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LangChain vs smolagents vs Mastra
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| Field | LangChain | smolagents | Mastra |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 146,956 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 29,463Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 28,295Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| downloads | 2,026,447 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 132,630Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | 1,161,907Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Last commit | 2026-09-24Synced 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 | Apache-2.0Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| Archived | noSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | noSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | noSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Category | orchestrationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | multi-agentSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | orchestrationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| Contributors | 3740Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 208Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 678Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Forks | 24587Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2991Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2845Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Maintainer | LangChainSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | Hugging FaceSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | MastraSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| npm downloads, monthly | 10553700Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — | 5528725Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| npm downloads, weekly | 2026447Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — | 1161907Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| npm package | langchainSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — | @mastra/coreSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| npm window ends | 2026-09-21Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — | 2026-09-21Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Open issues | 561Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 827Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 447Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| PyPI downloads, monthly | — | 614573Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | — |
| PyPI downloads, weekly | — | 132630Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | — |
| PyPI package | langchainSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | smolagentsSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| PyPI released | 2026-09-18T17:31:10.056247ZSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-05-29T05:08:43.280962ZSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| Requires Python | <4.0.0,>=3.10.0Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | >=3.10Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| PyPI version | 1.4.2Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 1.26.0Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| Repository | https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchainSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | https://github.com/huggingface/smolagentsSynced 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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