paperclip vs renovate

paperclip and renovate share 6 technologies: AWS S3, yaml, Zod, remark-gfm, Ajv, and ajv-formats. Both are written in TypeScript.

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What they share and what sets them apart

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renovate

Home of the Renovate CLI: Cross-platform Dependency Automation by Mend.io

TypeScript23kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit 570fdbbWhat is renovate built with?

Only in renovate

  • cacache
  • Redis
  • mkdocs-material
  • @aws-sdk/credential-providers
  • markdown-table
  • remark
  • handlebars
  • markdown-it
  • node-html-parser
  • sax
  • unified
  • validate-npm-package-name
  • OpenTelemetry

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
paperclip3,133,031 lines written5,090 code files
renovate568,203 lines written1,635 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
paperclip17% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot
renovate0.4% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Amp, and Codex
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
paperclipLast push November 4, 20265,942 commits111,002 stars
renovateLast push November 4, 202628,282 commits23,012 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
paperclip4,571 test files60.3% of its code files have a test that imports them
renovate1,113 test files65.7% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, paperclip or renovate?
paperclip, with 3,133,031 lines written; renovate has 568,203.

The proof: paperclipai/paperclip's code at commit 0eaabe5

Which has more GitHub stars, paperclip or renovate?
paperclip, with 111,002 stars; renovate has 23,012.

The proof: paperclipai/paperclip on GitHub

Which has more tests, paperclip or renovate?
paperclip, with 4,571 test files; renovate has 1,113.

The proof: paperclipai/paperclip's code at commit 0eaabe5

Which was updated more recently, paperclip or renovate?
Both got their last push on November 4, 2026.

The proof: renovatebot/renovate's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, paperclip or renovate?
paperclip: an AI signed 17% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot; in renovate, 0.4%.

The proof: the commits each tool signed in paperclipai/paperclip

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