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Instructor vs CrewAI vs Vercel AI SDK
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| Field | Instructor | CrewAI | Vercel AI SDK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 13,939Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 58,958 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 26,922Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| downloads | 13,080,962Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | — | 17,883,737 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Last commit | 2026-09-22Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-09-23Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-09-24Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Language | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | typescriptSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| Licence | MITSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | MITSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| Archived | noSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | noSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | noSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Category | structured-outputSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | multi-agentSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | orchestrationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| Contributors | 267Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 340Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 715Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Forks | 1262Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 8560Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 5180Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Maintainer | 567 LabsSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | CrewAISeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | VercelSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| npm downloads, monthly | — | — | 87791075Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| npm downloads, weekly | — | — | 17883737Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| npm package | — | — | aiSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| npm window ends | — | — | 2026-09-21Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Open issues | 90Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 463Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 1462Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| PyPI downloads, monthly | 27671654Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | — | — |
| PyPI downloads, weekly | 13080962Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | — | — |
| PyPI package | instructorSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | crewaiSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| PyPI released | 2026-09-09T02:25:54.888746ZSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-09-16T22:10:41.471882ZSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| Requires Python | <4.0,>=3.9Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | <3.14,>=3.10Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| PyPI version | 1.17.0Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 1.15.22Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| Repository | https://github.com/567-labs/instructorSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAISynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | https://github.com/vercel/aiSynced 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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