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DSPy vs Pydantic AI vs Semantic Kernel
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| Field | DSPy | Pydantic AI | Semantic Kernel |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 38,243 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 20,133Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 28,593Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| downloads | — | 3,076,771Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | — |
| Last commit | 2026-09-23Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-09-24Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-09-19Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Language | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | csharpSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| Licence | MITSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | MITSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | MITSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Archived | noSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | noSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | noSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Category | optimisationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | structured-outputSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | orchestrationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| Contributors | 459Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 589Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 416Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Forks | 3353Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2768Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 4787Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Maintainer | Stanford NLPSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | PydanticSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | MicrosoftSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| Open issues | 726Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 965Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 320Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| PyPI downloads, monthly | — | 13478631Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | — |
| PyPI downloads, weekly | — | 3076771Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | — |
| PyPI package | dspy-aiSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | pydantic-aiSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | semantic-kernelSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| PyPI released | 2026-08-21T23:06:20.945191ZSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-09-24T03:23:01.147978ZSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-08-06T09:56:42.518861ZSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Requires Python | >=3.9Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | >=3.10Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | >=3.10Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| PyPI version | 3.3.1Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2.49.0Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 1.44.1Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Repository | https://github.com/stanfordnlp/dspySynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-aiSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernelSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
Sources: GitHub REST API, npm registry downloads, PyPI registry metadata, pypistats.org downloads. Most recent observation 3h ago. Where a row is marked, ▲ is the highest of the values shown and ▼ the lowest — arithmetic on the figures above, not a ranking or a recommendation. Rows where neither extreme is meaningful are left unmarked rather than given a direction they do not have.
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