Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/paperclipai/paperclip/vs/wavetermdev/waveterm
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/paperclipai/paperclip/vs/wavetermdev/waveterm.md
Description: 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.

# 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.

- [paperclipai/paperclip](https://seerepo.com/r/paperclipai/paperclip): The open-source app everyone uses to manage agents at work
- [wavetermdev/waveterm](https://seerepo.com/r/wavetermdev/waveterm): An open-source, AI-integrated, cross-platform terminal for seamless workflows

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Google, React, Vite, yaml, react-markdown, remark-gfm, ai, Tailwind CSS, tailwind-merge, Mermaid, react-resizable-panels, xterm
- 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
- 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

| | paperclip | waveterm |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 3,133,031 lines written, 5,090 code files | 149,008 lines written, 598 code files |
| Who writes it | 17% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot | 2.8% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot, CodeRabbit, Claude Code, and Kilo Code |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 5,942 commits, 111,002 stars | Last push November 3, 2026, 2,655 commits, 22,653 stars |
| Tests | 4,571 test files. 60.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 60 test files. 16.6% 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 waveterm?

paperclip, with 3,133,031 lines written; waveterm has 149,008.

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

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

paperclip, with 111,002 stars; waveterm has 22,653.

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

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

paperclip, with 4,571 test files; waveterm has 60.

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

### 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](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/commits)

### 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](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)
- wavetermdev/waveterm: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 9f1c967 (https://github.com/wavetermdev/waveterm/tree/9f1c9670d407be3b93cf090319a63ef30bf54d0e)

## 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.