Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/refactoringhq/tolaria/vs/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/refactoringhq/tolaria/vs/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF.md
Description: tolaria and Stirling-PDF share 16 technologies: React, Tauri, Vite, PostHog, @tauri-apps/api, Tokio, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, Tailwind CSS, Mantine, tauri-plugin-dialog, pdfjs-dist, react-markdown, remark-gfm, log, and tauri-plugin-log. Both are written in TypeScript.

# tolaria vs Stirling-PDF

tolaria and Stirling-PDF share 16 technologies: React, Tauri, Vite, PostHog, @tauri-apps/api, Tokio, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, Tailwind CSS, Mantine, tauri-plugin-dialog, pdfjs-dist, react-markdown, remark-gfm, log, and tauri-plugin-log. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [refactoringhq/tolaria](https://seerepo.com/r/refactoringhq/tolaria): Desktop app to manage markdown knowledge bases
- [Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF](https://seerepo.com/r/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF): #1 PDF Application on GitHub that lets you edit PDFs on any device anywhere

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: React, Tauri, Vite, PostHog, @tauri-apps/api, Tokio, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, Tailwind CSS, Mantine, tauri-plugin-dialog, pdfjs-dist, react-markdown, remark-gfm, log, tauri-plugin-log
- Only in tolaria: Sentry, react-native, Expo, expo-secure-store, MCP, class-variance-authority, @fontsource-variable/inter, @fontsource/ibm-plex-mono, tailwind-merge, blocknote, @tiptap/pm, CodeMirror, Radix UI, dnd-kit, react-virtuoso, @floating-ui/dom, @lezer/highlight, Mermaid, react-day-picker, @phosphor-icons/react, dompurify, katex, csv, png, rehype-highlight, @tauri-apps/plugin-process, nativewind, PostCSS, react-native-safe-area-context, tiptap, react-native-reanimated, react-native-gesture-handler, rn-primitives, expo-status-bar, react-native-webview, yaml, expo-document-picker, gray-matter, expo-updates
- Only in Stirling-PDF: org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web, H2 Database, PostgreSQL, spring-boot-starter-cache, spring-boot-starter-data-redis, com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine, Apache, Postgres, AWS S3, react-router-dom, Supabase, tauri-plugin-store, Stripe, Spring, org.springframework.session:spring-session-core, angus-mail, commonmark-ext-gfm-tables, org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox, org.apache.poi:poi-ooxml, com.google.zxing:core, org.commonmark:commonmark, io.micrometer:micrometer-core, ch.qos.logback:logback-classic, @dnd-kit/core, tanstack, @atlaskit/pragmatic-drag-and-drop, D3, react-easy-crop, react-rnd, recharts, tauri-plugin-notification, tauri-plugin-window-state, webview2-com, keyring, qrcode.react, pixelmatch

## Side by side

| | tolaria | Stirling-PDF |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 575,231 lines written, 1,911 code files | 1,135,977 lines written, 4,350 code files |
| Who writes it | 29.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex | 2.1% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Codex |
| Activity | Last push November 5, 2026, 4,207 commits, 20,462 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 5,739 commits, 95,737 stars |
| Tests | 1,664 test files. 56.1% of its code files have a test that imports them | 2,073 test files. 48.8% 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, tolaria or Stirling-PDF?

Stirling-PDF, with 1,135,977 lines written; tolaria has 575,231.

The proof: [Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF's code at commit 3b4c202](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/tree/3b4c202890f7c21726424deded3f5aaee5090846)

### Which has more GitHub stars, tolaria or Stirling-PDF?

Stirling-PDF, with 95,737 stars; tolaria has 20,462.

The proof: [Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF on GitHub](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF)

### Which has more tests, tolaria or Stirling-PDF?

Stirling-PDF, with 2,073 test files; tolaria has 1,664.

The proof: [Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF's code at commit 3b4c202](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/tree/3b4c202890f7c21726424deded3f5aaee5090846)

### Which was updated more recently, tolaria or Stirling-PDF?

tolaria: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and Stirling-PDF's on November 4, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, tolaria or Stirling-PDF?

tolaria: an AI signed 29.2% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex; in Stirling-PDF, 2.1%.

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

## Sources

- refactoringhq/tolaria: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 7503d71 (https://github.com/refactoringhq/tolaria/tree/7503d71d5b8eb98264b3f04eafc67c531b29beee)
- Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 3b4c202 (https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/tree/3b4c202890f7c21726424deded3f5aaee5090846)

## 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.