paperclip vs qm

paperclip and qm share 12 technologies: Postgres, MCP, AWS S3, Vite, Anthropic, Sentry, Zod, dompurify, @lezer/highlight, CodeMirror, Mermaid, and Lucide. Both are written in TypeScript.

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What they share and what sets them apart

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SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
paperclip3,133,031 lines written5,090 code files
qm551,856 lines written1,027 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
qm3.3% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
paperclipLast push November 4, 20265,942 commits111,002 stars
qmLast push November 8, 20261,491 commits15,654 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
qm1,261 test files70.5% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, paperclip or qm?
paperclip, with 3,133,031 lines written; qm has 551,856.

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

Which has more GitHub stars, paperclip or qm?
paperclip, with 111,002 stars; qm has 15,654.

The proof: paperclipai/paperclip on GitHub

Which has more tests, paperclip or qm?
paperclip, with 4,571 test files; qm has 1,261.

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

Which was updated more recently, paperclip or qm?
qm: its last push was on November 8, 2026, and paperclip's on November 4, 2026.

The proof: yc-software/qm's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, paperclip or qm?
paperclip: an AI signed 17% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot; in qm, 3.3%.

The proof: the commits each tool signed in paperclipai/paperclip

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