Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/paperclipai/paperclip/vs/renovatebot/renovate
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/paperclipai/paperclip/vs/renovatebot/renovate.md
Description: paperclip and renovate share 6 technologies: AWS S3, yaml, Zod, remark-gfm, Ajv, and ajv-formats. Both are written in TypeScript.

# paperclip vs renovate

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

- [paperclipai/paperclip](https://seerepo.com/r/paperclipai/paperclip): The open-source app everyone uses to manage agents at work
- [renovatebot/renovate](https://seerepo.com/r/renovatebot/renovate): Home of the Renovate CLI: Cross-platform Dependency Automation by Mend.io

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: AWS S3, yaml, Zod, remark-gfm, Ajv, ajv-formats
- Only in paperclip: Express, Postgres, MCP, Google, React, Tokio, Vite, OpenAI, Anthropic, Sentry, Svix, react-router-dom, @opentelemetry/resources, @clack/prompts, Drizzle, hmac, react-markdown, jsonschema, @daytonaio/sdk, three, Better Auth, ai, @ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock, sharp, dompurify, opentelemetry, pino, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, motion, dnd-kit, lexical, @lezer/highlight, Base UI, cmdk, CodeMirror, Mermaid, react-resizable-panels, xterm, Lucide, @assistant-ui/react
- 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

| | paperclip | renovate |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 3,133,031 lines written, 5,090 code files | 568,203 lines written, 1,635 code files |
| Who writes it | 17% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot | 0.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Amp, and Codex |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 5,942 commits, 111,002 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 28,282 commits, 23,012 stars |
| Tests | 4,571 test files. 60.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,113 test files. 65.7% 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, paperclip or renovate?

paperclip, with 3,133,031 lines written; renovate has 568,203.

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

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

paperclip, with 111,002 stars; renovate has 23,012.

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

### 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](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/0eaabe5c0b37c99d827f78a1a8598e7b3534078a)

### 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](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commits)

### 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](https://seerepo.com/r/paperclipai/paperclip/ai)

## Sources

- paperclipai/paperclip: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 0eaabe5 (https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/0eaabe5c0b37c99d827f78a1a8598e7b3534078a)
- renovatebot/renovate: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 570fdbb (https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/tree/570fdbb36dcc111d18d13b5fb0627c83fe76a846)

## 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.