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generative-ai-for-beginners vs Foundry

generative-ai-for-beginners has 119,956 GitHub stars, 63,149 forks, 23 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Foundry has 872 stars, 129 forks, 5 open issues and last shipped 29 days ago. generative-ai-for-beginners leads on adoption by 13,656% (119,956 vs 872 stars). generative-ai-for-beginners is written in Jupyter Notebook under MIT; Foundry is written in Python under Apache-2.0. generative-ai-for-beginners has attracted 53% as many forks as stars, Foundry 15%. generative-ai-for-beginners was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (ai), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.

Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.

generative-ai-for-beginners ★ 120K Foundry ★ 872 category AI & Machine Learning

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	generative-ai-for-beginners	Foundry
GitHub stars	★ 120K	★ 872
License	MIT	Apache-2.0
Written in	Jupyter Notebook	Python
Last push	2026-09-17	2026-08-20
Forks	⑂ 63K	⑂ 129
Self-hosting	Yes	Yes
Data ownership	Your server	Your server

pick generative-ai-for-beginners if

You weight community size — 120K stars and counting
You want the MIT license terms
Your stack matches Jupyter Notebook
You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance

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pick Foundry if

You want the Foundry feature set and don't need the biggest community
You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
Your stack matches Python
You evaluated both and Foundry fits your workflow better

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About generative-ai-for-beginners

Generative AI for Beginners is Microsoft's free, MIT licensed curriculum of 21 Jupyter Notebook lessons that teaches developers how to start building generative AI applications, aimed at newcomers who want a structured, self paced path instead of scattered documentation.

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About Foundry

Foundry is a Python, Apache 2.0 licensed agentic engineering framework from Promptise that gives developers one install for building AI agents, the tools they call, the reasoning they follow, and the governed runtime that serves them to customers.

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Frequently asked questions

Is generative-ai-for-beginners or Foundry more popular?

generative-ai-for-beginners has 119,956 GitHub stars and Foundry has 872. generative-ai-for-beginners has the larger community by that measure.

Are generative-ai-for-beginners and Foundry free?

Both are open source. generative-ai-for-beginners is licensed under MIT and Foundry under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.

What is the difference between generative-ai-for-beginners and Foundry?

generative-ai-for-beginners is written in Jupyter Notebook and Foundry in Python. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.

Which should I choose, generative-ai-for-beginners or Foundry?

Choose generative-ai-for-beginners if you want the larger community (119,956 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Foundry if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.