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Semantic Kernel vs Vercel AI SDK vs smolagents
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| Field | Semantic Kernel | Vercel AI SDK | smolagents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 28,745Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 27,805Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 30,260 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| downloads | — | 45,262,880 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 132,630Synced from sourceStale2mo ago· past SLA |
| Last commit | 2026-11-07Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-11-07Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-11-03Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Language | csharpSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo ago | typescriptSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo ago | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo 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 2mo ago | orchestrationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo ago | multi-agentSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo ago |
| Contributors | 460Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 783Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 208Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Forks | 4856Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 5549Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 3200Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Maintainer | MicrosoftSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo ago | VercelSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo ago | Hugging FaceSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo ago |
| npm downloads, monthly | — | 145134192Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| npm downloads, weekly | — | 45262880Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| npm package | — | aiSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| npm window ends | — | 2026-11-06Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| Open issues | 315Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 1505Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 1048Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| PyPI downloads, monthly | — | — | 614573Synced from sourceStale2mo ago· past SLA |
| PyPI downloads, weekly | — | — | 132630Synced from sourceStale2mo ago· past SLA |
| PyPI package | semantic-kernelSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — | smolagentsSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| PyPI released | 2026-11-05T10:58:35.730388ZSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — | 2026-05-29T05:08:43.280962ZSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Requires Python | >=3.11Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — | >=3.10Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| PyPI version | 1.47.0Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — | 1.26.0Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Repository | https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernelSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | https://github.com/vercel/aiSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | https://github.com/huggingface/smolagentsSynced 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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