microsoft/agent-framework
A framework for building, orchestrating and deploying AI agents and multi-agent workflows with support for Python and .NET.
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Where it stands
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5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 5 days ago, with 329 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #9 in the weekly ranking the week of Apr 5, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a multi-language framework for building, orchestrating, and deploying AI agents and multi-agent workflows in Python and .NET.
- Enables graph-based workflow orchestration with streaming, checkpointing, human-in-the-loop, and time-travel features for complex AI agent interactions.
- Use for developing AI chat agents and assistants with customizable instructions and multi-provider LLM support in Python or .NET.
- Use for creating and managing complex multi-agent workflows with deterministic functions and data flows for enterprise automation scenarios.
- Use for integrating observability and telemetry into AI agent systems using built-in OpenTelemetry support for monitoring and debugging.
Should you depend on it?
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License
MIT
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
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From the README
Welcome to Microsoft's comprehensive multi-language framework for building, orchestrating, and deploying AI agents with support for both .NET and Python implementations. This framework provides everything from simple chat agents to complex multi-agent workflows with graph-based orchestration.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
+1,791 stars over 85 days across 10 snapshot days; best day +14 on Aug 27.
Forks
2.6K+426
Open issues
898+217
Compared with peers in AI
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| github/spec-kit | 149.2K | +2.6K | 75 | today |
| microsoft/agent-framework | 14.5K | — | 65 | 5 days ago |
| Category median | 115.8K | +4.0K | 75 | — |
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