# Angular vs Vue: source lines of code compared

The Angular vs Vue comparison on OctoCounts shows side-by-side source line counts for angular/angular and vuejs/core, counted with the same engine and analysis options on the dates shown in the methodology line: files, total lines, code lines, comment lines, blank lines, and per-language totals, pinned to the exact commits listed below.

As of 2026-09-19, angular/angular contains 946,917 total lines (627,921 code) across 6,613 files, while vuejs/core contains 81,299 total lines (60,701 code) across 413 files as of 2026-09-19. angular/angular is about 10x the size of vuejs/core by code lines. Code size is not code quality: a larger count only means more source material, not a better or worse project.

| Metric | [angular/angular](https://octocounts.com/github/angular/angular) | [vuejs/core](https://octocounts.com/github/vuejs/core) |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| Files | 6,613 | 413 |
| Total lines | 946,917 | 81,299 |
| Code lines | 627,921 | 60,701 |
| Comment lines | 203,100 | 11,970 |
| Blank lines | 115,896 | 8,628 |
| Languages counted | 12 | 11 |

Top languages in angular/angular: TypeScript (55.5% of code), YAML (18.1% of code), JSON (14.2% of code). Top languages in vuejs/core: TypeScript (82.4% of code), YAML (7.9% of code), TSX (3.5% of code). TypeScript, YAML, JSON appear in both top language lists; HTML, Bazel appear only in angular/angular's top languages; TSX, JavaScript appear only in vuejs/core's top languages.

Methodology: both counts come from cached OctoCounts reports generated with tokei. angular/angular was counted at ref main (commit 7569a02d2961) on 2026-09-19; vuejs/core was counted at ref main (commit 4ab865a848a1) on 2026-09-19. See the [counting methodology](https://octocounts.com/docs/methodology) for ignored directories and analysis options.
## About this comparison

angular/angular counts the Angular framework monorepo: framework packages, compiler, tooling, infrastructure, and its test suites. vuejs/core counts the Vue core repository — runtime, compiler, and reactivity packages — with its own tests and docs. Both are framework source trees, not applications built with them, counted on the dates shown in the methodology line.

As on the React-vs-Vue page, the language mix differs in kind: the Angular codebase is TypeScript throughout, while Vue core is also predominantly TypeScript — a shared implementation language that makes the two counts unusually comparable in tooling terms.

Both repositories carry test and fixture material on top of their shipped packages, so each count includes a share of code that exists to verify the framework rather than to be bundled by applications.

_Neither total predicts the size or performance of an app built with the framework: an application bundles only a compiled subset of its framework plus its own code and dependencies._

Sources: [angular/angular repository](https://github.com/angular/angular) · [vuejs/core repository](https://github.com/vuejs/core). Statements verified 2026-09-16.

Evidence and next steps:

- [angular/angular SLOC report](https://octocounts.com/github/angular/angular)
- [vuejs/core SLOC report](https://octocounts.com/github/vuejs/core)
- [Compare angular/angular and vuejs/core interactively](https://octocounts.com/compare?left=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fangular%2Fangular&right=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fvuejs%2Fcore)

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 vuejs/core?

angular/angular has more code: 627,921 code lines versus 60,701 for vuejs/core, about 10x as much, based on cached OctoCounts reports as of 2026-09-19.

### 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, vuejs/core, 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 7569a02d2961) on 2026-09-19; vuejs/core was counted at ref main (commit 4ab865a848a1) on 2026-09-19. 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.

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