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Best Python agent frameworks

The open-source agent frameworks written in Python, from the Agent Search Engine index — ranked by real maintained adoption (GitHub stars and recent commit activity), never by sponsorship. Every project here is Python-first, self-hostable, and free to run; the trade-off is you host and maintain it yourself.

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01langchainFrameworkThe agent engineering platform.Python · 141k stars · MIT · Jul 202602autogenFrameworkA programming framework for agentic AIPython · 59k stars · CC-BY-4.0 · Apr 202603crewAIFrameworkFramework for orchestrating role-playing, autonomous AI agents. By fostering collaborative intelligence, CrewAI empowers agents to work tog…Python · 55k stars · MIT · Jul 202604pydantic-aiFrameworkAI Agent Framework, the Pydantic wayPython · 18k stars · MIT · Jul 202605SuperAGIFramework<> SuperAGI - A dev-first open source autonomous AI agent framework. Enabling developers to build, manage & run useful autonomous agents…Python · 18k stars · MIT · Jan 202506agent-frameworkFrameworkA framework for building, orchestrating and deploying AI agents and multi-agent workflows with support for Python and.NET.Python · 12k stars · MIT · Jul 202607hiveFrameworkMulti-Agent Harness for Production AIPython · 11k stars · Apache-2.0 · May 202608UpsonicFrameworkBuild autonomous AI agents in Python.Python · 7.9k stars · MIT · Jun 202609intentkitFrameworkIntentKit is an open-source, self-hosted cloud agent cluster that manages a collaborative team of AI agents for you.Python · 6.5k stars · MIT · Jul 202610harness-sdkSDK / libraryBuild an agent harness and control it end-to-end. Open-source SDK for production AI agents in Python & TypeScript - any model, any cloud.Python · 6.4k stars · Apache-2.0 · Jul 202611agentsFrameworkAn Open-source Framework for Data-centric, Self-evolving Autonomous Language AgentsPython · 5.9k stars · Apache-2.0 · Sep 202412rllmFrameworkDemocratizing Reinforcement Learning for LLMsPython · 5.7k stars · Apache-2.0 · Jul 2026
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13ag2FrameworkAG2 (formerly AutoGen): The Open-Source AgentOS.Join us at: https://discord.gg/sNGSwQME3xPython · 4.7k stars · Apache-2.0 · Jul 202614agent-governance-toolkitSDK / libraryAI Agent Governance Toolkit — Policy enforcement, zero-trust identity, execution sandboxing, and reliability engineering for autonomous AI…Python · 4.6k stars · MIT · Jul 202615youtu-agentFrameworkA simple yet powerful agent framework that delivers with open-source modelsPython · 4.6k stars · Mar 202616fast-agentFrameworkCode, Build and Evaluate agents - excellent Model and Skills/MCP/ACP/A2A SupportPython · 3.8k stars · Apache-2.0 · Jul 202617Vibe-SkillsSDK / libraryVibe-Skills is an all-in-one AI skills package. It seamlessly integrates expert-level capabilities and context management into a general-pu…Python · 2.4k stars · Apache-2.0 · May 202618harmonistFrameworkPortable AI agent orchestration with mechanical protocol enforcement. 186 agents, zero runtime dependencies.Python · 2.2k stars · MIT · Jun 202619verl-agentFrameworkverl-agent is an extension of veRL, designed for training LLM/VLM agents via RL. verl-agent is also the official code for paper "Group-in-G…Python · 2.1k stars · Apache-2.0 · Jun 202620DemoGPTFrameworkCreate LLM agents in a second with your prompts. Everything you need to create an LLM Agent - tools, prompts, frameworks, and models - a…Python · 1.9k stars · MIT · Apr 202621AgentlyFramework[GenAI Application Development Framework] Build GenAI application quick and easy Easy to interact with GenAI agent in code using stru…Python · 1.6k stars · Apache-2.0 · Jul 2026

Frequently asked

What are the best Python agent frameworks?
The Python projects listed below, ranked by maintained adoption — GitHub stars plus recent commit activity — so you see what's genuinely used and still maintained, not abandoned.
Are these Python agent frameworks open source and free?
Yes — every project on this page is open source and written primarily in Python. The software is free to run and self-host; you still pay for the infrastructure you run it on and any model or API usage it makes.
Why choose Python agent frameworks specifically?
Staying in your team's primary language — Python — makes self-hosting, extending, and debugging far easier, because you can read and modify the source directly instead of treating it as a black box.