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LlamaIndex vs DSPy vs Instructor
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| Field | LlamaIndex | DSPy | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 52,306 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 38,243Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 13,939Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| downloads | 83,631Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — | 13,080,962 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA |
| Last commit | 2026-09-24Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-09-23Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-09-22Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Language | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| Licence | MITSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | MITSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | MITSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Archived | noSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | noSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | noSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Category | ragSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | optimisationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | structured-outputSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| Contributors | 1999Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 459Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 267Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Forks | 8203Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 3353Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 1262Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Maintainer | LlamaIndexSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | Stanford NLPSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | 567 LabsSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| npm downloads, monthly | 429018Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — | — |
| npm downloads, weekly | 83631Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — | — |
| npm package | llamaindexSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — | — |
| npm window ends | 2026-09-21Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — | — |
| Open issues | 849Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 726Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 90Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| PyPI downloads, monthly | — | — | 27671654Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA |
| PyPI downloads, weekly | — | — | 13080962Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA |
| PyPI package | llama-indexSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | dspy-aiSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | instructorSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| PyPI released | 2026-09-21T16:22:20.056831ZSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-08-21T23:06:20.945191ZSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-09-09T02:25:54.888746ZSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Requires Python | <4.0,>=3.10Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | >=3.9Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | <4.0,>=3.9Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| PyPI version | 0.14.25Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 3.3.1Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 1.17.0Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Repository | https://github.com/run-llama/llama_indexSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | https://github.com/stanfordnlp/dspySynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | https://github.com/567-labs/instructorSynced 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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