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AutoGen
★ 48kMicrosoft’s multi-agent framework: agents that converse, use tools, and hand off work to each other in code you control.
AutoGen does the job of OpenAI Assistants API, self-hosted. It is MIT-licensed, so you can do essentially what you like with it, and setting it up is an afternoon, not a weekend. OpenAI Assistants API bills usage-based for it. 48k stars on GitHub.
Open-source replacement for OpenAI Assistants API.
- Licence
- MIT
- Self-hosting
- Medium
- The paid one costs
- usage-based
- GitHub stars
- 48k
Is it actually a replacement?
We have not written a verdict on OpenAI Assistants API yet, so this page says what AutoGen is rather than judging what you would give up. When that product gets a page, this one will link to it.
AutoGen questions
Is AutoGen open source?
Yes — it is released under MIT.
Can I self-host AutoGen?
Yes — we rate it medium to self-host.