Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/paperclipai/paperclip/vs/web-infra-dev/midscene
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/paperclipai/paperclip/vs/web-infra-dev/midscene.md
Description: paperclip and midscene share 7 technologies: Express, React, OpenAI, Zod, sharp, Tailwind CSS, and react-resizable-panels. Both are written in TypeScript.

# paperclip vs midscene

paperclip and midscene share 7 technologies: Express, React, OpenAI, Zod, sharp, Tailwind CSS, and react-resizable-panels. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [paperclipai/paperclip](https://seerepo.com/r/paperclipai/paperclip): The open-source app everyone uses to manage agents at work
- [web-infra-dev/midscene](https://seerepo.com/r/web-infra-dev/midscene): See interfaces like a human. E2E testing in natural language.

## What they share and what sets them apart

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

## Side by side

| | paperclip | midscene |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 3,133,031 lines written, 5,090 code files | 414,757 lines written, 876 code files |
| Who writes it | 17% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot | 9.7% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Factory |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 5,942 commits, 111,002 stars | Last push November 7, 2026, 2,414 commits, 15,541 stars |
| Tests | 4,571 test files. 60.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 971 test files. 57.9% 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 midscene?

paperclip, with 3,133,031 lines written; midscene has 414,757.

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

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

paperclip, with 111,002 stars; midscene has 15,541.

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

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

paperclip, with 4,571 test files; midscene has 971.

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

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

midscene: its last push was on November 7, 2026, and paperclip's on November 4, 2026.

The proof: [web-infra-dev/midscene's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/web-infra-dev/midscene/commits)

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

paperclip: an AI signed 17% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot; in midscene, 9.7%.

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)
- web-infra-dev/midscene: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit 485dba8 (https://github.com/web-infra-dev/midscene/tree/485dba8f7f7bf6c4beb95e74f05c4b81b528850f)

## 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.