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smolagents vs LangChain vs Pydantic AI
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| Field | smolagents | LangChain | Pydantic AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 30,260Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 149,181 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 21,085Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| downloads | 132,630Synced from sourceStale2mo ago· past SLA | 4,045,383 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 3,076,771Synced from sourceStale2mo ago· past SLA |
| Last commit | 2026-11-03Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-11-07Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-11-08Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Language | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo ago | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo ago | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo ago |
| Licence | Apache-2.0Synced 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 | multi-agentSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo ago | orchestrationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo ago | structured-outputSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo ago |
| Contributors | 208Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 3751Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 658Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Forks | 3200Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 25088Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 3127Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Maintainer | Hugging FaceSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo ago | LangChainSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo ago | PydanticSeeded, unreviewedwritten 2mo ago |
| npm downloads, monthly | — | 13919147Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| npm downloads, weekly | — | 4045383Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| npm package | — | langchainSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| npm window ends | — | 2026-11-06Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| Open issues | 1048Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 727Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 1825Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| PyPI downloads, monthly | 614573Synced from sourceStale2mo ago· past SLA | — | 13478631Synced from sourceStale2mo ago· past SLA |
| PyPI downloads, weekly | 132630Synced from sourceStale2mo ago· past SLA | — | 3076771Synced from sourceStale2mo ago· past SLA |
| PyPI package | smolagentsSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | langchainSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | pydantic-aiSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| PyPI released | 2026-05-29T05:08:43.280962ZSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-11-04T17:07:20.201103ZSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-11-04T10:28:38.510837ZSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Requires Python | >=3.10Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | <4.0.0,>=3.10.0Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | >=3.11Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| PyPI version | 1.26.0Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 1.4.9Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2.66.0Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Repository | https://github.com/huggingface/smolagentsSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchainSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-aiSynced 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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