Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/satnaing/shadcn-admin/vs/TryGhost/Ghost
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/satnaing/shadcn-admin/vs/TryGhost/Ghost.md
Description: shadcn-admin and Ghost share 14 technologies: Vite, React, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, React Hook Form, sonner, recharts, cmdk, react-day-picker, Lucide, Zod, and @hookform/resolvers. Both are written in TypeScript.

# shadcn-admin vs Ghost

shadcn-admin and Ghost share 14 technologies: Vite, React, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, React Hook Form, sonner, recharts, cmdk, react-day-picker, Lucide, Zod, and @hookform/resolvers. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [satnaing/shadcn-admin](https://seerepo.com/r/satnaing/shadcn-admin): Admin Dashboard UI built with Shadcn and Vite.
- [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: Vite, React, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, React Hook Form, sonner, recharts, cmdk, react-day-picker, Lucide, Zod, @hookform/resolvers
- Only in shadcn-admin: TanStack, @tanstack/react-table, input-otp, react-top-loading-bar, @radix-ui/react-icons, Clerk
- Only in Ghost: React Router, Preact, bson-objectid, Sentry, Express, @isaacs/ttlcache, bullmq, cache-manager, lru-cache, Stripe, Mailgun, Hono, js-yaml, html2canvas-pro, dompurify, @codemirror/theme-one-dark, CodeMirror, xyflow, @uiw/react-codemirror, dnd-kit, @floating-ui/react-dom, @tanstack/react-virtual, D3, papaparse, validator, Headless UI, tiptap, @number-flow/react, react-dropzone, country-flag-icons, knex, jsonwebtoken, express-session, otplib, cookie-session, jose, Cheerio, handlebars, sanitize-html, sharp, entities, file-type, image-size, html-to-text, node-html-markdown, probe-image-size, rss, cron-validate, lexical, markdown-it, markdown-it-footnote, markdown-it-mark, markdown-it-sub, markdown-it-sup, emoji-mart, @lezer/highlight, react-colorful, react-error-boundary, @lexical/markdown, prop-types, Ajv, ajv-formats, nodemailer

## Side by side

| | shadcn-admin | Ghost |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 19,100 lines written, 207 code files | 1,229,446 lines written, 4,191 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI | 1.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push September 10, 2026, 323 commits, 16,595 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 51,839 commits, 55,684 stars |
| Tests | 23 test files. 14% of its code files have a test that imports them | 2,676 test files. 39.8% 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, shadcn-admin or Ghost?

Ghost, with 1,229,446 lines written; shadcn-admin has 19,100.

The proof: [TryGhost/Ghost's code at commit 7336dc2](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/7336dc28b3ac6e4351c24b0b93ce03700d32a8e8)

### Which has more GitHub stars, shadcn-admin or Ghost?

Ghost, with 55,684 stars; shadcn-admin has 16,595.

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

### Which has more tests, shadcn-admin or Ghost?

Ghost, with 2,676 test files; shadcn-admin has 23.

The proof: [TryGhost/Ghost's code at commit 7336dc2](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/7336dc28b3ac6e4351c24b0b93ce03700d32a8e8)

### Which was updated more recently, shadcn-admin or Ghost?

Ghost: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and shadcn-admin's on September 10, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, shadcn-admin or Ghost?

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

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

## Sources

- satnaing/shadcn-admin: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit e16c87f (https://github.com/satnaing/shadcn-admin/tree/e16c87f213a5ba5e45964e9b67c792105ec74d26)
- TryGhost/Ghost: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 7336dc2 (https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/7336dc28b3ac6e4351c24b0b93ce03700d32a8e8)

## 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.