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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 1d agoGitHub

Drop-in peers

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

langchain-ai/deepagents

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

The batteries-included agent harness.

28.1k
Python
MIT
active1d ago
google/adk-python

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
active2d ago
strands-agents/harness-sdk

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.

7.0k
Python
Apache-2.0
active2d ago
microsoft/agent-framework

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.

13.0k
Python
MIT
active1d ago
aden-hive/hive

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

10.9k
Python
Apache-2.0
active2d 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/omnigent

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.

9.2k
Python
Apache-2.0
active1d ago
iflytek/astron-agent

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.

8.9k
Java
Apache-2.0
active5d ago
agentscope-ai/agentscope-java

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

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

5.2k
Java
none
active2d ago
evolution-foundation/evo-ai

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
slowing1.2y ago
InfinitiBit/graphbit

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
active2mo ago
AgenticGoKit/AgenticGoKit

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.

172
Go
Apache-2.0
active22d ago
wanmol/goal-flow

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).

132
Python
MIT
active10d ago
VoltAgent/voltagent

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
active13d ago
langchain-ai/langgraph

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

Build resilient agents.

40.2k
Python
MIT
active1d ago
truefoundry/trueforge

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
active1d ago
microsoft/semantic-kernel

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
active2d ago
lastmile-ai/mcp-agent

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
slowing7mo 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/Raven

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

The memory-first, self-improving agent harness built on EverOS, with MiroThinker-powered deep research and reasoning.

3.6k
Python
Apache-2.0
active2d ago
HKUDS/nanobot

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

47.3k
Python
MIT
active1d ago

End-user tools

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

NousResearch/hermes-agent

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
active1d ago
zhayujie/CowAgent

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-model, multi-channel. Lightweight, extensible, one-line install. (formerly chatgpt-on-wechat)

46.6k
Python
MIT
active2d ago
the-open-agent/openagent

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
active3d ago
nextlevelbuilder/goclaw

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
active3d 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-flow

calls openai-agents-pythonwhen 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.

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langchain-ai/langgraph

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

Build resilient agents.

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microsoft/semantic-kernel

calls openai-agents-pythonchoose 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
langchain-ai/deepagents

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

The batteries-included agent harness.

28.1kPythonactive
google/adk-python

calls openai-agents-pythondrop-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.

21.2kPythonactive
microsoft/agent-framework

calls openai-agents-pythonchoose 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.

13.0kPythonactive
NousResearch/hermes-agent

calls openai-agents-pythonOpenAI'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
HKUDS/nanobot

calls openai-agents-pythonPython 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

47.3kPythonactive
zhayujie/CowAgent

calls openai-agents-pythonchoose 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-model, multi-channel. Lightweight, extensible, one-line install. (formerly chatgpt-on-wechat)

46.6kPythonactive
arc53/DocsGPT

calls openai-agents-pythonUse when you need a minimal framework to build custom multi-agent workflows in Python without a UI.

Private AI platform for agents, assistants and enterprise search. Built-in Agent Builder, Deep research, Document analysis, Multi-model support, and API connectivity for agents.

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