Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/seerr-team/seerr/vs/TryGhost/Ghost
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/seerr-team/seerr/vs/TryGhost/Ghost.md
Description: seerr and Ghost share 12 technologies: React, Express, lru-cache, Tailwind CSS, tailwind-merge, Headless UI, country-flag-icons, express-session, js-yaml, nodemailer, validator, and Zod. Both are written in TypeScript.

# seerr vs Ghost

seerr and Ghost share 12 technologies: React, Express, lru-cache, Tailwind CSS, tailwind-merge, Headless UI, country-flag-icons, express-session, js-yaml, nodemailer, validator, and Zod. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [seerr-team/seerr](https://seerepo.com/r/seerr-team/seerr): Open-source media request and discovery manager for Jellyfin, Plex, and Emby.
- [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, Express, lru-cache, Tailwind CSS, tailwind-merge, Headless UI, country-flag-icons, express-session, js-yaml, nodemailer, validator, Zod
- Only in seerr: Next.js, @fontsource-variable/inter, Formik, react-select, react-intersection-observer, react-hot-toast, react-popper-tooltip, @react-spring/web, ace-builds, react-ace, react-animate-height, react-aria, react-transition-group, swagger-ui-express, @heroicons/react, TypeORM, bcrypt, react-markdown, email-templates, xml2js, yup, express-openapi-validator, winston, winston-daily-rotate-file
- Only in Ghost: Vite, React Router, Preact, bson-objectid, Sentry, Hono, tryghost, bullmq, cache-manager, cache-manager-ioredis, Stripe, Mailgun, path-match, express-lazy-router, knex, 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, papaparse, tiptap, @doist/react-interpolate, react-day-picker, class-variance-authority, recharts, cmdk, @number-flow/react, react-dropzone, @tryghost/bookshelf-plugins, bookshelf, bookshelf-relations, knex-migrator, @tryghost/security, jsonwebtoken, Better Auth, otplib, cookie-session, cookies, express-jwt, jose, Cheerio, handlebars, sanitize-html, sharp, downsize-cjs, express-hbs, file-type, 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, prop-types, @tryghost/logging, Ajv, ajv-formats, @tryghost/debug, parse-email-address

## Side by side

| | seerr | Ghost |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 106,452 lines written, 573 code files | 1,238,529 lines written, 4,184 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.3% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot, CodeRabbit, and Claude Code | 1.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 9, 2026, 3,005 commits, 13,162 stars | Last push November 10, 2026, 51,918 commits, 55,720 stars |
| Tests | 44 test files. 9.9% 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, seerr or Ghost?

Ghost, with 1,238,529 lines written; seerr has 106,452.

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

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

Ghost, with 55,720 stars; seerr has 13,162.

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

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

Ghost, with 2,689 test files; seerr has 44.

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

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

Ghost: its last push was on November 10, 2026, and seerr's on November 9, 2026.

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

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

Ghost: an AI signed 1.5% of its commits, with Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, CodeRabbit, and GitHub Copilot; in seerr, 0.3%.

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

## Sources

- seerr-team/seerr: Read on November 10, 2026, at commit 3f7d5c3 (https://github.com/seerr-team/seerr/tree/3f7d5c3bd2aff1af49f4a06e277f7dee0c2f2f14)
- 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.