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smolagents vs LangChain
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| Field | smolagents | LangChain |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 29,454Synced from sourceCurrent23h ago | 146,901 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceCurrent23h ago |
| downloads | 132,630Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | 2,026,447 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceCurrent23h ago |
| Last commit | 2026-08-25Synced from sourceCurrent23h ago | 2026-09-23Synced from sourceCurrent23h ago |
| Language | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| Licence | Apache-2.0Synced from sourceCurrent23h ago | MITSynced from sourceCurrent23h ago |
| Archived | noSynced from sourceCurrent23h ago | noSynced from sourceCurrent23h ago |
| Category | multi-agentSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | orchestrationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| Contributors | 207Synced from sourceCurrent23h ago | 3739Synced from sourceCurrent23h ago |
| Forks | 2986Synced from sourceCurrent23h ago | 24575Synced from sourceCurrent23h ago |
| Maintainer | Hugging FaceSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | LangChainSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| npm downloads, monthly | — | 10553700Synced from sourceCurrent23h ago |
| npm downloads, weekly | — | 2026447Synced from sourceCurrent23h ago |
| npm package | — | langchainSynced from sourceCurrent23h ago |
| npm window ends | — | 2026-09-21Synced from sourceCurrent23h ago |
| Open issues | 825Synced from sourceCurrent23h ago | 557Synced from sourceCurrent23h ago |
| PyPI downloads, monthly | 614573Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | — |
| PyPI downloads, weekly | 132630Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | — |
| PyPI package | smolagentsSynced from sourceCurrent23h ago | langchainSynced from sourceCurrent23h ago |
| PyPI released | 2026-05-29T05:08:43.280962ZSynced from sourceCurrent23h ago | 2026-09-18T17:31:10.056247ZSynced from sourceCurrent23h ago |
| Requires Python | >=3.10Synced from sourceCurrent23h ago | <4.0.0,>=3.10.0Synced from sourceCurrent23h ago |
| PyPI version | 1.26.0Synced from sourceCurrent23h ago | 1.4.2Synced from sourceCurrent23h ago |
| Repository | https://github.com/huggingface/smolagentsSynced from sourceCurrent23h ago | https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchainSynced from sourceCurrent23h ago |
Sources: GitHub REST API, npm registry downloads, PyPI registry metadata, pypistats.org downloads. Most recent observation 23h 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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