paperclip vs waveterm
paperclip and waveterm share 12 technologies: Google, React, Vite, yaml, react-markdown, remark-gfm, ai, Tailwind CSS, tailwind-merge, Mermaid, react-resizable-panels, and xterm. paperclip is written in TypeScript and waveterm in Go.
What they share and what sets them apart
paperclipai
paperclip
The open-source app everyone uses to manage agents at work
TypeScript111kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit 0eaabe5What is paperclip built with?Only in paperclip
- Express
- Postgres
- MCP
AWS S3- Tokio
OpenAI- Anthropic
- Sentry
Svix
react-router-dom
- Zod
- @opentelemetry/resources
@clack/prompts
- Drizzle
- hmac
- jsonschema
- Ajv
- @daytonaio/sdk
three
- Better Auth
- @ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock
- sharp
- dompurify
- ajv-formats
opentelemetry
- pino
class-variance-authority
- Radix UI
motion
dnd-kit
lexical
- @lezer/highlight
- Base UI
- cmdk
- CodeMirror
- Lucide
@assistant-ui/react
In common
wavetermdev
waveterm
An open-source, AI-integrated, cross-platform terminal for seamless workflows
Go22.7kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit 9f1c967What is waveterm built with?Only in waveterm
- net/http
- Gorilla
- go-sqlite3
- SQLite
- Electron
@floating-ui/react
- monaco-editor
react-dnd
- TanStack
monaco-yaml
react-dnd-html5-backend
@observablehq/plot
- github.com/jmoiron/sqlx
github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5
@ai-sdk/react
- unist-util-visit
- html-to-image
papaparse
- pngjs
rehype-highlight
rehype-raw
rehype-sanitize
rehype-slug
shiki
- streamdown
github.com/invopop/jsonschema
winston
recharts
Side by side
paperclipwaveterm
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
paperclip3,133,031 lines written5,090 code files
waveterm149,008 lines written598 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
waveterm2.8% of its commits signed by AIWith GitHub Copilot, CodeRabbit, Claude Code, and Kilo Code
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
paperclipLast push November 4, 20265,942 commits111,002 stars
wavetermLast push November 3, 20262,655 commits22,653 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
waveterm60 test files16.6% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, paperclip or waveterm?
paperclip, with 3,133,031 lines written; waveterm has 149,008.
Which has more GitHub stars, paperclip or waveterm?
paperclip, with 111,002 stars; waveterm has 22,653.
The proof: paperclipai/paperclip on GitHub
Which has more tests, paperclip or waveterm?
paperclip, with 4,571 test files; waveterm has 60.
Which was updated more recently, paperclip or waveterm?
paperclip: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and waveterm's on November 3, 2026.
The proof: paperclipai/paperclip's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, paperclip or waveterm?
paperclip: an AI signed 17% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot; in waveterm, 2.8%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in paperclipai/paperclip
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