Angular vs React: source lines of code compared

The Angular vs React comparison on OctoCounts shows side-by-side source line counts for angular/angular and react/react, counted under the rules and on the dates stated below: files, total lines, code lines, comment lines, blank lines, and per-language totals, pinned to the exact commits listed below.

This page compares the source lines of code (SLOC) of angular/angular and react/react using cached OctoCounts reports. Code size is not code quality: a larger count only means more source material, not a better or worse project.

As of 2026-11-05, angular/angular contains 1,071,233 total lines (736,034 code) across 6,857 files, while react/react contains 459,809 total lines (364,361 code) across 2,133 files as of 2026-11-01. angular/angular has about 2.0x the counted code lines of react/react under the same engine and counting rules. Code size is not code quality: a larger count only means more source material, not a better or worse project.

Metricangular/angularreact/react
Files6,8572,133
Total lines1,071,233459,809
Code lines736,034364,361
Comment lines210,08559,105
Blank lines125,11436,343
Languages counted1511

Top languages in angular/angular: TypeScript (50.7% of code), YAML (15.9% of code), JSON (14.2% of code). Top languages in react/react: JavaScript (63.5% of code), Rust (17.5% of code), TypeScript (16.4% of code). TypeScript, JSON, Rust appear in both top language lists; YAML, HTML appear only in angular/angular's top languages; JavaScript, CSS appear only in react/react's top languages.

Methodology: both counts come from cached OctoCounts reports generated with tokei. angular/angular was counted at ref main (commit a2617c5b96b0) on 2026-11-05; react/react was counted at ref 1d34f91dfde6bba84d08b683aaba164c7194dacb (commit 1d34f91dfde6) on 2026-11-01. See the counting methodology for ignored directories and analysis options.

Both reports use the same engine and effective counting rules. Repository declarations, when enabled, are specific to each repository. angular/angular: tokei-15.0.0, policy directories-v1; docs excluded, tests excluded, generated excluded. Excluded directory names: .cache, .generated, .git, .next, __tests__, build, dist, doc, docs, documentation, fixtures, gen, generated, node_modules, target, test, tests, vendor. Ignored languages: none. Repository declarations: off. Exclusions are rule-based; they do not prove that every test, document or generated file was removed. react/react: tokei-15.0.0, policy directories-v1; docs excluded, tests excluded, generated excluded. Excluded directory names: .cache, .generated, .git, .next, __tests__, build, dist, doc, docs, documentation, fixtures, gen, generated, node_modules, target, test, tests, vendor. Ignored languages: none. Repository declarations: off. Exclusions are rule-based; they do not prove that every test, document or generated file was removed.

About this comparison

Background observations recorded on 2026-10-16; language descriptions here are historical context, not claims about the current filtered shares. Use this page's measured language breakdown for current counts. Repository layout before counting filters: angular/angular is the Angular framework monorepo: the core framework packages, compiler, and tooling, along with documentation and test suites. react/react is the React monorepo: the React packages plus fixtures, documentation site content, and test infrastructure. Both repositories are framework source trees, counted on the dates shown in the methodology line; Angular's CLI and wider tooling ecosystem live in separate repositories.

Angular and React package their framework internals differently. The selected reports show their implementation-language totals; those totals do not establish what language an application must use or when a project adopted TypeScript.

Neither number predicts the size, performance, or quality of an app built with the framework: a bundled application contains a compiled subset of the framework, application code, and dependencies. Use these counts to gauge the reading and maintenance surface of each framework source tree.

Sources: angular/angular repository (framework monorepo) · react/react repository structure (packages/ monorepo). Statements verified 2026-10-16.

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Note: code size is not code quality. OctoCounts only reports reproducible line counts and makes no claim that either project is better.

Compare FAQ

Which has more lines of code, angular/angular or react/react?

As of 2026-11-05, angular/angular contains 1,071,233 total lines (736,034 code) across 6,857 files, while react/react contains 459,809 total lines (364,361 code) across 2,133 files as of 2026-11-01. angular/angular has about 2.0x the counted code lines of react/react under the same engine and counting rules. Code size is not code quality: a larger count only means more source material, not a better or worse project.

Does more source lines of code mean more complexity?

Not necessarily. SLOC measures size, not complexity, quality, or maintainability. A larger codebase can mean more features, more generated or vendored code, more verbose language idioms, or more tests — none of which imply the code is harder to work with. Use SLOC to gauge the scale of what you'd be reading or maintaining, not as a quality signal for angular/angular, react/react, or any repository.

How is this comparison calculated?

Methodology: both counts come from cached OctoCounts reports generated with tokei. angular/angular was counted at ref main (commit a2617c5b96b0) on 2026-11-05; react/react was counted at ref 1d34f91dfde6bba84d08b683aaba164c7194dacb (commit 1d34f91dfde6) on 2026-11-01. See the counting methodology for ignored directories and analysis options.

Can I compare a different branch, tag, or commit?

Yes. This page shows the default branch for each repository. Use the interactive comparison tool to pick any public GitHub repository, branch, tag, or commit SHA for both sides and get a fresh side-by-side report.