Smolagents vs Anthropic MCP

FeatureSmolagentsAnthropic MCP
CategoryAI Agent FrameworksAI Development
PricingFree (open-source)Free (open standard)
GitHub Stars15,00045,000
PlatformsLinux, macOS, WindowsmacOS, Linux, Windows
Features
  • ✓ Code agents
  • ✓ Tool calling
  • ✓ Multi-model
  • ✓ Lightweight
  • ✓ Hub integration
  • ✓ Universal tool protocol
  • ✓ Server/client architecture
  • ✓ Stdio and SSE transport
  • ✓ TypeScript + Python SDKs
  • ✓ Growing ecosystem
Tags
agentshuggingfacelightweightpython
open-sourceprotocoltoolsintegrationstandard