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    microsoft/autogen

    A programming framework for agentic AI

    61.7K stars
    9.4K forks
    61.7K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 6, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 401 days ago, with 443 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a Python framework for building multi-agent AI applications that operate autonomously or collaborate with humans.
    • Offers a layered, extensible design with high-level APIs and low-level components for flexible multi-agent orchestration and integration with various LLMs.
    • Use for rapidly prototyping AI assistants that leverage OpenAI models for conversational tasks and expert knowledge integration.
    • Use for creating multi-agent workflows that combine specialized agents like math and chemistry experts to solve complex problems collaboratively.
    • Use for developing no-code multi-agent applications with AutoGen Studio's GUI to prototype and run AI workflows without programming.

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    License

    CC BY 4.0

    Permissive content license, unusual for code: reuse is allowed with attribution, but it was not written for software.

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    From the README

    AutoGen is a framework for creating multi-agent AI applications that can act autonomously or work alongside humans.

    AutoGen requires Python 3.10 or later.

    The current stable version can be found in the releases. If you are upgrading from AutoGen v0.2, please refer to the Migration Guide for detailed instructions on how to update your code and configurations.

    Excerpt from the microsoft/autogen README on GitHub (CC-BY-4.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

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    Forks

    9.4K+289

    Open issues

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