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Instructor vs LlamaIndex vs Mastra
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| Field | Instructor | LlamaIndex | Mastra |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 13,951Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago | 52,334 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago | 28,378Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago |
| downloads | 13,080,962 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | 149,503Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago | 1,980,114Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago |
| Last commit | 2026-09-27Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago | 2026-09-27Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago | 2026-09-28Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago |
| Language | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | typescriptSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| Licence | MITSynced from sourceCurrent5h ago | MITSynced from sourceCurrent5h ago | — |
| Archived | noSynced from sourceCurrent5h ago | noSynced from sourceCurrent5h ago | noSynced from sourceCurrent5h ago |
| Category | structured-outputSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | ragSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | orchestrationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| Contributors | 267Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago | 2001Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago | 682Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago |
| Forks | 1271Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago | 8232Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago | 2871Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago |
| Maintainer | 567 LabsSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | LlamaIndexSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | MastraSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| npm downloads, monthly | — | 445795Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago | 5868462Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago |
| npm downloads, weekly | — | 149503Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago | 1980114Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago |
| npm package | — | llamaindexSynced from sourceCurrent5h ago | @mastra/coreSynced from sourceCurrent5h ago |
| npm window ends | — | 2026-09-26Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago | 2026-09-26Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago |
| Open issues | 111Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago | 896Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago | 477Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago |
| PyPI downloads, monthly | 27671654Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | — | — |
| PyPI downloads, weekly | 13080962Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | — | — |
| PyPI package | instructorSynced from sourceCurrent5h ago | llama-indexSynced from sourceCurrent5h ago | — |
| PyPI released | 2026-09-09T02:25:54.888746ZSynced from sourceCurrent5h ago | 2026-09-21T16:22:20.056831ZSynced from sourceCurrent5h ago | — |
| Requires Python | <4.0,>=3.9Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago | <4.0,>=3.10Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago | — |
| PyPI version | 1.17.0Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago | 0.14.25Synced from sourceCurrent5h ago | — |
| Repository | https://github.com/567-labs/instructorSynced from sourceCurrent5h ago | https://github.com/run-llama/llama_indexSynced from sourceCurrent5h ago | https://github.com/mastra-ai/mastraSynced from sourceCurrent5h ago |
Sources: GitHub REST API, npm registry downloads, PyPI registry metadata, pypistats.org downloads. Most recent observation 5h 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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