LangChain vs LlamaIndex vs DSPy: The 2026 LLM Framework Comparison
Reading Time: 6 minutes [IMAGE_PLACEHOLDER_HEADER] ⚡ The Brief LangChain orchestrates complex workflows with 600+ integrations and LangGraph for stateful agents, now stable at langchain-core==1.3.2. LlamaIndex specializes in RAG pipelines with its node-based document model and query engines, current release llama_index v0.14.21. DSPy introduces declarative programming with automatic prompt optimization through BootstrapFewShot and MIPRO optimizers…