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AutoGen

Multi-agent conversations — Microsoft research framework

4.4/ 5⭐ 40,000 GitHub starsPythonMIT
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📋 Overview

AutoGen is a Microsoft research framework for multi-agent conversations — enabling multiple AI agents to collaborate on tasks through structured dialogues. Unlike MetaGPT (which assigns roles), AutoGen focuses on the conversation structure — agents can be assistants, users, or tools that communicate to solve problems.

✨ Key Features

  • •45K+ GitHub stars — Microsoft multi-agent framework
  • •Structured multi-agent conversations
  • •AssistantAgent, UserProxyAgent, GroupChatManager
  • •Tool calling and code execution
  • •MIT licensed
  • •Active community and development

🎯 The Problem It Solves

Complex tasks require multiple AI agents to collaborate. AutoGen provides a framework for structuring these multi-agent conversations.

🔧 How It Works

AutoGen defines agents with different roles (AssistantAgent, UserProxyAgent, GroupChatManager) that communicate through structured dialogues. Agents can call tools, write code, and collaborate on tasks. The framework handles message routing and conversation flow.

🚀 Installation & Quick Start

Installation

See website

Quick Start

  1. See documentation

✅ Pros

  • •Most flexible multi-agent framework
  • •Structured conversations
  • •MIT licensed
  • •Active community
  • •Comprehensive documentation
  • •Production-ready

❌ Cons

  • •Steeper learning curve
  • •Agents can loop infinitely
  • •Token costs add up

💬 Practitioner Verdict

“AutoGen is the most flexible multi-agent framework — the conversation structure is genuinely differentiated. The trade-off: steeper learning curve than MetaGPT, the agents can loop infinitely, and the token costs add up. For researchers and teams that need flexible multi-agent conversations, AutoGen is the default.”
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Open source, MIT/Apache licensed. Run it yourself.

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Deployment Options

Ways to run AutoGen in production

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📊 Specifications

Language
Python
License
MIT
Platform
Linux, macOS, Windows
Supported Models
REST API, CLI

💰 Pricing Reality

100% free MIT license. No paid tier.

👥 Community Health

Stars40,000
Forks5,000
Contributors800
Health Score9/10

🏷️ Tags

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