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Semantic Kernel vs Haystack vs Agno
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| Field | Semantic Kernel | Haystack | Agno |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 28,608Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 26,618Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 42,358 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| downloads | — | — | 520,626Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA |
| Last commit | 2026-09-19Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-09-25Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-09-28Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Language | csharpSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| Licence | MITSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | Apache-2.0Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | Apache-2.0Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Archived | noSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | noSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | noSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Category | orchestrationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | ragSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | orchestrationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| Contributors | 416Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 479Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 585Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Forks | 4793Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 3198Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 6023Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Maintainer | MicrosoftSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | deepsetSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | AgnoSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| Open issues | 338Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 183Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 1689Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| PyPI downloads, monthly | — | — | 2183543Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA |
| PyPI downloads, weekly | — | — | 520626Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA |
| PyPI package | semantic-kernelSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | haystack-aiSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | agnoSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| PyPI released | 2026-08-06T09:56:42.518861ZSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-09-24T10:49:23.742948ZSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-09-23T13:15:37.685447ZSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Requires Python | >=3.10Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | >=3.10Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | <4,>=3.9Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| PyPI version | 1.44.1Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 3.2.0Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 3.0.11Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Repository | https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernelSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystackSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | https://github.com/agno-agi/agnoSynced 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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