LlamaIndex vs Claude Code

FeatureLlamaIndexClaude Code
CategoryAI DevelopmentCoding Assistants
PricingFree (open-source) + CloudPay-per-use (API)
GitHub Stars38,00025,000
PlatformsLinux, macOS, WindowsmacOS, Linux, Windows
Features
  • ✓ RAG pipelines
  • ✓ Data connectors
  • ✓ Indexing
  • ✓ Query engine
  • ✓ Agent tools
  • ✓ Terminal-native
  • ✓ Multi-file editing
  • ✓ Git integration
  • ✓ Codebase reasoning
  • ✓ Tool use
  • ✓ MCP support
Tags
ragdataindexingopen-source
codingclianthropicclaudeagentic