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Record · autogenFrameworkOpen sourceVerified Sep 18, 2026

autogen

A programming framework for agentic AI; upstream is in maintenance mode.

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Best for

Research-grade multi-agent conversation patterns backed by Microsoft.

Avoid if

You need ongoing upstream feature development; the project states it is in maintenance mode and points new users to Microsoft Agent Framework.

About autogen

AutoGen is a framework for creating multi-agent AI applications that can act autonomously or work alongside humans.

The current stable version can be found in the releases. If you are upgrading from AutoGen v0.2, please refer to the Migration Guide for detailed instructions on how to update your code and configurations.

The following samples call OpenAI API, so you first need to create an account and export your key as export OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-...".

From the project's README

autogen is an open-source project written primarily in Python, with 61k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in April 2026.

Install

pip install -U "autogen-agentchat" "autogen-ext[openai]"
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