The best claude-quickstarts alternatives
3 tools that do a similar job to claude-quickstarts, 3 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.
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claude-quickstartsStarter projects that show how to build apps with the Claude API, from support agents to browser and desktop a
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LangChain
Open source · MIT · ★ 149k
A Python framework for building AI agents and apps powered by language models.
Best for: Python developers building LLM-powered applications; Teams that want to switch between model providers without rewriting code
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LlamaIndex
Open source · MIT · ★ 52.8k
Python framework for building LLM apps that query your own documents and data.
Best for: Python developers building retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) apps over private documents; Teams wanting a modular toolkit where they can swap LLM, embedding and vector store providers
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OpenAI Cookbook
Open source · MIT · ★ 76.9k
Example code and guides for common tasks with the OpenAI API.
Best for: Developers who are new to the OpenAI API and want working examples; Python programmers who want to see API usage patterns in notebook form
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