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Instructor vs DSPy vs Vercel AI SDK
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| Field | Instructor | DSPy | Vercel AI SDK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 13,951Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 38,388 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 27,001Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| downloads | 13,080,962Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | — | 29,813,554 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| Last commit | 2026-09-27Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 2026-09-27Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 2026-09-28Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| Language | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | typescriptSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| Licence | MITSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago | MITSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago | — |
| Archived | noSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago | noSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago | noSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| Category | structured-outputSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | optimisationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | orchestrationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| Contributors | 267Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 461Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 719Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| Forks | 1271Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 3372Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 5207Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| Maintainer | 567 LabsSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | Stanford NLPSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | VercelSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| npm downloads, monthly | — | — | 92989638Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| npm downloads, weekly | — | — | 29813554Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| npm package | — | — | aiSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| npm window ends | — | — | 2026-09-26Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| Open issues | 111Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 739Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 1450Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| PyPI downloads, monthly | 27671654Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | — | — |
| PyPI downloads, weekly | 13080962Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | — | — |
| PyPI package | instructorSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago | dspy-aiSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago | — |
| PyPI released | 2026-09-09T02:25:54.888746ZSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 2026-09-25T04:04:30.339197ZSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago | — |
| Requires Python | <4.0,>=3.9Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | >=3.9Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | — |
| PyPI version | 1.17.0Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 3.4.0Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | — |
| Repository | https://github.com/567-labs/instructorSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago | https://github.com/stanfordnlp/dspySynced from sourceCurrent4h ago | https://github.com/vercel/aiSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
Sources: GitHub REST API, npm registry downloads, PyPI registry metadata, pypistats.org downloads. Most recent observation 4h 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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