Claude Code vs LangChain

FeatureClaude CodeLangChain
CategoryCoding AssistantsAI Agent Frameworks
PricingPay-per-use (API)Free + LangSmith paid
GitHub Stars25,00098,000
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, WindowsmacOS, Linux, Windows
Features
  • ✓ Terminal-native
  • ✓ Multi-file editing
  • ✓ Git integration
  • ✓ Codebase reasoning
  • ✓ Tool use
  • ✓ MCP support
  • ✓ Chain composition
  • ✓ RAG pipelines
  • ✓ Agent toolkits
  • ✓ Memory systems
  • ✓ Streaming
  • ✓ Multi-model
  • ✓ LangGraph
Tags
codingclianthropicclaudeagentic
open-sourceframeworkpythonjavascriptragchains