Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/plankanban/planka/vs/TryGhost/Ghost
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/plankanban/planka/vs/TryGhost/Ghost.md
Description: planka and Ghost share 13 technologies: React, React Router, Vite, react-dropzone, papaparse, prop-types, validator, knex, otplib, jsonwebtoken, sharp, file-type, and nodemailer. planka is written in JavaScript and Ghost in TypeScript.

# planka vs Ghost

planka and Ghost share 13 technologies: React, React Router, Vite, react-dropzone, papaparse, prop-types, validator, knex, otplib, jsonwebtoken, sharp, file-type, and nodemailer. planka is written in JavaScript and Ghost in TypeScript.

- [plankanban/planka](https://seerepo.com/r/plankanban/planka): Elegant open source project tracking. Self-hosted Kanban for teams — free Community edition, with PLANKA Pro for organisations.
- [TryGhost/Ghost](https://seerepo.com/r/TryGhost/Ghost): Independent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: React, React Router, Vite, react-dropzone, papaparse, prop-types, validator, knex, otplib, jsonwebtoken, sharp, file-type, nodemailer
- Only in planka: history, Postgres, @aws-sdk/lib-storage, AWS S3, classnames, semantic-ui-react, react-beautiful-dnd, react-textarea-autosize, react-hot-toast, react-intersection-observer, react-photoswipe-gallery, react-datepicker, react-frame-component, react-mentions, linkify-react, photoswipe, react-input-mask, zxcvbn, jwt-decode, highlight.js, qrcode.react, bcrypt, escape-html, winston
- Only in Ghost: Express, Preact, bson-objectid, Sentry, Hono, tryghost, lru-cache, bullmq, cache-manager, cache-manager-ioredis, Stripe, Mailgun, path-match, express-lazy-router, js-yaml, Zod, Tailwind CSS, sonner, Radix UI, React Hook Form, html2canvas-pro, dompurify, @hookform/resolvers, @codemirror/theme-one-dark, @tryghost/custom-fonts, CodeMirror, xyflow, @uiw/react-codemirror, dnd-kit, @floating-ui/react-dom, @svg-maps/world, @tanstack/react-virtual, D3, react-svg-map, Lucide, Headless UI, tiptap, @doist/react-interpolate, react-day-picker, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, recharts, cmdk, @number-flow/react, country-flag-icons, @tryghost/bookshelf-plugins, bookshelf, bookshelf-relations, knex-migrator, @tryghost/security, Better Auth, express-session, cookie-session, cookies, express-jwt, jose, Cheerio, handlebars, sanitize-html, downsize-cjs, express-hbs, entities, image-size, heic-convert, html-to-text, html5parser, juice, node-html-markdown, probe-image-size, rss, @tryghost/validator, cron-validate, lexical, markdown-it, markdown-it-footnote, markdown-it-image-lazy-loading, markdown-it-lazy-headers, markdown-it-mark, markdown-it-sub, markdown-it-sup, codemirror-spell-checker, emoji-mart, uiw, @lezer/highlight, react-colorful, react-error-boundary, react-slider, @lexical/markdown, @tryghost/logging, Ajv, ajv-formats, @tryghost/debug, parse-email-address

## Side by side

| | planka | Ghost |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 129,073 lines written, 1,211 code files | 1,238,529 lines written, 4,184 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and Codex | 1.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 1,181 commits, 12,674 stars | Last push November 10, 2026, 51,918 commits, 55,720 stars |
| Tests | 19 test files. 0.6% of its code files have a test that imports them | 2,689 test files. 40.1% 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, planka or Ghost?

Ghost, with 1,238,529 lines written; planka has 129,073.

The proof: [TryGhost/Ghost's code at commit 912930c](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/912930cfffda80c38cc74cafe1fc4c08cd866bc8)

### Which has more GitHub stars, planka or Ghost?

Ghost, with 55,720 stars; planka has 12,674.

The proof: [TryGhost/Ghost on GitHub](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost)

### Which has more tests, planka or Ghost?

Ghost, with 2,689 test files; planka has 19.

The proof: [TryGhost/Ghost's code at commit 912930c](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/912930cfffda80c38cc74cafe1fc4c08cd866bc8)

### Which was updated more recently, planka or Ghost?

Ghost: its last push was on November 10, 2026, and planka's on November 6, 2026.

The proof: [TryGhost/Ghost's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, planka or Ghost?

Ghost: an AI signed 1.5% of its commits, with Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, and GitHub Copilot; in planka, 0.2%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in TryGhost/Ghost](https://seerepo.com/r/TryGhost/Ghost/ai)

## Sources

- plankanban/planka: Read on November 10, 2026, at commit 2cf4238 (https://github.com/plankanban/planka/tree/2cf423824a09f84df7dc3acf0ded9a700292d882)
- TryGhost/Ghost: Read on November 10, 2026, at commit 912930c (https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/912930cfffda80c38cc74cafe1fc4c08cd866bc8)

## 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.