mcp vs llama_index

mcp and llama_index share 22 technologies: psycopg, pymongo, pyarrow, pyiceberg, ibm-db, oracledb, starlette, OpenAI, MCP, bedrock-agentcore, jinja2, beautifulsoup4, defusedxml, lxml, markdownify, markitdown, pdf2image, pdfplumber, Pydantic, python-json-logger, boto3, and psutil. Both are written in Python.

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What they share and what sets them apart

Only in mcp

In common

run-llama

llama_index

LlamaIndex is the document processing platform for AI

Python52.9kRead on November 13, 2026, at commit baeabbfWhat is llama_index built with?

Only in llama_index

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
mcp970,557 lines written1,184 code files
llama_index473,258 lines written2,055 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
mcp2.4% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Codex
llama_index0.2% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
mcpLast push November 13, 20262,089 commits9,918 stars
llama_indexLast push November 11, 20267,967 commits52,885 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
mcp1,401 test files77.6% of its code files have a test that imports them
llama_index1,607 test files46.5% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, mcp or llama_index?
mcp, with 970,557 lines written; llama_index has 473,258.

The proof: awslabs/mcp's code at commit 5d58a6a

Which has more GitHub stars, mcp or llama_index?
llama_index, with 52,885 stars; mcp has 9,918.

The proof: run-llama/llama_index on GitHub

Which has more tests, mcp or llama_index?
llama_index, with 1,607 test files; mcp has 1,401.

The proof: run-llama/llama_index's code at commit baeabbf

Which was updated more recently, mcp or llama_index?
mcp: its last push was on November 13, 2026, and llama_index's on November 11, 2026.

The proof: awslabs/mcp's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, mcp or llama_index?
mcp: an AI signed 2.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Codex; in llama_index, 0.2%.

The proof: the commits each tool signed in awslabs/mcp

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