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AutoGen

Microsoft open-source framework for multi-agent chat apps and event-driven agent systems.

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Pricing

Open-source framework under MIT; you bring your own model API keys. AutoGen Studio UI available via pip.

Overview

AutoGen is a Microsoft open-source programming framework for building agentic AI applications. AgentChat covers conversational single- and multi-agent apps in Python. Core adds an event-driven runtime for scalable multi-agent systems. Extensions connect MCP servers, OpenAI Assistants, Docker code execution, and distributed workers. AutoGen Studio offers a web UI to prototype agents without writing code.

Key features

  • AgentChat API for conversational multi-agent apps
  • Event-driven Core runtime for scalable systems
  • AutoGen Studio no-code prototyping UI
  • MCP workbench and OpenAI Assistant extensions
  • Docker-based code execution tools
  • Distributed agent runtime options
  • Model-client integrations (e.g. OpenAI)

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Last updated 2026-09-16