What is cindy built with?

Q: Which repos have a stack like cindy's?

The ones that share most of its stack: CherryHQ/cherry-studio, multica-ai/multica, and cline/cline.

cindy is a TypeScript repo built with React, react-router-dom, Vite, Electron, Tokio, and 6 more. It stores its data in SQLite, reaches it with Drizzle, signs people in with jose, jwcrypto, expo-apple-authentication, com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt, and androidx.biometric:biometric, uses AI through @earendil-works/pi-ai, onnxruntime-android, and Anthropic, makes its content with unified, unist-util-visit, gray-matter, sharp, remark-parse, and 30 more, validates its data with Zod, typebox, and @terrazzo/parser, is tested with playwright-core, Vitest, and Testing Library, deploys with electron-squirrel-startup and expo-updates, and uses MCP, electron-store, @react-native-async-storage/async-storage, expo-secure-store, and Firebase. It has 4,695,566 written lines, with 6,296 test files.

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The card says what it's built with. Its whole map opens it up: every part of the code and how it connects to the rest.

Frontend

The base 6

React1,759 files · in apps/desktop/package.json
react-native478 files
react-router-dom159 files
Expo150 files · in apps/mobile/package.json
Tauri1 file
Vite1 file · in apps/desktop/package.json

Styles 4

Interface 27

Radix UI92 files
react-native-safe-area-context77 files
expo63 files
tiptap39 files
react-native-reanimated28 files
CodeMirror9 files
expo-glass-effect8 files
TanStack7 files
expo-image6 files
@legendapp/list5 files
react-native-screens3 files
xterm3 files

15 more

Mermaid2 files
react-native-gesture-handler2 files
sortablejs2 files
@floating-ui/react-dom1 file
expo-blur1 file
react-native-webview24 files
react-native-svg15 files
react-native-uitextview2 files
@lezer/highlight1 file
@react-native-menu/menu1 file
androidx.window:window1 file
canvas-confetti1 file
cm6-graphql1 file
expo-paste-input1 file
lowlight1 file

Icons 1

Lucide704 files

Backend

Data 4

SQLite58 files · apps/desktop/src/main/localDb/betterSqliteFactory.ts, line 5
@react-native-async-storage/async-storage57 files
expo-secure-store2 files
electron-store10 files

Services 3

Data access 1

Drizzle196 files

Sign-in 5

expo-apple-authentication1 file
com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt3 files
jose3 files
androidx.biometric:biometric1 file
jwcrypto1 file

AI 2

@earendil-works/pi-ai1 file
onnxruntime-android

The base 1

androidx.core:core2 files

Support

Testing 6

Vitest6,092 files
Testing Library825 files
playwright-core10 files
sharp1 file
Zod1 file
jose1 file

Tools 14

TypeScript199 files
esbuild18 files
@expo/config-plugins14 files
clap3 files
electron-forge3 files
napi-derive3 files
acorn2 files
@terrazzo/cli1 file
Babel1 file
Expo1 file
commander10 files
ignore2 files

2 more

cli-table31 file
simple-git1 file

The base 6

Electron540 files
Expo12 files · in apps/mobile/package.json
Tokio3 files
expo-modules-core1 file
androidx.core:core6 files
com.facebook.react:react-android3 files

Content 35

unified21 files
sharp19 files
remark-parse9 files
expo-image-manipulator8 files
remark-gfm6 files
expo-image-picker3 files
highlight.js3 files
parse53 files
docx2 files
expo-document-picker2 files
marked2 files
pdfjs-dist2 files

23 more

pptxgenjs2 files
@mozilla/readability1 file
expo-media-library1 file
katex1 file
rehype-highlight1 file
rehype-katex1 file
rehype-slug1 file
remark-math1 file
gray-matter20 files
unist-util-visit16 files
js-yaml15 files
qrcode5 files
react-markdown3 files
@napi-rs/canvas2 files
entities2 files
turndown2 files
exceljs1 file
gifenc1 file
html-to-image1 file
jpeg-encoder1 file
remark-cjk-friendly1 file
turndown-plugin-gfm1 file
zip1 file

Validation 3

Zod178 files
@terrazzo/parser2 files
typebox1 file

Deploy 2

expo-updates9 files
electron-squirrel-startup1 file

Other 57

i18next95 files
expo-file-system44 files
expo-audio36 files
expo-crypto34 files
noble17 files
expo-clipboard14 files
undici14 files
expo-localization5 files
expo-web-browser5 files
chalk4 files
@larksuiteoapi/node-sdk3 files
react-native-worklets3 files

45 more

discord.js2 files
iroh2 files
micromatch2 files
.ENV1 file
@wecom/aibot-node-sdk1 file
json51 file
napi
react-i18next1,054 files
ws32 files
serde_json19 files
@paralleldrive/cuid217 files
jszip16 files
windows-sys16 files
smol-toml9 files
windows7 files
diff6 files
base645 files
tar5 files
ring4 files
sha24 files
ssh24 files
x25519-dalek4 files
zeroize4 files
node-pty3 files
anyhow2 files
chrono2 files
electron-window-state2 files
node-machine-id2 files
pako2 files
selfsigned2 files
serde2 files
sysinfo2 files
bonjour-service1 file
clsx1 file
dingtalk-stream1 file
fix-path1 file
hidapi1 file
ipaddr.js1 file
open1 file
silk-wasm1 file
ssh-config1 file
walkdir1 file
okhttp
ShortcutBadger
thiserror

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Frequently asked questions

What language is cindy written in?

cindy is written in TypeScript, with 4,695,566 written lines.

What framework does cindy use?

cindy is built with React, react-router-dom, Vite, Electron, Tokio, Tauri, react-native, Expo, androidx.core:core, com.facebook.react:react-android, and expo-modules-core.

The proof: in apps/desktop/package.json

What database does cindy use?

cindy stores its data in SQLite and reaches it with Drizzle.

The proof: apps/desktop/src/main/localDb/betterSqliteFactory.ts, line 5

What does cindy sign people in with?

cindy signs people in with jose, jwcrypto, expo-apple-authentication, com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt, and androidx.biometric:biometric.

Does cindy use AI?

Yes. cindy uses AI through @earendil-works/pi-ai, onnxruntime-android, and Anthropic.

What services does cindy use?

cindy uses MCP, electron-store, @react-native-async-storage/async-storage, expo-secure-store, and Firebase.

The proof: packages/lizi-mcps/src/lizi_xdtHelperMcpServer.ts, line 51

Does cindy have tests?