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Metagpt

Metagpt is an MIT-licensed Python framework that coordinates GPT-based agents assigned to different roles, such as product manager, architect, project manager and engineer, for complex software and other workflows.

Independent OpenViST project profile, based on linked sources.

Metagpt — OpenViST project profile in Multi-Agent Systems.
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Understand the project

Practical overview

When it fits

Use Metagpt when a task benefits from several specialized GPT roles working through a coordinated workflow, especially software generation, planning or documented data-analysis examples.

Who it is for

  • Developers building multi-agent applications
  • Teams prototyping natural-language software planning and implementation
  • Researchers and engineers adapting role-based agent coordination to domain-specific tasks

Documented uses

  • Turn a short software requirement into planning and development artifacts
  • Generate a software repository through coordinated agent roles
  • Run documented data-analysis workflows with the Data Interpreter example
  • Prototype specialized multi-agent pipelines
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

The repository is public and specifies an MIT license. It is presented for CLI or self-hosted use and requires a local Python environment, Node.js, pnpm and configured LLM access for the documented workflows.

  • Python version support is specified as 3.9 or later and below 3.12.
  • Node.js and pnpm are required before actual use.
  • The framework supports both CLI invocation and a Python library interface.
  • LLM provider configuration is required through config2.yaml.
  • The role-based structure is more relevant to coordinated workflows than to a single-agent prompt.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

COMPARE OPTIONS

Compare options for Agent orchestration

These projects document a common task and share a project role. This is a source-based comparison, not an execution benchmark or a guarantee of interchangeability.

ProjectDocumented purposePlatformAccess and requirements
MetagptTurn a short software requirement into planning and development artifactsCLI, Self-hostedThe repository is public and specifies an MIT license. It is presented for CLI or self-hosted use and requires a local Python environment, Node.js, pnpm and configured LLM access for the documented workflows.
MassgenRun multiple AI agents against the same user task.CLIThe repository documents installation through pip or uv and requires Python 3.11 or later. Setup can configure API keys for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and xAI; credentials are needed for the selected model backends.
Langchain Multi Agents BoilerplateRoute incoming football questions to model and agent workflows according to task complexity.WebThe repository is public and specifies an MIT license. Running the application requires OpenAI and Groq API keys and a Redis server.
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Sources & review

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2 October 2026
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FoundationAgents/MetaGPT · Official homepage title · retained in its source language
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