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Instructor vs AutoGen vs Vercel AI SDK
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| Field | Instructor | AutoGen | Vercel AI SDK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 13,939Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 61,130 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 26,922Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| downloads | 13,080,962Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | 47,487Synced from sourceAging6d ago | 17,883,737 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| Last commit | 2026-09-22Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 2026-04-15Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 2026-09-24Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| Language | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | typescriptSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| Licence | MITSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago | CC-BY-4.0Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | — |
| Archived | noSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago | noSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago | noSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| Category | structured-outputSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | multi-agentSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | orchestrationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| Contributors | 267Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 534Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 715Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| Forks | 1262Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 9246Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 5180Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| Maintainer | 567 LabsSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | MicrosoftSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | VercelSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| npm downloads, monthly | — | — | 87791075Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| npm downloads, weekly | — | — | 17883737Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| npm package | — | — | aiSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| npm window ends | — | — | 2026-09-21Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| Open issues | 90Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 1098Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 1462Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| PyPI downloads, monthly | 27671654Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | 263297Synced from sourceAging6d ago | — |
| PyPI downloads, weekly | 13080962Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | 47487Synced from sourceAging6d ago | — |
| PyPI package | instructorSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago | pyautogenSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago | — |
| PyPI released | 2026-09-09T02:25:54.888746ZSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 2025-07-15T00:37:26.170442ZSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago | — |
| Requires Python | <4.0,>=3.9Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | >=3.10Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | — |
| PyPI version | 1.17.0Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 0.10.0Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | — |
| Repository | https://github.com/567-labs/instructorSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago | https://github.com/microsoft/autogenSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago | https://github.com/vercel/aiSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
Sources: GitHub REST API, npm registry downloads, PyPI registry metadata, pypistats.org downloads. Most recent observation 4h 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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