# agent-framework

> A framework for building, orchestrating and deploying AI agents and multi-agent workflows with support for Python and.NET.

## Facts
- **Category:** [Agent Frameworks](https://agentsearchengine.app/category/agent-frameworks)
- **Type:** Framework
- **Pricing:** Open source
- **GitHub stars:** 12,551
- **Language:** Python
- **License:** MIT
- **Last repo activity:** today (Aug 3, 2026)
- **Official site:** https://aka.ms/agent-framework
- **Source code:** https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework
- **Listing on Agent Search Engine:** https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/agent-framework
- **Data verified:** July 2026

## Best for
Production multi-agent workflows in .NET or Python with Microsoft tooling.

## Avoid if
You work outside .NET or Python — those are the supported languages.

## About agent-framework
Microsoft Agent Framework (MAF) is an open, multi-language framework for building production-grade AI agents and multi-agent workflows in .NET and Python. Microsoft Agent Framework is built for teams taking agents from prototype to production. It provides a consistent foundation for building, orchestrating, and operating agent systems across Python and .NET, while keeping architecture choices open as requirements evolve, and supports a broad ecosystem including Microsoft Foundry, Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, and the GitHub Copilot SDK, with samples and hosting patterns for both local development and cloud deployment. MAF is a strong fit if you: - are building agents and workflows you expect to run in production, - need orchestration beyond a single prompt or stateless chat loop, - want graph-based patterns such as sequential, concurrent, handoff, and group collaboration, - care about durability, restartability, observability, governance, or human-in-the-loop control, - need provider flexibility so your architecture can evolve without major rewrites.

_From the project's README._

## Install

```
pip install agent-framework
```

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