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LangChain vs smolagents vs LangGraph
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| Field | LangChain | smolagents | LangGraph |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 146,956 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago | 29,463Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago | 42,201Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago |
| downloads | 2,026,447Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago | 132,630Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | 2,342,174 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago |
| Last commit | 2026-09-24Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago | 2026-09-23Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago | 2026-09-23Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago |
| Language | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| Licence | MITSynced from sourceCurrent2h ago | Apache-2.0Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago | MITSynced from sourceCurrent2h ago |
| Archived | noSynced from sourceCurrent2h ago | noSynced from sourceCurrent2h ago | noSynced from sourceCurrent2h ago |
| Category | orchestrationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | multi-agentSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | orchestrationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| Contributors | 3740Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago | 208Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago | 287Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago |
| Forks | 24587Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago | 2991Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago | 7139Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago |
| Maintainer | LangChainSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | Hugging FaceSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | LangChainSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| npm downloads, monthly | 10553700Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago | — | 12112794Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago |
| npm downloads, weekly | 2026447Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago | — | 2342174Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago |
| npm package | langchainSynced from sourceCurrent2h ago | — | @langchain/langgraphSynced from sourceCurrent2h ago |
| npm window ends | 2026-09-21Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago | — | 2026-09-21Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago |
| Open issues | 561Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago | 827Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago | 816Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago |
| PyPI downloads, monthly | — | 614573Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | — |
| PyPI downloads, weekly | — | 132630Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | — |
| PyPI package | langchainSynced from sourceCurrent2h ago | smolagentsSynced from sourceCurrent2h ago | langgraphSynced from sourceCurrent2h ago |
| PyPI released | 2026-09-18T17:31:10.056247ZSynced from sourceCurrent2h ago | 2026-05-29T05:08:43.280962ZSynced from sourceCurrent2h ago | 2026-09-21T14:43:28.196799ZSynced from sourceCurrent2h ago |
| Requires Python | <4.0.0,>=3.10.0Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago | >=3.10Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago | >=3.10Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago |
| PyPI version | 1.4.2Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago | 1.26.0Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago | 1.2.12Synced from sourceCurrent2h ago |
| Repository | https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchainSynced from sourceCurrent2h ago | https://github.com/huggingface/smolagentsSynced from sourceCurrent2h ago | https://github.com/langchain-ai/langgraphSynced from sourceCurrent2h ago |
Sources: GitHub REST API, npm registry downloads, PyPI registry metadata, pypistats.org downloads. Most recent observation 2h 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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