Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/shadcn-ui/ui/vs/vuejs/vitepress
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/shadcn-ui/ui/vs/vuejs/vitepress.md
Description: ui and vitepress share 5 technologies: lru-cache, Vite, shiki, PostCSS, and ora. Both are written in TypeScript.

# ui vs vitepress

ui and vitepress share 5 technologies: lru-cache, Vite, shiki, PostCSS, and ora. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [shadcn-ui/ui](https://seerepo.com/r/shadcn-ui/ui): Composable, accessible components with thoughtful defaults. Build your own component library with code you can customize, extend, and make your own.
- [vuejs/vitepress](https://seerepo.com/r/vuejs/vitepress): Vite & Vue powered static site generator.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: lru-cache, Vite, shiki, PostCSS, ora
- Only in ui: React, Next.js, Vercel, MCP, React Router, TanStack, Tailwind CSS, cn, class-variance-authority, next-themes, recharts, Radix UI, Base UI, sonner, react-resizable-panels, embla-carousel-react, react-day-picker, cmdk, dnd-kit, motion, vaul, React Hook Form, Lucide, hugeicons, @tabler/icons-react, @phosphor-icons/react, @remixicon/react, ai, @ai-sdk/react, streamdown, unist-util-visit, Zod, tailwindcss-animate, geist, prompts
- Only in vitepress: Vue, polka, postcss-selector-parser, @clack/prompts, @docsearch/js, mark.js, Iconify, markdown-it, gray-matter, @shikijs/transformers, eta, image-size

## Side by side

| | ui | vitepress |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 636,496 lines written, 3,892 code files | 34,206 lines written, 148 code files |
| Who writes it | 3% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Devin | 3.6% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 2,298 commits, 127,326 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 2,941 commits, 18,466 stars |
| Tests | 415 test files. 3.8% of its code files have a test that imports them | 43 test files. 18.2% 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, ui or vitepress?

ui, with 636,496 lines written; vitepress has 34,206.

The proof: [shadcn-ui/ui's code at commit 8a35366](https://github.com/shadcn-ui/ui/tree/8a3536678a528cc012b9e62484290e79d0be410f)

### Which has more GitHub stars, ui or vitepress?

ui, with 127,326 stars; vitepress has 18,466.

The proof: [shadcn-ui/ui on GitHub](https://github.com/shadcn-ui/ui)

### Which has more tests, ui or vitepress?

ui, with 415 test files; vitepress has 43.

The proof: [shadcn-ui/ui's code at commit 8a35366](https://github.com/shadcn-ui/ui/tree/8a3536678a528cc012b9e62484290e79d0be410f)

### Which was updated more recently, ui or vitepress?

vitepress: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and ui's on November 4, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, ui or vitepress?

vitepress: an AI signed 3.6% of its commits, with Claude Code and GitHub Copilot; in ui, 3%.

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

## Sources

- shadcn-ui/ui: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 8a35366 (https://github.com/shadcn-ui/ui/tree/8a3536678a528cc012b9e62484290e79d0be410f)
- vuejs/vitepress: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 6c9f6e6 (https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress/tree/6c9f6e6c6db43f766fce97c80c57fa123a0fdc31)

## 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.