semantic-kernel vs onyx
semantic-kernel and onyx share 8 technologies: OpenAI, AIOHTTP, azure-identity, MCP, defusedxml, jinja2, Pydantic, and OpenTelemetry. semantic-kernel is written in C# and onyx in Python.
What they share and what sets them apart
microsoft
semantic-kernel
Integrate cutting-edge LLM technology quickly and easily into your apps
C#28.7kRead on November 8, 2026, at commit df1cb33What is semantic-kernel built with?Only in semantic-kernel
- Npgsql
- Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting
- EntityFramework
- System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt
- Azure.AI.OpenAI
- Microsoft.Extensions.AI.AzureAIInference
- Microsoft.Extensions.AI.OpenAI
- azure-ai-agents
- Microsoft.Extensions.AI
- azure-ai-projects
- Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime
- Handlebars.Net
- YamlDotNet
- DocumentFormat.OpenXml
- Markdig
- JsonSchema.Net
- JsonSchema.Net.Generation
- Microsoft.OpenApi
- openapi-core
- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console
- opentelemetry-api
- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging
- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions
In common
onyx-dot-app
onyx
Open Source AI Platform - AI Chat with advanced features that works with every LLM
Python33.3kRead on November 7, 2026, at commit a757433What is onyx built with?Only in onyx
- FastAPI
- amqp
- asyncpg
- azure-storage-blob
- azure-storage-file-datalake
- fastavro
google-cloud-core
- ldap3
- partd
psycopg2-binary
- py-key-value-aio
- pyzmq
- s3transfer
- Celery
- Redis
- Postgres
kombu
- pyairtable
- Sentry
- Google Cloud Storage
- Hugging Face
PostHog
- Stripe
- asgiref
fastmcp-slim
- Flask
- graphql-core
- jupyter-core
tornado
werkzeug
starlette
fastmcp
uvicorn
- anyio
- Tauri
objc2-app-kit
objc2-foundation
- Tokio
- React
react-native
- Expo
- expo-secure-store
react-native-mmkv
- Next.js
- Lit
- cycler
fonttools
- soupsieve
- charm.land/lipgloss/v2
contourpy
- matplotlib-inline
prompt-toolkit
- Rich
urwid
- charm.land/bubbletea/v2
- charm.land/bubbles/v2
matplotlib
- SQLAlchemy
- alembic
- argon2-cffi
- argon2-cffi-bindings
authlib
google-auth-httplib2
itsdangerous
joserfc
- keyring
- msal-extensions
- pwdlib
- pyjwt
- python3-saml
- cryptography
- httpx-oauth
- msal
oauthlib
requests-oauthlib
- bcrypt
google-auth-oauthlib
accelerate
agent-client-protocol
- azure-cognitiveservices-speech
- einops
- langchain-protocol
- langsmith
- NVIDIA
- nvidia-cudnn-cu12
- onnxruntime
- openinference-instrumentation
- openinference-semantic-conventions
- scikit-learn
- triton
litellm
chonkie
- torch
sentence-transformers
- tiktoken
langfuse
cohere
- exa-py
- LangChain
safetensors
tokenizers
- transformers
unstructured-client
- voyageai
- docutils
et-xmlfile
lxml
- lxml-html-clean
- magika
- mako
- mammoth
markdown-it-py
- markdownify
markupsafe
- mdurl
- msoffcrypto-tool
olefile
pdfminer-six
- pdfplumber
- python-docx
- python-pptx
rich-rst
ruamel-yaml
- xlrd
- xlsxwriter
- beautifulsoup4
- puremagic
pillow
- github.com/yuin/goldmark
pypdf
- markitdown
mistune
- openpyxl
- pypdfium2
- reportlab
sendgrid
- annotated-types
beartype
- jsonschema-path
- jsonschema-specifications
- openapi-pydantic
- referencing
- pydantic-core
- email-validator
- jsonschema
- azure-core
- coloredlogs
- execnet
- opentelemetry-exporter-http-transport
- opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common
- opentelemetry-semantic-conventions
- python-json-logger
- supervisor
prometheus-client
psutil
- boto3
- botocore
- prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator
- github.com/sirupsen/logrus
kubernetes
- aiobotocore
- docker
gtk
- window-vibrancy
tauri-plugin-window-state
- Tailwind CSS
nativewind
class-variance-authority
tailwind-merge
- react-native-svg
react-native-safe-area-context
- rn-primitives
- expo-image
- React Hook Form
react-native-reanimated
react-native-gesture-handler
react-native-keyboard-controller
- expo-splash-screen
- expo-status-bar
react-native-enriched-markdown
- Shopify
- expo-document-picker
- expo-image-picker
- react-native-streamdown
- next-themes
- Formik
- Radix UI
motion
react-dropzone
dnd-kit
- lowlight
recharts
react-icons
- Lucide
- react-markdown
remark-gfm
highlight.js
rehype-katex
remark-math
katex
rehype-highlight
unified
- docx-preview
- dompurify
pdfjs-dist
- react-pdf
rehype-sanitize
rehype-stringify
- remark
- remark-parse
xlsx
- yup
- TanStack
@floating-ui/react-dom
react-day-picker
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Side by side
semantic-kernelonyx
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
semantic-kernel538,799 lines written1,588 code files
onyx1,626,990 lines written3,906 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.
semantic-kernel2.5% of its commits signed by AIWith GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Cursor
onyx11.7% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Devin, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and Sweep
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
semantic-kernelLast push November 7, 20265,136 commits28,745 stars
onyxLast push November 7, 202611,391 commits33,270 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
semantic-kernel1,025 test files64.6% of its code files have a test that imports them
onyx3,158 test files45.7% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, semantic-kernel or onyx?
onyx, with 1,626,990 lines written; semantic-kernel has 538,799.
The proof: onyx-dot-app/onyx's code at commit a757433
Which has more GitHub stars, semantic-kernel or onyx?
onyx, with 33,270 stars; semantic-kernel has 28,745.
The proof: onyx-dot-app/onyx on GitHub
Which has more tests, semantic-kernel or onyx?
onyx, with 3,158 test files; semantic-kernel has 1,025.
The proof: onyx-dot-app/onyx's code at commit a757433
Which was updated more recently, semantic-kernel or onyx?
Both got their last push on November 7, 2026.
The proof: onyx-dot-app/onyx's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, semantic-kernel or onyx?
onyx: an AI signed 11.7% of its commits, with Claude Code, Devin, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and Sweep; in semantic-kernel, 2.5%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in onyx-dot-app/onyx
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