Claude Code vs Instructor

FeatureClaude CodeInstructor
CategoryCoding AssistantsAI Development
PricingPay-per-use (API)Free (open-source)
GitHub Stars25,0009,000
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, WindowsLinux, macOS, Windows
Features
  • ✓ Terminal-native
  • ✓ Multi-file editing
  • ✓ Git integration
  • ✓ Codebase reasoning
  • ✓ Tool use
  • ✓ MCP support
  • ✓ Structured output
  • ✓ Pydantic models
  • ✓ Retry logic
  • ✓ Streaming
  • ✓ Multi-provider
Tags
codingclianthropicclaudeagentic
structured-outputpydanticpythonopen-source