Agent Frameworks
Libraries for building single and multi-agent systems.
7 projects · catalog last checked 2026-10-20. "Highlight" is editorial; status, commit and release come from the weekly evidence refresh.
Comparison
| Project | What it does | Highlight (editorial) | Deployment | Hardware | Licence | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LangChain | Composable LLM application framework | Broad integrations | library | not-applicable | MIT | active |
| LangGraph | Graph-based stateful agent orchestration | Controllable workflows | library | not-applicable | MIT | active |
| CrewAI | Role-based multi-agent crews | Multi-agent teams | library | not-applicable | MIT | active |
| AutoGen | Conversational multi-agent framework | Agent conversations | library | not-applicable | CC-BY-4.0 (docs) / MIT (code) ⚠ needs review | active |
| smolagents | Minimal code-writing agents | Lightweight | library | not-applicable | Apache-2.0 | active |
| Agno | Fast agent framework with memory and tools | Performance | library | not-applicable | Apache-2.0 | active |
| OpenHuman | Lightweight agent harness that runs hundreds of agents on a small VPS | - | library | not-applicable | GPL-3.0 | active |
Quick start
pip install smolagents
export OPENAI_BASE_URL=http://localhost:4000/v1 OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-local
Project details
LangChain
Composable LLM application framework
| Upstream repository | LangChain on GitHub |
| Setup docs | LangChain setup guide |
| Licence | MIT · licence evidence · checked 2026-10-20 |
| Licence detected by GitHub | MIT |
| Repository state | active |
| Licence review reason | – |
| Last lookup | ok |
| Last commit | 2026-10-20 |
| Latest release | langchain-core==1.6.12 (2026-10-16) |
| Deployment | library |
| Hardware | not-applicable |
| Languages | Python |
| Evidence collected | 2026-10-20 |
LangGraph
Graph-based stateful agent orchestration
| Upstream repository | LangGraph on GitHub |
| Setup docs | LangGraph setup guide |
| Licence | MIT · licence evidence · checked 2026-10-20 |
| Licence detected by GitHub | MIT |
| Repository state | active |
| Licence review reason | – |
| Last lookup | ok |
| Last commit | 2026-10-20 |
| Latest release | cli==0.4.37 (2026-10-19) |
| Deployment | library |
| Hardware | not-applicable |
| Languages | Python |
| Evidence collected | 2026-10-20 |
CrewAI
Role-based multi-agent crews
| Upstream repository | CrewAI on GitHub |
| Setup docs | CrewAI setup guide |
| Licence | MIT · licence evidence · checked 2026-10-20 |
| Licence detected by GitHub | MIT |
| Repository state | active |
| Licence review reason | – |
| Last lookup | ok |
| Last commit | 2026-10-20 |
| Latest release | 1.15.28 (2026-10-14) |
| Deployment | library |
| Hardware | not-applicable |
| Languages | Python |
| Evidence collected | 2026-10-20 |
AutoGen
Conversational multi-agent framework
| Upstream repository | AutoGen on GitHub |
| Setup docs | AutoGen setup guide |
| Licence | CC-BY-4.0 (docs) / MIT (code) ⚠ needs review · licence evidence · checked 2026-10-20 |
| Licence detected by GitHub | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Repository state | active |
| Licence review reason | Multiple licences: LICENSE is CC-BY-4.0 (docs) and LICENSE-CODE is MIT (code); GitHub reports only CC-BY-4.0. |
| Last lookup | ok |
| Last commit | 2026-10-16 |
| Latest release | python-v0.7.5 (2025-09-30) |
| Deployment | library |
| Hardware | not-applicable |
| Languages | Python |
| Evidence collected | 2026-10-20 |
smolagents
Minimal code-writing agents
| Upstream repository | smolagents on GitHub |
| Setup docs | smolagents setup guide |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 · licence evidence · checked 2026-10-20 |
| Licence detected by GitHub | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository state | active |
| Licence review reason | – |
| Last lookup | ok |
| Last commit | 2026-10-06 |
| Latest release | v1.26.0 (2026-05-29) |
| Deployment | library |
| Hardware | not-applicable |
| Languages | Python |
| Evidence collected | 2026-10-20 |
Agno
Fast agent framework with memory and tools
| Upstream repository | Agno on GitHub |
| Setup docs | Agno setup guide |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 · licence evidence · checked 2026-10-20 |
| Licence detected by GitHub | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository state | active |
| Licence review reason | – |
| Last lookup | ok |
| Last commit | 2026-10-20 |
| Latest release | v3.1.7 (2026-10-20) |
| Deployment | library |
| Hardware | not-applicable |
| Languages | Python |
| Evidence collected | 2026-10-20 |
OpenHuman
Lightweight agent harness that runs hundreds of agents on a small VPS
| Upstream repository | OpenHuman on GitHub |
| Setup docs | OpenHuman setup guide |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 · licence evidence · checked 2026-10-20 |
| Licence detected by GitHub | GPL-3.0 |
| Repository state | active |
| Licence review reason | – |
| Last lookup | ok |
| Last commit | 2026-10-20 |
| Latest release | v0.64.15 (2026-10-09) |
| Deployment | library |
| Hardware | not-applicable |
| Languages | Rust |
| Evidence collected | 2026-10-20 |