AgentScope vs Microsoft Agent Framework

AgentScope and Microsoft Agent Framework are both agent frameworks for Python. AgentScope is published by Alibaba Tongyi Lab and Microsoft Agent Framework by Microsoft. On GitHub, AgentScope has 33,829 stars and Microsoft Agent Framework has 14,302. Both were last active in Oct 2026. The table lines up where they differ (publisher, license, weekly downloads and languages) and has the install commands for both. Everything here comes from the listings' public sources and is refreshed daily. AgentScope describes itself as: Python agent framework from Alibaba that lets the model drive tool use, with team pipelines, MCP, agent skills, A2A, memory and tracing. Microsoft Agent Framework: Open framework for building and hosting production-grade AI agents and multi-agent workflows in .NET and Python. Licenses: AgentScope Apache-2.0, Microsoft Agent Framework MIT.