Smolagents vs LangChain

FeatureSmolagentsLangChain
CategoryAI Agent FrameworksAI Agent Frameworks
PricingFree (open-source)Free + LangSmith paid
GitHub Stars15,00098,000
PlatformsLinux, macOS, WindowsmacOS, Linux, Windows
Features
  • ✓ Code agents
  • ✓ Tool calling
  • ✓ Multi-model
  • ✓ Lightweight
  • ✓ Hub integration
  • ✓ Chain composition
  • ✓ RAG pipelines
  • ✓ Agent toolkits
  • ✓ Memory systems
  • ✓ Streaming
  • ✓ Multi-model
  • ✓ LangGraph
Tags
agentshuggingfacelightweightpython
open-sourceframeworkpythonjavascriptragchains