mantine, react-virtuoso, @floating-ui/dom, react-day-picker, tauri-plugin-dialog, @phosphor-icons/react, katex, csv, pdfjs-dist, png, rehype-highlight, log, @tauri-apps/plugin-process, tauri-plugin-log, nativewind, PostCSS, react-native-safe-area-context, tiptap, react-native-reanimated, react-native-gesture-handler, rn-primitives, expo-status-bar, react-native-webview, expo-document-picker, gray-matter, expo-updates

## Side by side

| | paperclip | tolaria |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 3,133,031 lines written, 5,090 code files | 575,231 lines written, 1,911 code files |
| Who writes it | 17% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot | 29.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 5,942 commits, 111,002 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 4,207 commits, 20,462 stars |
| Tests | 4,571 test files. 60.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,664 test files. 56.1% 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, paperclip or tolaria?

paperclip, with 3,133,031 lines written; tolaria has 575,231.

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

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

paperclip, with 111,002 stars; tolaria has 20,462.

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

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

paperclip, with 4,571 test files; tolaria has 1,664.

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

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

tolaria: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and paperclip's on November 4, 2026.

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

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

tolaria: an AI signed 29.2% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex; in paperclip, 17%.

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

## Sources

- paperclipai/paperclip: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 0eaabe5 (https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/0eaabe5c0b37c99d827f78a1a8598e7b3534078a)
- refactoringhq/tolaria: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 7503d71 (https://github.com/refactoringhq/tolaria/tree/7503d71d5b8eb98264b3f04eafc67c531b29beee)

## 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.