paperclip vs rowboat

paperclip and rowboat share 22 technologies: Express, Postgres, MCP, Google, React, Vite, OpenAI, Anthropic, yaml, Zod, ai, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, motion, @lezer/highlight, cmdk, CodeMirror, Mermaid, xterm, and Lucide. Both are written in TypeScript.

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What they share and what sets them apart

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SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
paperclip3,133,031 lines written5,090 code files
rowboat353,082 lines written1,207 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
rowboat19.8% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
paperclipLast push November 4, 20265,942 commits111,002 stars
rowboatLast push November 6, 20262,329 commits18,140 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
rowboat386 test files34.1% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, paperclip or rowboat?
paperclip, with 3,133,031 lines written; rowboat has 353,082.

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

Which has more GitHub stars, paperclip or rowboat?
paperclip, with 111,002 stars; rowboat has 18,140.

The proof: paperclipai/paperclip on GitHub

Which has more tests, paperclip or rowboat?
paperclip, with 4,571 test files; rowboat has 386.

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

Which was updated more recently, paperclip or rowboat?
rowboat: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and paperclip's on November 4, 2026.

The proof: rowboatlabs/rowboat's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, paperclip or rowboat?
rowboat: an AI signed 19.8% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex; in paperclip, 17%.

The proof: the commits each tool signed in rowboatlabs/rowboat

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