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DSPy vs Semantic Kernel vs Mastra
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| Field | DSPy | Semantic Kernel | Mastra |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 38,971 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 28,745Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 29,400Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| downloads | — | — | 3,150,478Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Last commit | 2026-11-07Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-11-07Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-11-08Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Language | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo ago | csharpSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo ago | typescriptSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo ago |
| Licence | MITSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | MITSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| Archived | noSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | noSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | noSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Category | optimisationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo ago | orchestrationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo ago | orchestrationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo ago |
| Contributors | 484Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 460Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 701Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Forks | 3491Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 4856Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 3085Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Maintainer | Stanford NLPSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo ago | MicrosoftSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo ago | MastraSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo ago |
| npm downloads, monthly | — | — | 10391822Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| npm downloads, weekly | — | — | 3150478Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| npm package | — | — | @mastra/coreSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| npm window ends | — | — | 2026-11-06Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Open issues | 770Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 315Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 820Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| PyPI package | dspy-aiSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | semantic-kernelSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| PyPI released | 2026-10-12T23:07:31.783801ZSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-11-05T10:58:35.730388ZSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| Requires Python | >=3.9Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | >=3.11Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| PyPI version | 3.4.1Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 1.47.0Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| Repository | https://github.com/stanfordnlp/dspySynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernelSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | https://github.com/mastra-ai/mastraSynced 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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