Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/paperclipai/paperclip/vs/yc-software/qm
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/paperclipai/paperclip/vs/yc-software/qm.md
Description: 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.

# 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.

- [paperclipai/paperclip](https://seerepo.com/r/paperclipai/paperclip): The open-source app everyone uses to manage agents at work
- [yc-software/qm](https://seerepo.com/r/yc-software/qm): Multiplayer agent harness for work.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Postgres, MCP, AWS S3, Vite, Anthropic, Sentry, Zod, dompurify, @lezer/highlight, CodeMirror, Mermaid, Lucide
- Only in paperclip: Express, Google, React, Tokio, OpenAI, 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, sharp, ajv-formats, opentelemetry, pino, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, motion, dnd-kit, lexical, Base UI, cmdk, react-resizable-panels, xterm, @assistant-ui/react
- Only in qm: lru-cache, @aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner, Modal, @slack/bolt, Fastify, Electron, objc2-foundation, objc2-app-kit, Lit, emoji-datasource, aws-sdk, jose, @smithy/signature-v4, earendil-works, e2b, marked, nodemailer, officeparser, typebox, @aws-sdk/client-ecs, core-graphics, html2text, pulldown-cmark, morphdom, Pi, TanStack, html-to-image, katex, papaparse

## Side by side

| | paperclip | qm |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 3,133,031 lines written, 5,090 code files | 551,856 lines written, 1,027 code files |
| Who writes it | 17% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot | 3.3% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 5,942 commits, 111,002 stars | Last push November 8, 2026, 1,491 commits, 15,654 stars |
| Tests | 4,571 test files. 60.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,261 test files. 70.5% 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 qm?

paperclip, with 3,133,031 lines written; qm has 551,856.

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

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

paperclip, with 111,002 stars; qm has 15,654.

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

### 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](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/0eaabe5c0b37c99d827f78a1a8598e7b3534078a)

### 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](https://github.com/yc-software/qm/commits)

### 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](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)
- yc-software/qm: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit 3d52212 (https://github.com/yc-software/qm/tree/3d522127d8386f73980b07d462edceebf3783bdb)

## 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.