paperclip vs windmill

paperclip and windmill share 17 technologies: Postgres, React, Tokio, OpenAI, Anthropic, yaml, Zod, hmac, Ajv, ai, dompurify, Tailwind CSS, tailwind-merge, Mermaid, xterm, Lucide, and @assistant-ui/react. paperclip is written in TypeScript and windmill in Rust.

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Code-first platform for workflows, apps and AI agents, on the fastest self-hostable orchestrator (benchmarked against Airflow, Prefect and Temporal). Business teams build with AI, engineers control what ships. Open-source alternative to Lovable, Retool and n8n.

Rust18.4kRead on November 6, 2026, at commit 9ce2c6bWhat is windmill built with?

Only in windmill

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
paperclip3,133,031 lines written5,090 code files
windmill1,458,145 lines written4,587 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
windmill18.1% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
paperclipLast push November 4, 20265,942 commits111,002 stars
windmillLast push November 6, 202615,630 commits18,428 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
windmill803 test files9.7% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, paperclip or windmill?
paperclip, with 3,133,031 lines written; windmill has 1,458,145.

The proof: paperclipai/paperclip's code at commit 0eaabe5

Which has more GitHub stars, paperclip or windmill?
paperclip, with 111,002 stars; windmill has 18,428.

The proof: paperclipai/paperclip on GitHub

Which has more tests, paperclip or windmill?
paperclip, with 4,571 test files; windmill has 803.

The proof: paperclipai/paperclip's code at commit 0eaabe5

Which was updated more recently, paperclip or windmill?
windmill: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and paperclip's on November 4, 2026.

The proof: windmill-labs/windmill's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, paperclip or windmill?
windmill: an AI signed 18.1% of its commits, with Claude Code; in paperclip, 17%.

The proof: the commits each tool signed in windmill-labs/windmill

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