Smolagents Alternatives
Lightweight Python agent framework from Hugging Face where agents write Python code instead of JSON tool calls
Smolagents is a minimalist agent library from Hugging Face with core logic in roughly 1,000 lines of code.
Explore 26 alternatives to Smolagents across 1 category. Updated September 2026.
Top Smolagents alternatives at a glance
- AutoGen. Microsoft's multi-agent framework, in maintenance mode since 2026; Microsoft points new projects to Agent Framework
- CrewAI. Framework for orchestrating role-playing, autonomous AI agents.
- LangGraph. Low-level framework for building stateful, long-running AI agents with graph-based orchestration
- Composio. Tool integration platform connecting AI agents to 1,000+ apps with managed auth and execution
- OpenAI Agents SDK. Official OpenAI framework for building production AI agents with tool use and guardrails
Compare Smolagents with its alternatives
| Product | Pricing Model | Free Tier | Open Source | Hosting | HQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smolagents | Free | ✓ | ✓ | Self-hosted | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| AutoGen | Free | ✓ | ✓ | Self-hosted | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| CrewAI | Freemium | — | ✓ MIT | Cloud + Self-hosted | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| LangGraph | Free | ✓ | ✓ | Self-hosted | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| Composio | Freemium | ✓ | ✓ | — | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| OpenAI Agents SDK | Free | ✓ | ✓ | Self-hosted | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| Mastra | Freemium | ✓ | ✓ | Cloud + Self-hosted | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| Letta | Freemium | ✓ | ✓ | Cloud + Self-hosted | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| Google ADK | Free | ✓ | ✓ | Cloud + Self-hosted | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| Pydantic AI | Free | ✓ | ✓ MIT | Self-hosted | ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom |
| AgentOps | Freemium | ✓ | — | Cloud + Self-hosted | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| AG2 | Free | ✓ | ✓ | Self-hosted | — |
| AgentsKit | Free | ✓ | ✓ MIT | Self-hosted | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| Burr | Free | ✓ | ✓ | Self-hosted | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| Microsoft Agent Framework | Free | ✓ | ✓ | Cloud + Self-hosted | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| Tura | — | ✓ | ✓ AGPL3 | — | — |
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TypeScript-first AI framework for building agents, RAG pipelines, and workflows
Letta
Framework for building stateful AI agents with persistent memory, formerly MemGPT
Google ADK
Open-source agent development kit from Google for building multi-agent systems
AG2
Community-driven multi-agent framework forked from AutoGen with backward-compatible API
Burr
Build stateful AI agents and applications as state machines, with a built-in tracing UI
Tura
Open-source local coding agent that turns intent into verified repository changes
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Superagent
Prototype and deploy agents powered by large language models.
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