ADK for Java
Code-first Java toolkit for building and testing AI agents, with multi-agent hierarchies, a dev UI and Maven packages.
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Use cases: agent-orchestration
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Fact sheet
- Languages
- JavaREADME
- Packages
- com.google.adk:google-adk (maven), com.google.adk:google-adk-dev (maven)README
- Multi-agent
- YesREADME
- Orchestration
- otherREADME
- MCP support
- Built inadk.dev
- A2A support
- Built inREADME
- Deploys to
- cloud-run, gkeadk.dev
- Model providers
- googleREADME
- Maturity
- BetaREADME
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- Forks
- 439
- Open issues
- 48
- Last commit
- Oct 23, 2026 (3 days ago)
- Last release
- Oct 21, 2026 (6 days ago)
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Details
- Packages
- maven
com.google.adk:google-adkmavencom.google.adk:google-adk-dev - License
- Apache-2.0
- Repository
- github.com/google/adk-java
- Website
- google.github.io/adk-docs/
- First seen
- Oct 24, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 24, 2026
- Source
- READMEDocsgithub-graphql
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ADK for Java. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/harnesses/adk-for-java (last updated 2026-10-24)