--- title: "instruct-eval vs ai-guide" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/declare-lab-instruct-eval-vs-liyupi-ai-guide" tools: ["declare-lab-instruct-eval", "liyupi-ai-guide"] --- # instruct-eval vs ai-guide *GraphCanon updated Jul 12, 2026* ## Verdict Pick instruct-eval when instruct-eval is primarily Python; ai-guide is JavaScript; pick ai-guide when ai-guide is primarily JavaScript; instruct-eval is Python. [instruct-eval](https://declare-lab.github.io/instruct-eval/) reports 552 GitHub stars, 45 forks, and 24 open issues, last pushed Mar 10, 2024. [ai-guide](https://ai.codefather.cn) has 17k stars, 1.9k forks, and 4 open issues, last pushed Jul 1, 2026. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [instruct-eval's repository](https://github.com/declare-lab/instruct-eval) and [ai-guide's repository](https://github.com/liyupi/ai-guide). | | [instruct-eval](/tools/declare-lab-instruct-eval.md) | [ai-guide](/tools/liyupi-ai-guide.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | Code for evaluating instruction-tuned language models like Alpaca and Flan-T5 | 免费开放的AI知识共享平台 | | Stars | 552 | 17,126 | | Forks | 45 | 1,932 | | Open issues | 24 | 4 | | Language | Python | JavaScript | | Adopt for | - | AI Guide 是一个免费开放的AI知识共享平台，提供从零基础入门到进阶学习的一系列资源与教程。它不仅涵盖了许多热门AI工具及框架的学习指南，还提供了实战项目和变现策略指导。使用AI Guide时，考虑其内容的专业性和广泛性可能会对其目标用户产生重大影响。 | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | Apache-2.0 | (未知)，这意味着用户可以使用该平台上的内容，但具体使用权限如修改和分发受未提及的许可证条款限制。 | | Categories | Evaluation & Observability | Developer Tools, Evaluation & Observability, Inference & Serving, LLM Frameworks, Model Training | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [instruct-eval](/tools/declare-lab-instruct-eval.md) | [ai-guide](/tools/liyupi-ai-guide.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Maintenance | Dormant (18%) | Active (82%) | | Days since push | 853d | 9d | | Open issues (now) | 24 | 4 | | Owner type | Organization | User | | Security scan | 83 low (83 low) | No MCP manifest | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/declare-lab-instruct-eval/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/liyupi-ai-guide/trust.md) | ## Decision facts: ai-guide - **Pricing:** freemium - AI Guide主要提供免费资源与教程。虽然部分内容可能支持捐赠或付费会员服务的形式，但其核心价值主张是为广大用户提供开放且全面的知识入口。 - **Adopt for:** AI Guide 是一个免费开放的AI知识共享平台，提供从零基础入门到进阶学习的一系列资源与教程。它不仅涵盖了许多热门AI工具及框架的学习指南，还提供了实战项目和变现策略指导。使用AI Guide时，考虑其内容的专业性和广泛性可能会对其目标用户产生重大影响。 - **License detail:** (未知)，这意味着用户可以使用该平台上的内容，但具体使用权限如修改和分发受未提及的许可证条款限制。 ## Choose when ### Choose instruct-eval if… - instruct-eval is primarily Python; ai-guide is JavaScript. - Tags unique to instruct-eval: benchmarking, evaluation, instruct-tuning, instruction-following. ### Choose ai-guide if… - ai-guide is primarily JavaScript; instruct-eval is Python. - Pricing: AI Guide主要提供免费资源与教程。虽然部分内容可能支持捐赠或付费会员服务的形式，但其核心价值主张是为广大用户提供开放且全面的知识入口。. - Tags unique to ai-guide: ai, artificial-intelligence, chatgpt, claude. - Also covers Developer Tools, Inference & Serving, LLM Frameworks, Model Training. - 你需要全面、免费的AI知识和技术入门时。作为一个完全开放的知识平台，无论你的技术水平如何，都可以在这里找到适合自己的学习路径和资源。 ## When NOT to use instruct-eval - Last GitHub push was 854 days ago (dormant maintenance, Mar 10, 2024). Validate activity before betting a new project on instruct-eval. - Evaluation & Observability: Defer heavyweight eval infra only until you have real traffic - never skip it once users depend on answers. ## When NOT to use ai-guide - 当你需要特定工具的专业级深度内容时，可能得寻找更专注该领域的专业资料，因为AI Guide作为一个综合性的知识平台，并非针对某一工具或框架的极致优化。 - 如果您已经非常熟悉各种AI开发和技术应用，且正在为某一项具体的技术难题寻求解决方案，那么这个全面入门和扩展学习的内容可能不适合。更适合初学者或者中级用户寻找系统的学习路径。 - 如果你在寻找有关最新的研究文献或尖端技术细节方面的信息，则可能需要查找学术期刊、专业会议论文或其他更专门的研究资料作为补充。AI Guide主要是一个教程与应用指南集合平台，覆盖最新研究成果可能不是其重点。 ## Common questions ### What is the difference between instruct-eval and ai-guide? instruct-eval: Code for evaluating instruction-tuned language models like Alpaca and Flan-T5. ai-guide: 免费开放的AI知识共享平台. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories. ### When should I choose instruct-eval over ai-guide? Choose instruct-eval over ai-guide when instruct-eval is primarily Python; ai-guide is JavaScript; Tags unique to instruct-eval: benchmarking, evaluation, instruct-tuning, instruction-following. ### When should I choose ai-guide over instruct-eval? Choose ai-guide over instruct-eval when ai-guide is primarily JavaScript; instruct-eval is Python; Pricing: AI Guide主要提供免费资源与教程。虽然部分内容可能支持捐赠或付费会员服务的形式，但其核心价值主张是为广大用户提供开放且全面的知识入口。; Tags unique to ai-guide: ai, artificial-intelligence, chatgpt, claude; Also covers Developer Tools, Inference & Serving, LLM Frameworks, Model Training; 你需要全面、免费的AI知识和技术入门时。作为一个完全开放的知识平台，无论你的技术水平如何，都可以在这里找到适合自己的学习路径和资源。. ### When should I avoid instruct-eval? Last GitHub push was 854 days ago (dormant maintenance, Mar 10, 2024). Validate activity before betting a new project on instruct-eval. Evaluation & Observability: Defer heavyweight eval infra only until you have real traffic - never skip it once users depend on answers. ### When should I avoid ai-guide? 当你需要特定工具的专业级深度内容时，可能得寻找更专注该领域的专业资料，因为AI Guide作为一个综合性的知识平台，并非针对某一工具或框架的极致优化。 如果您已经非常熟悉各种AI开发和技术应用，且正在为某一项具体的技术难题寻求解决方案，那么这个全面入门和扩展学习的内容可能不适合。更适合初学者或者中级用户寻找系统的学习路径。 如果你在寻找有关最新的研究文献或尖端技术细节方面的信息，则可能需要查找学术期刊、专业会议论文或其他更专门的研究资料作为补充。AI Guide主要是一个教程与应用指南集合平台，覆盖最新研究成果可能不是其重点。 ### Is instruct-eval or ai-guide more popular on GitHub? ai-guide has more GitHub stars (17,126 vs 552). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints. ### Are instruct-eval and ai-guide open source? Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub. ### Where can I find alternatives to instruct-eval or ai-guide? GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [instruct-eval alternatives](/tools/declare-lab-instruct-eval/alternatives) and [ai-guide alternatives](/tools/liyupi-ai-guide/alternatives) ([instruct-eval markdown twin](/tools/declare-lab-instruct-eval/alternatives.md), [ai-guide markdown twin](/tools/liyupi-ai-guide/alternatives.md)), ranked by typed relationship edges rather than popularity votes. ### Is there a machine-readable version of this comparison? Yes. The markdown twin at [this comparison](/compare/declare-lab-instruct-eval-vs-liyupi-ai-guide.md) mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers. ### Which is better maintained, instruct-eval or ai-guide? instruct-eval: Dormant. ai-guide: Active. Compare maintenance labels, days since push, and release cadence in the trust section below - stars alone do not measure maintenance. ### Where are the full trust reports for instruct-eval and ai-guide? GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [instruct-eval trust report](/tools/declare-lab-instruct-eval/trust); [ai-guide trust report](/tools/liyupi-ai-guide/trust). --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=declare-lab-instruct-eval`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=declare-lab-instruct-eval) - LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) - Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt) _GraphCanon - The knowledge graph for AI development. https://www.graphcanon.com/_