Alternatives to Genkit
Genkit is an agent framework by Google: Open-source Firebase framework for AI features and agent workflows in JavaScript, Go, Python and Dart, with model plugins. If it doesn't fit your setup, these 12 agent frameworks cover similar ground. They are ordered by how closely they match Genkit and by our rank, which weighs adoption, freshness and documentation; money never changes the order. Pi Agent Core leads the list (more GitHub stars (117.6K)). Each entry shows data reasons to switch, and you can open a side-by-side comparison with Genkit.
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Genkit
Open-source Firebase framework for AI features and agent workflows in JavaScript, Go, Python and Dart, with model plugins.
12 alternatives
Ordered by how closely each matches Genkit (shared product, category or stated alternative) and by rank.
- 1Pi Agent Core
Earendil
Minimal TypeScript agent harness with an agent runtime, multi-provider LLM API, terminal UI and coding agent CLI that users extend themselves.
- More GitHub stars (117.6K)
★ 117.6K↓ 5.1M/wkLast active Oct 24, 2026Compare →
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 2LlamaIndex
LlamaIndex
Open-source Python toolkit for RAG and agents over your own data, with event-driven workflows and 300+ integration packages.
- More GitHub stars (52.6K)
★ 52.6K↓ 1.4M/wkLast active Oct 14, 2026Compare →
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 3LangChain
LangChain
Python framework of interoperable components and integrations for building agents and LLM apps, with LangGraph and Deep Agents layered above it.
- More GitHub stars (148.4K)
★ 148.4K↓ 37.3M/wkLast active Oct 24, 2026Compare →
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 4CrewAI
CrewAI
Open-source Python framework for multi-agent workflows, with role-based Crews and event-driven Flows.
- More GitHub stars (60.1K)
★ 60.1K↓ 644.6K/wkLast active Oct 24, 2026Compare →
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 5LiveKit Agents (Node.js)
LiveKit
Node.js distribution of the LiveKit Agents framework for realtime voice agents in LiveKit rooms.
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (Apache-2.0)
★ 949↓ 547.5K/wkLast active Oct 24, 2026Compare →
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 6AutoGen
Microsoft
Archived Microsoft Python framework for multi-agent apps; Microsoft directs new users to Microsoft Agent Framework.
- More GitHub stars (61.5K)
★ 61.5K↓ 89K/wkLast active Oct 16, 2026Compare →
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 7KaibanJS
Kaiban
JavaScript framework for multi-agent teams whose tasks move across a Kanban-style board you can watch.
- 1.5K GitHub stars
- Open source (MIT)
★ 1.5KLast active May 15, 2026
CFreshness: C–Security: not graded yet - 8blades
go-kratos
Go framework for multimodal AI agents with models, tools, memory, middleware, chains and structured output.
- Open source (MIT)
- For Go
★ 819Last active May 7, 2026
CFreshness: C–Security: not graded yet - 9ADK for TypeScript
Google
TypeScript toolkit for agents with Zod-typed tools, graph and multi-agent workflows, and Node.js or browser runtimes.
- 1.4K GitHub stars
- Active in the last 30 days
★ 1.4K↓ 143.5K/wkLast active Oct 23, 2026
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 10
Open-source Python and TypeScript SDK for model-driven agents, with tools, MCP, multi-agent patterns and streaming.
- 8.9K GitHub stars
- Active in the last 30 days
★ 8.9K↓ 8.9M/wkLast active Oct 24, 2026
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 11Ax
Ax
DSPy-style toolkit for typed LLM signatures, agents and flows, TypeScript-first with Python, Java, C++, Go and Rust libraries.
- Supports Java and c++
★ 3K↓ 27.2K/wkLast active Oct 21, 2026
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 12GitHub Copilot SDK
GitHub
Multi-language SDKs for embedding the GitHub Copilot agent runtime, with planning, tool calls and file edits, in your apps.
- Supports C# and Java
★ 10.6K↓ 1.2M/wkLast active Oct 24, 2026
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet
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