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AI tools for building AI agents: multi-agent orchestration

Frameworks for teams of agents that hand work to each other, split tasks and check each other's output. Of the 204 tools on our building AI agents page, 32 fit this narrower job. By pricing: 32 open source. The most-starred open repos here are Ruflo (74,609 stars), MetaGPT (70,885 stars), AutoGen (61,395 stars). Most come from the frameworks (30), browser/computer use (1), coding (1) categories.

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Ruflo

frameworksOpen source

Open-source multi-agent meta-harness for Claude Code, Codex, and MCP clients; Oct 13 release adds Mods (mission workflows) and a single control plane with human approval.

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MetaGPT

frameworksOpen source

Multi-agent framework that assigns roles like product manager and engineer to LLM agents to build software.

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AutoGen

frameworksOpen source

Microsoft's framework for multi-agent conversations, now archived and no longer maintained; Microsoft points new users to Microsoft Agent Framework.

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CrewAI

frameworksOpen source + cloud

Framework for role-based multi-agent crews.

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Agno

frameworksOpen source + cloud

Python framework and runtime for building, running and managing multi-agent systems with memory, knowledge and tools.

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AgentScope

frameworksOpen source

Framework for building and running transparent multi-agent applications with visual debugging.

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Orkes

frameworksOpen source + cloud

Orchestration platform built on Conductor for durable workflows and AI agents.

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LangChain Deep Agents

frameworksOpen source

Library for long-running agents with subagents and skills; 0.7.23 (Oct 7) adds pinned_skills.

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OpenAI Agents SDK (Python)

frameworksOpen source

OpenAI's Python SDK for building multi-agent workflows; v0.23.0/0.23.1 released Oct 1-2.

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Haystack

frameworksOpen source + cloud

Open-source orchestration framework for building production LLM apps, RAG and agents.

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CAMEL

frameworksOpen source

CAMEL, one of the first multi-agent frameworks, for building role-playing agents and large agent societies.

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Microsoft Agent Framework

frameworksOpen source

Microsoft's framework for building and orchestrating agents and multi-agent workflows in Python and .NET.

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txtai

NewframeworksOpen source

All-in-one Python framework for semantic search, LLM orchestration and agents built on an embeddings database of vector, graph and relational indexes.

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Aden Hive

frameworksOpen source

Multi-agent harness for production AI.

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Omnigent

frameworksOpen source

Open-source agent framework and meta-harness that orchestrates Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents together.

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UFO

Newbrowser/computer useOpen source

Microsoft's desktop agent framework that operates Windows apps and orchestrates multi-device tasks as task graphs.

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PraisonAI

frameworksOpen source

Multi-agent framework for building a self-improving AI workforce with little code.

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Flyte

frameworksOpen source + cloud

Type-safe orchestration for agents, ML pipelines and inference on Kubernetes.

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Swarms

frameworksOpen source + cloud

Enterprise multi-agent orchestration framework.

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Open Multi-Agent

frameworksOpen source

Self-hosted TypeScript agent runtime with durable approvals and verifiable run records.

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AG2

frameworksOpen source

AG2, the community continuation of AutoGen, an open-source framework for multi-agent systems.

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Agency Swarm

NewframeworksOpen source

Multi-agent orchestration framework built on the OpenAI Agents SDK for creating collaborating agent "agencies" with defined roles.

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Dagu

frameworksOpen source

Self-hostable workflow orchestrator with a simple definition format and web UI, usable for agent jobs.

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Langroid

frameworksOpen source

Python framework for multi-agent programming with LLMs.

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LazyLLM

frameworksOpen source

Low-code framework for building multi-agent LLM applications.

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BeeAI Framework

NewframeworksOpen source

Framework for building production-ready agents and multi-agent systems in Python or TypeScript.

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BotSharp

frameworksOpen source

Multi-agent framework for .NET.

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agentUniverse

NewframeworksOpen source

Multi-agent framework with reusable collaboration patterns for building LLM agent applications.

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Neuron AI

NewframeworksOpen source

PHP framework for creating and orchestrating AI agents with LLMs, tools, vector stores and memory.

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LangGraph4j

NewframeworksOpen source

Java library for building stateful multi-agent applications as graphs, working with LangChain4j and Spring AI.

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KaibanJS

NewframeworksOpen source

JavaScript-native framework for building and managing multi-agent systems with a Kanban-style board for agent tasks.

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Pydantic Deep Agents

NewcodingOpen source

Self-hosted terminal AI assistant and Python framework on Pydantic AI, with tool calling, sandboxed execution, multi-agent teams and checkpoints.

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GitHub repos (32)

RepoGitHub starsLicenceLast push
Ruflo ↗74,609MIT2026-10-18
MetaGPT ↗70,885MIT2026-01-21
AutoGen ↗61,395MIT for code (LICENSE-CODE); CC-BY-4.0 for documentation2026-10-16
CrewAI ↗59,675MIT2026-10-16
Agno ↗42,769Apache License 2.02026-10-17
AgentScope ↗33,376Apache License 2.02026-10-15
Orkes ↗32,319Apache License 2.02026-10-16
LangChain Deep Agents ↗30,236MIT2026-10-17
OpenAI Agents SDK (Python) ↗30,023MIT2026-10-17
Haystack ↗26,748Apache License 2.02026-10-16
CAMEL ↗17,911Apache License 2.02026-10-12
Microsoft Agent Framework ↗14,169MIT2026-10-16
txtai ↗13,024——
Aden Hive ↗11,107Apache License 2.02026-10-18
Omnigent ↗10,854Apache License 2.02026-10-18

Top 15 of 32 by stars. Stars and licence come from each repo, checked when the listing was last verified.

FAQ

What are the best AI tools for building AI agents focused on multi-agent orchestration?

We list 32. The first three by GitHub stars and featured status are Ruflo: Open-source multi-agent meta-harness for Claude Code, Codex, and MCP clients; Oct 13 release adds Mods (mission workflows) and a single control plane with human approval.; MetaGPT: Multi-agent framework that assigns roles like product manager and engineer to LLM agents to build software.; AutoGen: Microsoft's framework for multi-agent conversations, now archived and no longer maintained; Microsoft points new users to Microsoft Agent Framework.

Are there free or open-source options?

Yes: 32 open source. Pricing is as each maker states it.

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