Context7 vs E2B
Context7 (Upstash) and E2B (E2B) side by side on public data, as of Oct 9, 2026.
E2B has 7.7x the weekly package downloads of Context7 (3.7M against 480K). Context7 has 4.4x the GitHub stars of E2B (62.8K against 14.2K). Over the last 30 days downloads moved -33% for Context7 and +14% for E2B. Context7 shipped 44 stable releases in the past 90 days.
Side-by-side numbers
| Metric | Context7 | E2B |
|---|---|---|
| Gid Score | 44 | 60 |
| Overall rank | #73 | #21 |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 480K | 3.7M |
| Downloads, 7-day change | up 5.6% | up 2.6% |
| Downloads, 30-day change | down 32.9% | up 13.7% |
| VS Code installs | — | — |
| Marketplace rating | — | — |
| GitHub stars | 62.8K | 14.2K |
| Homebrew installs, 30 days | — | — |
| Hacker News mentions, 30 days | 2 | 34 |
| Latest stable release | 0.5.15 · yesterday | 2.53.1 · 3d ago |
| Stable releases, 90 days | 44 | |
| Terminal-Bench (best run) | — | — |
| Price | Free + $10/mo | Free + $150/mo |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| First released | — | — |
| Interfaces | MCP server, REST API | Python SDK, TypeScript SDK, CLI |
| Models |
Trends
Context7
Gives coding agents up-to-date, version-specific documentation and code examples for libraries, through an MCP server or API, instead of relying on what the model memorised.
Pricing: Free for individuals with 1,000 API calls a month. Pro is $10 per seat a month with 2,000 calls per seat, then $5 per 1,000 calls.
Latest release 0.5.15:
- c1e314b: ctx7 setup now downloads the find-docs and context7-mcp skills directly from GitHub instead of the deprecated Skill Hub API.
E2B
Secure cloud sandboxes where AI agents run code, use a filesystem and terminal, and browse, isolated from your own machines.
Pricing: Hobby is free with a one-time $100 usage credit. Pro is $150 a month plus usage, with higher concurrency as paid add-ons.
Latest release 2.53.1:
- cd4c62b: Publish the changes from the previous release, which was versioned but failed to publish to npm and PyPI.