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Haystack vs Semantic Kernel vs Vercel AI SDK
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| Field | Haystack | Semantic Kernel | Vercel AI SDK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 26,618Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 28,608 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 27,001Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| downloads | — | — | 29,813,554Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Last commit | 2026-09-25Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-09-19Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-09-28Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Language | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | csharpSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | typescriptSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| Licence | Apache-2.0Synced 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 | orchestrationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | orchestrationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| Contributors | 479Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 416Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 719Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Forks | 3198Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 4793Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 5207Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Maintainer | deepsetSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | MicrosoftSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | VercelSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| npm downloads, monthly | — | — | 92989638Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| npm downloads, weekly | — | — | 29813554Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| npm package | — | — | aiSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| npm window ends | — | — | 2026-09-26Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Open issues | 183Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 338Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 1450Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| PyPI package | haystack-aiSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | semantic-kernelSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| PyPI released | 2026-09-24T10:49:23.742948ZSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-08-06T09:56:42.518861ZSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| Requires Python | >=3.10Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | >=3.10Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| PyPI version | 3.2.0Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 1.44.1Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — |
| Repository | https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystackSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernelSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | https://github.com/vercel/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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