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openai/openai-agents-python Alternatives

AI agent orchestration / multi-agent workflows

OpenAI Agents SDK is a lightweight Python framework for building multi-agent workflows with agents, tools, guardrails, handoffs, sessions, and tracing.

28.9kPythonMITactive · last push 2mo agoGitHub

Drop-in peers

Same problem, same approach. Swapping one for another is a config change, not a rewrite.

langchain-ai/deepagentsGitHub

Choose when you want a Python agent harness tightly integrated with LangChain's ecosystem and prebuilt tools.

The batteries-included agent harness.

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MIT
active30d ago
google/adk-pythonGitHub

Choose when you need Google's code-first Python agent toolkit with built-in evaluation and deployment features.

An open-source, code-first Python toolkit for building, evaluating, and deploying sophisticated AI agents with flexibility and control.

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Python
Apache-2.0
active1mo ago
strands-agents/harness-sdkGitHub

Choose when you want a Python/TypeScript SDK for building and controlling agent harnesses with any model or cloud.

Build an agent harness and control it end-to-end. Open-source SDK for production AI agents in Python & TypeScript - any model, any cloud.

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Python
Apache-2.0
active2mo ago
microsoft/agent-frameworkGitHub

Choose when you want a Python multi-agent framework with .NET support and enterprise orchestration capabilities.

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

13.5k
Python
MIT
active30d ago
aden-hive/hiveGitHub

Choose when you want a Python multi-agent harness with Apache-2.0 licensing and a focus on production control.

Multi-Agent Harness for Production AI

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Python
Apache-2.0
active2mo ago

Same job, different approach

Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.

omnigent-ai/omnigentGitHub

Choose when you want a meta-harness to orchestrate multiple existing agent harnesses without rewriting your own agents.

Omnigent is an open-source AI agent framework and meta-harness: orchestrate Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Pi, and custom agents — swap harnesses without rewriting, enforce policies and sandboxing, and collaborate in real time from any device.

10.1k
Python
Apache-2.0
active25d ago
iflytek/astron-agentGitHub

Choose when you need a Java enterprise agent workflow platform with commercial-friendly licensing.

Enterprise-grade, commercial-friendly agentic workflow platform for building next-generation SuperAgents.

9.0k
Java
Apache-2.0
active1mo ago
agentscope-ai/agentscope-javaGitHub

Choose when you need a Java framework for building distributed, long-running production agents.

Build distributed, production-grade, long-running agents.

5.6k
Java
Apache-2.0
active1mo ago
evolution-foundation/evo-aiGitHub

Choose when you need a TypeScript platform for creating and managing agents with integration across multiple models.

Evo AI is an open-source platform for creating and managing AI agents, enabling integration with different AI models and services.

607
TypeScript
Apache-2.0
slowing1.4y ago
InfinitiBit/graphbitGitHub

Choose when you prefer a Rust-core agent framework with a Python wrapper for higher performance and safety.

GraphBit is the world’s first enterprise-grade Agentic AI framework, built on a Rust core with a Python wrapper for unmatched speed, security, and scalability. It enables reliable multi-agent workflows with minimal CPU and memory usage, making it production-ready for real-world enterprise environments.

579
Rust
Apache-2.0
active4mo ago
AgenticGoKit/AgenticGoKitGitHub

Choose when you want a Go agent framework with MCP tool discovery and event-driven multi-agent workflows.

Open-source Agentic AI framework in Go for building, orchestrating, and deploying intelligent agents. LLM-agnostic, event-driven, with multi-agent workflows, MCP tool discovery, and production-grade observability.

176
Go
Apache-2.0
active2mo ago
wanmol/goal-flowGitHub

Choose when you want graph-orchestrated agent loops with Dify DSL transpilation, built on LangGraph.

Graph-Orchestrated Agent Loop — a production-grade framework on LangGraph. Combine workflow graphs and agent loops, transpile Dify DSL to runnable code, swap wire protocols (Dify/OpenAI).

137
Python
MIT
active2mo ago
VoltAgent/voltagentGitHub

Choose when you need a TypeScript agent framework with an engineering platform for building and evaluating agents.

AI Agent Engineering Platform built on an Open Source TypeScript AI Agent Framework

10.4k
TypeScript
MIT
active2mo ago
langchain-ai/langgraphGitHub

Choose when you want graph-based orchestration with explicit state management instead of handoff-based agent workflows.

Build resilient agents.

40.2k
Python
MIT
active2mo ago
truefoundry/trueforgeGitHub

Choose when you want a TypeScript agent harness focused on runtime execution and working agents in production.

