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OpenAI Agents SDK
Lightweight framework for multi-agent apps
🧩 Agent frameworks open source / open weights
A
77
/ 100
Open-source SDK with agents, handoffs, guardrails and tracing; works with many model providers.
Use it when…
You want a minimal, well-documented agent SDK.
Skip it if…
You need a visual builder.
Score breakdown
Initial editorial estimate from public info; not yet hands-on tested. How we score →
Details
- Pricing
- Free and open source; pay for model usageUnverified. Unverified: editorial summary. We couldn't confirm this on an official pricing page (JS-rendered, no public pricing, or usage-based) as of Oct 18, 2026.
- Free tier
- Yes (unverified)
- Platforms
- Python SDK · JS SDK
- Open source
- Yes
- Official URL
- https://openai.github.io/openai-agents-python/
- URL verified
- Oct 18, 2026 (curl HTTP GET)
- Last reviewed
- Oct 18, 2026 by agent
- Sources
Changelog
- Oct 18, 2026: Initial listing; score 77 (A) as editorial estimate.
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