Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/paperclipai/paperclip/vs/tashfeenahmed/freellmapi
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/paperclipai/paperclip/vs/tashfeenahmed/freellmapi.md
Description: paperclip and freellmapi share 16 technologies: Express, React, Vite, react-router-dom, yaml, Zod, react-markdown, remark-gfm, Ajv, sharp, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, dnd-kit, Base UI, and Lucide. Both are written in TypeScript.

# paperclip vs freellmapi

paperclip and freellmapi share 16 technologies: Express, React, Vite, react-router-dom, yaml, Zod, react-markdown, remark-gfm, Ajv, sharp, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, dnd-kit, Base UI, 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
- [tashfeenahmed/freellmapi](https://seerepo.com/r/tashfeenahmed/freellmapi): 7.4 billion tokens per month. 34 free LLM providers. 635 free model endpoints. All behind one /v1 endpoint, plus any custom OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Smart routing, automatic failover, encrypted keys. Personal experimentation only.

## What they share and what sets them apart

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

## Side by side

| | paperclip | freellmapi |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 3,133,031 lines written, 5,090 code files | 185,729 lines written, 461 code files |
| Who writes it | 17% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot | 34.8% 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 4, 2026, 982 commits, 47,987 stars |
| Tests | 4,571 test files. 60.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 471 test files. 52.5% 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 freellmapi?

paperclip, with 3,133,031 lines written; freellmapi has 185,729.

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

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

paperclip, with 111,002 stars; freellmapi has 47,987.

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

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

paperclip, with 4,571 test files; freellmapi has 471.

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

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

Both got their last push on November 4, 2026.

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

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

freellmapi: an AI signed 34.8% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex; in paperclip, 17%.

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

## Sources

- paperclipai/paperclip: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 0eaabe5 (https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/0eaabe5c0b37c99d827f78a1a8598e7b3534078a)
- tashfeenahmed/freellmapi: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit fb07845 (https://github.com/tashfeenahmed/freellmapi/tree/fb07845faf7cf986ea9f3692e055076035dd8739)

## 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.