Frameworks and Platforms¶
The infrastructure powering the next generation of autonomous AI. These frameworks let you build, orchestrate, and deploy AI agents that can reason, browse, code, and collaborate -- from single-agent tools to multi-agent orchestration platforms.
Next-Generation Agent Frameworks (2025-2026)¶
| Name | Github Stars | Introduction | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenHands | AI-powered software development agent platform (formerly OpenDevin). Autonomous coding agent that can write, test, and debug code end-to-end. | 71k+ stars. #1 on SWE-bench. Sandboxed execution environment. | |
| browser-use | Make websites accessible for AI agents. Automate tasks online with ease using Playwright-based browser automation. | 87k+ stars. AI agents that browse the web autonomously. | |
| DeerFlow | ByteDance's open-source long-horizon SuperAgent harness that researches, codes, and creates. Multi-agent with sandboxes, memories, tools, and skills. | 60k+ stars. Built on LangGraph. | |
| Firecrawl | The Web Data API for AI - Power AI agents with clean web data. Scrapes and converts websites to LLM-ready markdown. | 108k+ stars. Used by major AI agent frameworks. | |
| crewAI | Framework for orchestrating role-playing, autonomous AI agents. Craft collaborative AI crews for complex tasks. | Production-grade multi-agent orchestration. | |
| agenticSeek | Fully local autonomous agent - No APIs, no monthly bills. Thinks, browses the web, and codes using only local LLMs. | 26k+ stars. Fully local, privacy-first. | |
| Gemini CLI | Google's open-source AI agent that brings Gemini directly into your terminal. MCP support built-in. | 101k+ stars. Official Google agent. | |
| Hermes Agent | The agent that grows with you. By Nous Research - multi-model AI agent with Claude, GPT, and open-source model support. | 66k+ stars. From Nous Research. | |
| Daytona | Secure and elastic infrastructure for running AI-generated code. Sandboxed execution environment for AI agents. | 72k+ stars. Secure code execution. | |
| Composio | Production-ready toolset for AI agents. 250+ tools, frameworks, and integrations for building agentic AI applications. | composio.dev | |
| PentAGI | Fully autonomous AI agent system for complex penetration testing tasks. Multi-agent security automation. | 15k+ stars. Autonomous security testing. |
Established Agent Frameworks¶
| Name | Github Stars | Introduction | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auto-GPT | The original autonomous AI agent. Now evolved into a full platform for building and deploying autonomous agents. | 183k+ stars. The project that started the autonomous agent movement. | |
| MetaGPT | The Multi-Agent Framework: Given one line Requirement, return PRD, Design, Tasks, Repo. | Mimics a software company with PM, architect, and engineer agent roles. | |
| AgentGPT | Assemble, configure, and deploy autonomous AI Agents in your browser. | 36k+ stars. Browser-based agent deployment. | |
| SuperAGI | Dev-first open source autonomous AI agent framework. Run concurrent agents with tools, GUI, multiple vector DBs, performance telemetry, and agent memory. | Toolkits: Email, Jira, GitHub, Google Search, DALL-E, Notion, etc. | |
| AutoGen | Microsoft's framework for multi-agent conversation. Agents converse with each other to solve tasks with human-in-the-loop support. | Now evolved into AG2 with enhanced multi-agent patterns. | |
| ChatDev | A virtual software company with multiple agents (CEO, CTO, programmer, tester) collaborating to design, code, test, and document software. | - | |
| CAMEL | Communicative Agents for "Mind" Exploration of Large Language Model Society. Role-playing framework for multi-agent collaboration. | camel-ai.org | |
| XAgent | An autonomous LLM-based agent for complex task solving. | x-agent.net | |
| JARVIS / HuggingGPT | Uses ChatGPT as a controller to manage AI models on HuggingFace for task planning, model selection, and execution. | - | |
| babyagi | Task-driven autonomous agent using OpenAI and vector DBs to create, prioritize, and execute tasks. | - | |
| OpenAGI | Open-source AGI research platform combining LLMs with domain expert models via RLTF. | - |
Specialized & Utility Frameworks¶
| Name | Github Stars | Introduction | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ShortGPT | Framework for automating video creation, voiceover, editing, and publishing using LLMs. | - | |
| gpt-engineer | Specify what you want it to build, the AI asks for clarification, and then builds it. | - | |
| FastGPT | Knowledge-based QA system built on LLMs with out-of-the-box data processing and workflow orchestration. | - | |
| big-agi | AI suite with AI personas, AGI functions, multi-model chat, text-to-image, voice, code execution. Deploy on-prem or cloud. | big-agi.com | |
| opencog | A framework for integrated Artificial Intelligence & Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). | - | |
| smol-ai/developer | The first library to let you embed a developer agent in your own app! | - | |
| loopgpt | Modular Auto-GPT Framework. Improved GPT-3.5 support, lower API token cost. | - | |
| LocalAGI | Locally run AGI powered by LLaMA, ChatGLM and more. | - | |
| DemoGPT | Create quick demos by just using prompts. | - |