What are the best alternatives to DSPy?

The top alternatives to DSPy are Cursor Rules, Anthropic Cookbook, OpenAI Playground, ranked by real usage data on Unfragile.

Are there free alternatives to DSPy?

Yes, 15 free alternatives to DSPy exist, including Cursor Rules, Anthropic Cookbook, OpenAI Playground.

20 alternatives ranked by real usage data. DSPy scores 58/100 — 2 tools score higher.

OriginalDSPy

Stanford framework that replaces manual prompting with automatically optimized LLM programs.

20 alternatives

15 free options

2 score higher

Community .cursorrules collection — project-specific AI instructions for Cursor IDE.