The open-source agent harness - the runtime layer that turns an LLM into a working agent.

3.4k
TypeScript
MIT
active2mo ago
microsoft/semantic-kernelGitHub

Choose when you want a C# SDK for integrating LLMs into apps with plugins and planners, not specifically multi-agent workflows.

Integrate cutting-edge LLM technology quickly and easily into your apps

28.5k
C#
MIT
active2mo ago
lastmile-ai/mcp-agentGitHub

Choose when you want a Python agent framework centered on Model Context Protocol and simple workflow patterns.

Build effective agents using Model Context Protocol and simple workflow patterns

8.5k
Python
Apache-2.0
slowing9mo ago

Older generation, or narrower

An earlier or more limited way to do the job. Still the right call when you need something small, proven, or CPU-only.

EverMind-AI/RavenGitHub

Choose when you need a memory-first agent harness specialized for deep research rather than general multi-agent workflows.

The Harness of Harnesses: a trusted, persistent, self-evolving multi-agent ecosystem for all-domain collaboration.

3.7k
Python
Apache-2.0
active1mo ago
HKUDS/nanobotGitHub

Choose when you want a lightweight self-hosted personal AI agent with WebUI, memory, and MCP rather than a general multi-agent framework.

Ultra-lightweight, open-source, self-hosted personal AI agent framework in Python with WebUI, tools, memory, MCP, multi-agent workflows, automation, and chat apps

47.6k
Python
MIT
active1mo ago

End-user tools

Does the same job, but ships as an app. Useful to a person, not swappable into a codebase.

NousResearch/hermes-agentGitHub

Choose when you want a ready-to-use personal AI agent that evolves with usage, not a builder SDK.

The agent that grows with you

234.2k
Python
MIT
active2mo ago
zhayujie/CowAgentGitHub

Choose when you want an out-of-the-box assistant with planning, tools, and self-evolution instead of building your own.

Open-source super AI assistant & Agent Harness. Plans tasks, runs tools and skills, self-evolves with memory and knowledge. Multi-agent, multi-model, multi-channel. Lightweight, extensible, one-line install. (formerly chatgpt-on-wechat)

47.0k
Python
MIT
active30d ago
the-open-agent/openagentGitHub

Choose when you want a personal AI assistant in Go with computer-use and browser-use capabilities.

⚡️next-generation personal AI assistant powered by LLM, RAG and agent loops, supporting computer-use, browser-use and coding agent, demo: https://demo.openagentai.org

5.5k
Go
Apache-2.0
active2mo ago
nextlevelbuilder/goclawGitHub

Choose when you want OpenClaw's personal assistant functionality in Go with multi-tenant isolation.

GoClaw - GoClaw is OpenClaw rebuilt in Go — with multi-tenant isolation, 5-layer security, and native concurrency. Deploy AI agent teams at scale without compromising on safety.

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Go
NOASSERTION
active1mo ago

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These projects were analysed and named openai-agents-python among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how openai-agents-python rates them is a separate judgement, made when openai-agents-python is analysed in its own right.

bytedance/deer-flowGitHub

calls openai-agents-python “when you want a minimal, dependency-light multi-agent framework with OpenAI-native tooling, adding your own memory/sandbox layers.”

An open-source long-horizon SuperAgent harness that researches, codes, and creates. With the help of sandboxes, memories, tools, skill, subagents and message gateway, it handles different levels of tasks that could take minutes to hours.

83.0kPythonactive
crewAIInc/crewAIGitHub

calls openai-agents-python “Choose for the official OpenAI multi-agent SDK with handoff-based agent patterns.”

Framework for orchestrating role-playing, autonomous AI agents. By fostering collaborative intelligence, CrewAI empowers agents to work together seamlessly, tackling complex tasks.

58.5kPythonactive
langchain-ai/langgraphGitHub

calls openai-agents-python “choose it if you prefer OpenAI's agent/handoff model over a graph state machine.”

Build resilient agents.

40.2kPythonactive
langchain-ai/deepagentsGitHub

calls openai-agents-python “Lightweight official OpenAI multi-agent framework; choose it for first-class OpenAI tooling and a minimal core.”

The batteries-included agent harness.

29.4kPythonactive
microsoft/semantic-kernelGitHub

calls openai-agents-python “choose for a lightweight, first-party OpenAI multi-agent framework in Python.”

Integrate cutting-edge LLM technology quickly and easily into your apps

28.5kC#active
google/adk-pythonGitHub

calls openai-agents-python “drop-in peer; choose when optimizing for OpenAI models and lightweight multi-agent primitives.”

