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Alternatives to Hugging Face smolagents

Hugging Face smolagents is an agent framework by Hugging Face: Small Python library whose agents write their actions as code, with sandboxed execution and tools from MCP servers, LangChain or the Hub. If it doesn't fit your setup, these 12 agent frameworks cover similar ground. They are ordered by how closely they match Hugging Face smolagents and by our rank, which weighs adoption, freshness and documentation; money never changes the order. LlamaIndex leads the list (52.6K GitHub stars; active in the last 30 days). Each entry shows data reasons to switch, and you can open a side-by-side comparison with Hugging Face smolagents.

Updated Oct 26, 2026 · Built from catalog data; how we rank and grade

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Hugging Face smolagents

Small Python library whose agents write their actions as code, with sandboxed execution and tools from MCP servers, LangChain or the Hub.

12 alternatives

Ordered by how closely each matches Hugging Face smolagents (shared product, category or stated alternative) and by rank.

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    LlamaIndex

    LlamaIndex

    Open-source Python toolkit for RAG and agents over your own data, with event-driven workflows and 300+ integration packages.

    • 52.6K GitHub stars
    • Active in the last 30 days

    ★ 52.6K↓ 1.4M/wkLast active Oct 14, 2026Compare →

  2. 2
    LangChain

    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 →

  3. 3
    LangGraph

    LangChain

    Low-level Python orchestration framework for long-running stateful agents, with durable execution, human review points and short- and long-term memory.

    • 43.8K GitHub stars
    • Active in the last 30 days

    ★ 43.8K↓ 13.1M/wkLast active Oct 24, 2026Compare →

  4. 4
    CrewAI

    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 →

  5. 5
    AutoGen

    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 →

  6. 6
    Genkit

    Google

    Open-source Firebase framework for AI features and agent workflows in JavaScript, Go, Python and Dart, with model plugins.

    • Supports TypeScript and JavaScript

    ★ 6.5K↓ 95.8K/wkLast active Oct 23, 2026

  7. 7
    PraisonAI

    Mervin Praison

    Python framework for multi-agent teams and workflows, with a CLI and Docker, MCP and A2A deployment options.

    • Supports JavaScript

    ★ 9.3K↓ 4.6K/wkLast active Oct 24, 2026

  8. 8
    BeeAI Framework

    IBM / Linux Foundation

    Python and TypeScript framework for multi-agent systems, with MCP and A2A interop, YAML orchestration and OpenTelemetry tracing.

    • Supports TypeScript

    ★ 3.4K↓ 5.4K/wkLast active Oct 23, 2026

  9. 9
    Pydantic AI

    Pydantic

    Typed Python SDK for building agents with swappable model providers, plus optional capabilities for memory, sub-agents, planning and durable execution.

    • 20.8K GitHub stars
    • Active in the last 30 days

    ★ 20.8K↓ 1.5M/wkLast active Oct 24, 2026

  10. 10
    Google Agent Development Kit (ADK)

    Google

    Open-source toolkit for building, evaluating and deploying agents in Python, TypeScript, Go, Java and Kotlin, tuned for Gemini but model-agnostic.

    • Supports TypeScript and Go

    ★ 22K↓ 2.4M/wkLast active Oct 24, 2026

  11. 11
    Agent Squad

    2FastLabs

    Open-source framework that routes each user query to one of several AI agents, with Python, TypeScript and Swift runtimes.

    • Supports TypeScript and Swift

    ★ 7.8K↓ 1.5K/wkLast active Oct 2, 2026

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    Strands Agents

    AWS

    Open-source Python and TypeScript SDK for model-driven agents, with tools, MCP, multi-agent patterns and streaming.

    • Supports TypeScript

    ★ 8.9K↓ 8.9M/wkLast active Oct 24, 2026

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