---
slug: "autogen"
name: "AutoGen"
effect: "Builds multi-agent AI apps that act autonomously or alongside humans; now in maintenance mode"
category: "agent-framework"
url: "https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/"
github: "microsoft/autogen"
pricing: "open-source"
license: "MIT for code (LICENSE-CODE); CC-BY-4.0 for docs and other content"
tags: ["python", "multi-agent", "event-driven", "microsoft", "maintenance-mode"]
platforms: []
install_kind: "pip"
date_added: "2026-10-14"
drop_score: 22
stars: 61408
pushed_at: "2026-04-15T11:59:09Z"
signals_status: "ok"
signals_fetched_at: "2026-10-15T01:18:54.516Z"
page: "https://agenttooldrop.com/tools/autogen"
---

# AutoGen

Builds multi-agent AI apps that act autonomously or alongside humans; now in maintenance mode

Category: Agent frameworks. Pricing: Open source. License: MIT for code (LICENSE-CODE); CC-BY-4.0 for docs and other content.

## Why you would want it

AutoGen is Microsoft's multi-agent framework, layered into a Core API (message passing, event-driven agents, local and distributed runtimes), an AgentChat API for common patterns such as two-agent chat and group chat, and an Extensions API for model clients and code execution. AutoGen Studio adds a no-code GUI for prototyping multi-agent workflows, though the README says it is not meant to be a production-ready app. Existing users can keep using it, but it no longer receives new features.

## Best for

- Maintaining existing AutoGen projects
- Studying multi-agent orchestration patterns

## Use it when

You already run AutoGen and need it to keep working while you plan a migration.

## Skip it if

You are starting a new project: AutoGen is in maintenance mode and community managed, and Microsoft recommends its successor, Microsoft Agent Framework, which has a migration guide from AutoGen.

## Editor note

The README marks AutoGen as in maintenance mode (no new features, community managed) and names Microsoft Agent Framework as its successor.

## Install

Install with pip:

```sh
pip install -U "autogen-agentchat" "autogen-ext[openai]"
```

Source: https://github.com/microsoft/autogen#readme

## Live signals

Fetched 2026-10-15T01:18:54.516Z (status: ok).

- Repository: microsoft/autogen
- Stars: 61,408
- Forks: 9,284
- Open issues and PRs: 1,109
- License (GitHub): CC-BY-4.0
- Last push: 2026-04-15
- Latest release: python-v0.7.5 (2025-09-30)

## Links

- Website: https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/
- GitHub: https://github.com/microsoft/autogen
- Install instructions verified at: https://github.com/microsoft/autogen#readme
- Source for this entry: https://github.com/microsoft/autogen#readme
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