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Instructor vs Mastra vs LangChain
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| Field | Instructor | Mastra | LangChain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 13,951Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 28,378Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 147,178 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| downloads | 13,080,962 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | 1,980,114Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 3,201,198Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| Last commit | 2026-09-27Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 2026-09-28Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 2026-09-27Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| Language | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | typescriptSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | pythonSeeded, 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 | orchestrationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | orchestrationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| Contributors | 267Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 682Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 3741Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| Forks | 1271Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 2871Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 24634Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| Maintainer | 567 LabsSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | MastraSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | LangChainSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| npm downloads, monthly | — | 5868462Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 10682493Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| npm downloads, weekly | — | 1980114Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 3201198Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| npm package | — | @mastra/coreSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago | langchainSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| npm window ends | — | 2026-09-26Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 2026-09-26Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| Open issues | 111Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 477Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | 569Synced 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 | — | langchainSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| PyPI released | 2026-09-09T02:25:54.888746ZSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago | — | 2026-09-18T17:31:10.056247ZSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| Requires Python | <4.0,>=3.9Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | — | <4.0.0,>=3.10.0Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| PyPI version | 1.17.0Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago | — | 1.4.2Synced from sourceCurrent4h ago |
| Repository | https://github.com/567-labs/instructorSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago | https://github.com/mastra-ai/mastraSynced from sourceCurrent4h ago | https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchainSynced 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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