Anthropic SDK vs OpenAI SDK

Head-to-head adoption data comparison based on real metrics

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Anthropic SDK
SDK
Monthly Downloads
72.7M
Total: 72.7M
GitHub Stars
3,461
Forks
679
Open Issues
238
Description
Official Anthropic API client for Claude models
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OpenAI SDK
SDK
Monthly Downloads
85.8M
Total: 85.8M
GitHub Stars
10,071
Forks
1,232
Open Issues
95
Description
Official OpenAI API client library for Node.js and Python
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Side-by-Side Metrics

Metric Anthropic SDK OpenAI SDK
Monthly Downloads 72.7M 85.8M Leader
GitHub Stars 3,461 10,071 Leader
GitHub Forks 679 1,232 Leader
Open Issues 238 Leader 95
Community Mentions 0 0

Pricing

Anthropic SDK
No pricing data available
OpenAI SDK
  • GPT-5: Free
  • GPT-5: Free
  • GPT-4.1: Free
  • GPT-4.1: Free
  • Realtime API: Free

OpenAI SDK offers a free tier

Summary

OpenAI SDK leads in downloads with 1x more monthly downloads than Anthropic SDK, while OpenAI SDK leads in community popularity with 191% more GitHub stars than Anthropic SDK.

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About This Data

This comparison uses real adoption metrics collected daily from NPM, PyPI, GitHub, benchmark leaderboards, and pricing data sources. Download counts reflect cumulative totals and weekly/monthly snapshots from the most recent scraper run. All data is publicly verifiable.

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