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Vercel AI SDK vs smolagents vs LangChain
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| Field | Vercel AI SDK | smolagents | LangChain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 27,001Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 29,530Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 147,178 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| downloads | 29,813,554 (highest of the compared values)Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 132,630Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | 3,201,198Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Last commit | 2026-09-28Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-09-23Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-09-27Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Language | typescriptSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | pythonSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | pythonSeeded, 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 | orchestrationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | multi-agentSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | orchestrationSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| Contributors | 719Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 208Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 3741Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Forks | 5207Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2999Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 24634Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Maintainer | VercelSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | Hugging FaceSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago | LangChainSeeded, unreviewedwritten 1mo ago |
| npm downloads, monthly | 92989638Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — | 10682493Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| npm downloads, weekly | 29813554Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — | 3201198Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| npm package | aiSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — | langchainSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| npm window ends | 2026-09-26Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | — | 2026-09-26Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Open issues | 1450Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 853Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 569Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| PyPI downloads, monthly | — | 614573Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | — |
| PyPI downloads, weekly | — | 132630Synced from sourceStale1mo ago· past SLA | — |
| PyPI package | — | smolagentsSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | langchainSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| PyPI released | — | 2026-05-29T05:08:43.280962ZSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 2026-09-18T17:31:10.056247ZSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Requires Python | — | >=3.10Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | <4.0.0,>=3.10.0Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| PyPI version | — | 1.26.0Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago | 1.4.2Synced from sourceCurrent3h ago |
| Repository | https://github.com/vercel/aiSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | https://github.com/huggingface/smolagentsSynced from sourceCurrent3h ago | https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchainSynced 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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