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    Structured Outputs

    ai
    llm
    cfg
    generative-ai
    json
    llms
    prompt-engineering
    Python
    Apache-2.0
    16.0K stars
    912 forks
    55 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 9, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 94 days ago, with 179 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #41 in the weekly ranking the week of Jul 19, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Enforces guaranteed structured outputs directly from any large language model during generation using Python types and Pydantic schemas.
    • Eliminates fragile post-processing by ensuring valid, provider-independent structured data across multiple LLMs with simple integration.
    • Use for converting unstructured customer emails into structured support tickets for automated triage and routing.
    • Use for categorizing product descriptions into detailed inventory classifications to streamline e-commerce management.
    • Use for extracting structured event details from incomplete or ambiguous descriptions with fallback handling for missing data.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    Apache 2.0

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

    Watch-outs

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    From the README

    🗒️ Structured outputs for LLMs 🗒️

    Made with ❤👷️ by the team at .txt

    Trusted by NVIDIA, Cohere, HuggingFace, vLLM, etc.

    The .txt API is currently in early access. Request access here →

    We're working with select partners to develop new interfaces to structured generation.

    Need XML, FHIR, custom schemas or grammars? Let's talk.

    Audit your schema: share one schema, we show you what breaks under generation, the constraints that fix it, and compliance rates before and after. Sign up here.

    Excerpt from the dottxt-ai/outlines README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Aug 12: +7Aug 13: +6

    +433 stars over 90 days across 9 snapshot days; best day +7 on Aug 12.

    Forks

    912+62

    Open issues

    211+72

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