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AutoGen

Microsoft's framework for agentic AI centered on multi-agent conversation patterns where LLM agents collaborate, critique, and run tools/code. Its event-driven v0.4 redesign and code-execution focus distinguish it from graph- or role-based frameworks.

Code is MIT (LICENSE-CODE; the repo's root LICENSE is CC-BY-4.0 for docs, which mislabels the GitHub license field). In maintenance mode - Microsoft now directs new work to the Microsoft Agent Framework (Semantic Kernel + AutoGen merge). ~59k stars.

Openness

5 high confidence

5.0

license: MIT(code,via LICENSE-CODE)
docs: CC-BY-4.0
source: public
core-gated: ungated

Code is MIT and fully open; the GitHub-surfaced CC-BY-4.0 is only the docs license.

https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/blob/main/LICENSE-CODE recorded 2026-06-17
MIT code license

Adoption

4 medium confidence

4.0

~1.37M downloads/month for autogen-agentchat; trajectory flat as it enters maintenance mode.

https://pypistats.org/packages/autogen-agentchat recorded 2026-06-17
~1.37M downloads/month

Capability

4 medium confidence

4.0

Strong multi-agent conversation model; less durable-execution depth than LangGraph and now in maintenance.

https://github.com/microsoft/autogen recorded 2026-06-17
feature set: multi-agent conversation, code execution

Unchanged since 2026-07-30 (last edited, not re-checked)