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Context7 vs Lightrag

Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.

Context7

Context7 Platform -- Up-to-date code documentation for LLMs and AI code editors

Best matched with other inference tools.

59.6K
Stars
+4.5K
Weekly
79/100
Health
Lightrag

[EMNLP2025] "LightRAG: Simple and Fast Retrieval-Augmented Generation"

Best matched with other inference tools.

38.0K
Stars
+3.0K
Weekly
95/100
Health

Quick Take

Adoption

Context7 has the larger GitHub footprint with 59.6K stars.

Momentum

Context7 is currently growing faster at +4.5K stars this week.

Maintenance

Lightrag has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 95/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.

Side-by-side evidence

Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.

SignalContext7Lightrag
Evidence statusBasic listing· 2026-10-04 09:17 UTCBasic listing· 2026-10-04 09:18 UTC
GitHub stars59.6K38.0K
Weekly growth+4.5K+3.0K
Health scoreHealthy79/100Strong95/100
Contributors128299
Commits per week8.6135.8
Open issues23217
LanguageTypeScriptPython
LicenseMITMIT
Last commit2026-07-22 13:04 UTC2026-07-22 10:56 UTC
Last release@upstash/context7-mcp@3.2.4v1.5.5rc1

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