An open-source, code-first Python toolkit for building, evaluating, and deploying sophisticated AI agents with flexibility and control.

21.5kPythonactive
microsoft/agent-frameworkGitHub

calls openai-agents-python “choose if you want a minimal, low-overhead framework directly from OpenAI.”

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

13.5kPythonactive
MervinPraison/PraisonAIGitHub

calls openai-agents-python “Choose it if you are already in the OpenAI ecosystem and want first-party model integration for multi-agent workflows.”

PraisonAI 🦞 — Hire a 24/7 AI Workforce. Stop writing boilerplate and start shipping autonomous self-improving agents that research, plan, code, and execute tasks. Deployed in 5 lines of code with built-in memory, RAG, and support for 100+ LLMs.

8.9kPythonactive
kyegomez/swarmsGitHub

calls openai-agents-python “when you want OpenAI's lightweight official multi-agent workflow and handoff framework with a smaller footprint than Swarms”

The Enterprise-Grade Multi-Agent Orchestration Framework. Website: https://swarms.ai

7.1kPythonactive
strands-agents/harness-sdkGitHub

calls openai-agents-python “Use when OpenAI-native APIs and handoffs are the priority and you accept less provider neutrality than seed offers.”

Build an agent harness and control it end-to-end. Open-source SDK for production AI agents in Python & TypeScript - any model, any cloud.

7.0kPythonactive
ag2ai/ag2GitHub

calls openai-agents-python “Choose when you want a lightweight Python multi-agent workflow library tightly integrated with OpenAI APIs.”

AG2 (formerly AutoGen): The Open-Source AgentOS.Join us at: https://discord.gg/sNGSwQME3x

4.9kPythonactive
EverMind-AI/RavenGitHub

calls openai-agents-python “lighter weight with first-party OpenAI support; choose for simple multi-agent workflows over Raven's heavier harness.”

The Harness of Harnesses: a trusted, persistent, self-evolving multi-agent ecosystem for all-domain collaboration.

3.7kPythonactive
NousResearch/hermes-agentGitHub

calls openai-agents-python “OpenAI's multi-agent orchestration library; pick when you want to code custom agent pipelines rather than run a pre-built assistant.”

The agent that grows with you

234.2kPythonactive
Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPTGitHub

calls openai-agents-python “choose when you want a minimal, code-first multi-agent framework without a UI/management platform.”

AutoGPT is the vision of accessible AI for everyone, to use and to build on. Our mission is to provide the tools, so that you can focus on what matters.

187.3kPythonactive
langgenius/difyGitHub

calls openai-agents-python “Lightweight OpenAI multi-agent framework; choose when you want OpenAI-native code-first workflows.”

Build Agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, with rich AI model and tool support on one collaborative workspace. Deploy on cloud, VPC, or self-hosted, so teams move from prototype to production without rebuilding the stack.

155.7kTypeScriptactive
HKUDS/nanobotGitHub

calls openai-agents-python “Python multi-agent SDK without UI or chat integrations; use when you need a minimal OpenAI-compatible agent library.”

Ultra-lightweight, open-source, self-hosted personal AI agent framework in Python with WebUI, tools, memory, MCP, multi-agent workflows, automation, and chat apps

47.6kPythonactive
zhayujie/CowAgentGitHub

calls openai-agents-python “choose if you need a lightweight, low-level multi-agent orchestration library rather than a full assistant harness with channels and memory.”

Open-source super AI assistant & Agent Harness. Plans tasks, runs tools and skills, self-evolves with memory and knowledge. Multi-agent, multi-model, multi-channel. Lightweight, extensible, one-line install. (formerly chatgpt-on-wechat)

47.0kPythonactive
agno-agi/agnoGitHub

calls openai-agents-python “Choose for a simple, lightweight multi-agent framework from OpenAI without platform extras.”

Build, run, and manage agent platforms.

42.6kPythonactive
ToolJet/ToolJetGitHub

calls openai-agents-python “OpenAI's lightweight Python agent framework, code-first with tight OpenAI integration.”

ToolJet is the open-source foundation of ToolJet AI - the enterprise app generation platform for building internal tools, dashboard, business applications, workflows and AI agents 🚀

40.8kJavaScriptactive
AstrBotDevs/AstrBotGitHub

calls openai-agents-python “Lightweight multi-agent workflow framework; choose it for OpenAI-native agent apps without built-in IM channel adapters.”

AI Agent Assistant & development framework that integrates lots of IM platforms, LLMs, plugins and AI feature, and can be your openclaw alternative. ✨

39.5kPythonactive