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Agent Framework

Agent Framework is an MIT-licensed open-source framework for building, orchestrating, and deploying AI agents and multi-agent workflows with Python and .NET support.

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Agent Framework — OpenViST project profile in Agent Frameworks.
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Understand the project

Practical overview

When it fits

Use it when an AI application requires orchestration beyond a single prompt or stateless chat loop, especially when durability, restartability, observability, governance, or multi-agent coordination are part of the design.

Who it is for

  • Developers building production-oriented AI agents
  • Teams coordinating multiple agents in structured workflows
  • Python and .NET developers needing provider-flexible agent infrastructure
  • Engineers designing agent services for local or cloud deployment

Documented uses

  • Build AI agent applications in Python or .NET
  • Coordinate sequential, concurrent, handoff, and group-collaboration workflows
  • Add middleware, checkpointing, streaming, and human-in-the-loop controls
  • Instrument agent systems with OpenTelemetry
  • Prepare agents for documented Foundry-hosted deployment
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

The project is publicly available on GitHub under the MIT license. The documented setup paths use Python pip packages or .NET NuGet packages. No account, pricing, or general service-availability terms are established here.

  • Choose the Python or .NET implementation according to the application stack; a separate Go SDK is identified in the project documentation.
  • The framework includes both code-oriented and YAML-based declarative agent approaches.
  • Foundry-hosted deployment is a specific documented hosting path, while local development and cloud deployment patterns are also described.
  • Experimental capabilities are separated into AF Labs packages rather than the standard package set.
  • Provider integrations and workflow patterns should be selected from the project’s supported examples and documentation.

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
Agent FrameworkBuild AI agent applications in Python or .NETCLI, Cloud, Self-hosted, ServerThe project is publicly available on GitHub under the MIT license. The documented setup paths use Python pip packages or .NET NuGet packages. No account, pricing, or general service-availability terms are established here.
AgeniteDefine typed tools with JSON Schema validation and error handling.CLI
VeldraCreate an agent with a policy, tools, skills, knowledge base and reasoning method.Self-hostedThe documented deployment is self-hosted and uses a sign-in gate after a first-run administrator account is created.
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3 October 2026
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