Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/paperclipai/paperclip/vs/rowboatlabs/rowboat
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/paperclipai/paperclip/vs/rowboatlabs/rowboat.md
Description: 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.

# 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.

- [paperclipai/paperclip](https://seerepo.com/r/paperclipai/paperclip): The open-source app everyone uses to manage agents at work
- [rowboatlabs/rowboat](https://seerepo.com/r/rowboatlabs/rowboat): AI coworker with memory and collaboration

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: 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, Lucide
- Only in paperclip: AWS S3, Tokio, Sentry, Svix, react-router-dom, @opentelemetry/resources, @clack/prompts, Drizzle, hmac, react-markdown, remark-gfm, jsonschema, Ajv, @daytonaio/sdk, three, Better Auth, @ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock, sharp, dompurify, ajv-formats, opentelemetry, pino, dnd-kit, lexical, Base UI, react-resizable-panels, @assistant-ui/react
- Only in rowboat: @aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner, @electric-sql/pglite, Hono, Electron, react-native, Expo, @react-native-async-storage/async-storage, expo-secure-store, PostHog, jose, @hono/node-server, html-to-docx, electron-squirrel-startup, react-native-safe-area-context, react-native-keyboard-controller, expo-image, react-native-reanimated, expo-splash-screen, expo-blur, expo-camera, expo-status-bar, react-native-gesture-handler, expo-symbols, expo-document-picker, expo-image-picker, expo-image-manipulator, react-native-markdown-display, sonner, tiptap, tiptap-markdown, recharts, Excalidraw, react-tweet, @phosphor-icons/react, tokenlens, streamdown, qrcode.react, rehype-sanitize, remark-breaks, openid-client, @agentclientprotocol/sdk, ai-sdk, OpenRouter, ollama-ai-provider-v2, node-html-markdown, qrcode, fast-xml-parser

## Side by side

| | paperclip | rowboat |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 3,133,031 lines written, 5,090 code files | 353,082 lines written, 1,207 code files |
| Who writes it | 17% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot | 19.8% 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 6, 2026, 2,329 commits, 18,140 stars |
| Tests | 4,571 test files. 60.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 386 test files. 34.1% 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 rowboat?

paperclip, with 3,133,031 lines written; rowboat has 353,082.

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

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

paperclip, with 111,002 stars; rowboat has 18,140.

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

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

### 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](https://github.com/rowboatlabs/rowboat/commits)

### 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](https://seerepo.com/r/rowboatlabs/rowboat/ai)

## Sources

- paperclipai/paperclip: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 0eaabe5 (https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/0eaabe5c0b37c99d827f78a1a8598e7b3534078a)
- rowboatlabs/rowboat: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 84c2c75 (https://github.com/rowboatlabs/rowboat/tree/84c2c750770f7589f2cc676a18e6dd9528c37770)

## 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.